Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty; Old Crow
“It’s my favorite bourbon,” McConnell said in an interview withTheWashington Examiner, referring —as he likes to dowhen asked about Trump — to an 80-proof, agedKentucky spiritthat takes its name from distiller James C. Crow.
Trump, with his history of colorful nicknames for his nemeses, certainly doesn’t mean it as a compliment. But drawing a connection between a Kentucky lawmaker and a classic brand of his state’s beloved libation likely doesn’t sting quite as much as a long sip of the stuff.
As McConnellsaid in the past, he considered the insult to be “quite an honor.”
Just last week, Trump slipped the nickname into a response toMike Pence’s declaration that theformer president was “wrong"to say he could have used his position to overturn the 2020 election results while Congress was convening on Jan. 6, 2021.
“Just saw Mike Pence’s statement on the fact that he had no right to do anything with respect to the Electoral Vote Count, other than being an automatic conveyor belt for the Old Crow Mitch McConnell to get Biden elected President,“Trump said.
He’s added a word here and there, referring to McConnell as “the Broken Old Crow” as well as “Old Broken Crow” and “Old Broken-Down Crow.”
There’s little love lost between the two conservatives: McConnell, who had been a key legislative ally for Trump’s presidency, soured on him in the wake of the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol. Trump, likewise, has made no secret of his disdain for the longtime Republican Senate leader.
As for being McConnell being a crow, as aNew Yorkwriterpointed out, the bird analogy has some parallels.
“Crows think they are in charge of everything,” readsa column in theSuburban Times. “They fly were they want; they rarely back down, and they carry a grudge.”
source: people.com
