President Donald Trump is demanding the firing of a GOP aide who made Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) “look foolish and completely out of it” at a Senate appropriations subcommittee hearing this week.
Trump blasted the staffer on his Truth Social platform shortly after midnight on Wednesday, identifying him as Robert Karem and posting a photo of him.
“The guy that came up to Mitch McConnell today when McConnell thought the hearing was over, and started speaking in his ear for Mitch to belatedly introduce some other people, all Democrats and, by doing so, made Mitch look foolish and completely out of it, should be immediately fired!” Trump wrote. “This was a case where Mitch wasn’t confused, he just didn’t understand why he was being asked to do something when it was too late, and people were wrapping up to leave — They wanted to go home.”
Trump went on to describe Karem as a “Never Trumper” who “has tremendous Democrat support” and “is praised relentlessly” by former President Barack Obama’s base.
“He is probably the reason why Mitch McConnell is stupidly opposed to terminating the Filibuster, and refuses to help with a 97% issue, THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,” he added. “FIRE THE BUM!”
