McConnell Takes Aim at Bannon

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “took aim at President Trump’s former chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, as he looked ahead to some of the political and policy challenges the Republican Party will face in 2018,” the Washington Post reports.

Said McConnell: “Well, let me just say this: The political genius on display of throwing away a seat in the reddest state in America is hard to ignore.”

“At a year-end news conference in the Capitol, McConnell offered only a few concrete details on the legislative agenda for the year ahead, which will begin with difficult decisions for the majority party on immigration, health care and government spending priorities. He said he would meet with Trump and House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) during the first week of January to discuss their to-do list.”