Former President Donald Trump vowed in a blistering, invective-filled statement Tuesday to back primary challengers to Republicans who remain loyal to Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell, drawing sharp battle lines between the two GOP factions. In a lengthy response to McConnell’s Senate floor speech after Trump’s acquittal on an impeachment charge Saturday in which he said Trump was responsible for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Trump called McConnell “a dour, sullen and unsmiling political hack,” and said that if Republican senators remain loyal to McConnell, “they will not win again.” “Where necessary and appropriate, I will back primary rivals who espouse Making America Great Again and our policy of America First,” Trump said in the statement issued by his office. “We want brilliant, strong, thoughtful, and compassionate leadership.” Trump blamed McConnell for the GOP losing control of the Senate and said “the Republican Party can never again be respected or strong with political ‘leaders’ like Sen. Mitch McConnell at its helm.” A McConnell spokesman didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2TwO8Gm Bloomberg Quicktake brings you live global news and original shows spanning business, technology, politics and culture. Make sense of the stories changing your business and your world. To watch complete coverage on Bloomberg Quicktake 24/7, visit http://www.bloomberg.com/qt/live, or watch on Apple TV, Roku, Samsung Smart TV, Fire TV and Android TV on the Bloomberg app. Have a story to tell? Fill out this survey for a chance to have it featured on Bloomberg Quicktake: https://cor.us/surveys/27AF30 Connect with us on… YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Bloomberg Breaking News on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BloombergQuickTakeNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/quicktake Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quicktake Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quicktake