New York Daily News Taunts Mitch McConnells Devotion To Donald Trump With Lap Dog Cover

The New York Daily News  on Thursday portrayed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell as a dog on former President Donald Trump , a response to the Kentucky Republican’s opposition to a bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. 

The cover depicted McConnell as “TRUMP’S LI’L MITCH,” and a subheadline read: “Lapdog pol protects Don from riot probe.” Trump was impeached over his role in inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection. 

The House voted Wednesday to set up a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection , potentially setting up a clash in the Senate. 

It’s not the first time the New York tabloid has transformed McConnell into an animal on its front page.

In January 2020, it turned the then-Senate majority leader into a chicken following his refusal to allow witnesses to testify in Trump’s impeachment trial over the Ukraine scandal.