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Trump was full of energy during a Thursday meeting on Capitol Hill.
Sources shared with Fox News that Trump gave a wide-ranging speech to House Republicans on Thursday, and lashed out at his political enemies and praising his allies.
Trump in particular criticized the numerous prosecutions against him, attacking the Department of Justice (DOJ) as “dirty, no good bastards,” according to two sources in the room.
One GOP lawmaker told Fox News Digital that Trump touted the fundraising and popularity boost he got from his various state and federal criminal charges.
“He said, ‘They had a saying that we’re going to indict this guy into the White House,’” the GOP lawmaker said.
The GOP lawmaker said Trump also called President Biden the “worst president in history.”
Sources also told Fox News that Trump referred to Biden as a “dope.”
Multiple House Republicans indicated the meeting went well, and that Trump touched on many topics, including military, trade, and abortion policies.
Rep. Mike Garcia (R-Calif.) said Trump hit Biden for the White House’s threat to veto this year’s defense policy bill, which includes a pay raise for members of the military.
“That’s a winning issue from a presidential race perspective,” Garcia said. “The fact that Biden has now tripled down on this veto threat… President Trump should just be banging Biden over the head every day on the fact that you are not willing to give our troops a pay raise.”
Two additional sources who spoke with Fox News Digital said Trump also urged Republicans to hone an effective message on abortion, citing a recent string of unsuccessful elections.
Trump’s time on Capitol Hill also reportedly included a meeting with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.).
McConnell told reporters for CNN and NBC News that he plans to attend the meeting despite his rocky relationship with the former President.
Trump had repeatedly called on GOP senators to oust McConnell as their leader. It will be the first time the two leaders will meet in person since 2020.
Trump and McConnell haven’t spoken to each other since December 2020, when they had a falling out over Trump’s plan to contest President Biden’s victory in that year’s election.
In March, McConnell endorsed Trump for the presidency. (RELATED: Mitch McConnell Endorses Trump For President)
“It is abundantly clear that former President Trump has earned the requisite support of Republican voters to be our nominee for President of the United States,” McConnell said in the statement after Trump secured the nomination on Super Tuesday.
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