Trump blames Republican losses on Mitch McConnell

Uses derogatory term to describe Senate minority leader's wife

Former president Donald Trump went on the offensive at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, calling President Joe Biden an 'enemy of the state'. Getty / AFP

Mr Trump is under intense pressure after an FBI raid of his Florida home found dozens of classified documents. Getty / AFP

An FBI photo shows some of the documents found at Mr Trump's home. AFP

In his own speech last week, President Joe Biden framed upcoming midterm elections as a battle for the 'soul of the nation'. Bloomberg

Mr Biden spoke outside Philadelphia's Independence Hall, where the US Constitution was signed. EPA

Mr Trump appeared in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to support Mehmet Oz, the Republican candidate for one of the state's two senate seats. Bloomberg

An attendee of the rally shows badges displaying 'Maga' messaging. President Joe Biden claimed adherents of Mr Trump's 'Make America Great Again' doctrine are undermining US democracy. Bloomberg

Mr Trump used the Pennsylvania rally to vent his anger at an FBI search of his Florida home. Bloomberg

Mr Trump's false claims he 'won' the 2020 election have fuelled anger among his devotees and have been blamed for leading to the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Bloomberg

Mr Trump said Mr Biden had given the 'most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president'. Bloomberg

An 'Ultra Maga' attendee at the rally. Bloomberg

Marking his first public appearance since the August 8 FBI raid, Mr Trump said the search was a 'travesty of justice'. Bloomberg

Dr Oz is struggling in his race against Democrat John Fetterman. Bloomberg

Supporters of Mr Trump. Bloomberg

'Republicans in the Maga movement are not the ones trying to undermine our democracy,' said Mr Trump. Bloomberg

Doug Mastriano, Republican candidate for governor of Pennsylvania, speaks alongside his wife, Rebbeca Mastriano. Bloomberg

Mr Trump still denies that he lost the election against President Biden and has encouraged his supporters to doubt the election process. Getty / AFP

A Trump fan. Bloomberg

'God, Guns and Trump': Attendees during the Trump/Oz rally. Bloomberg

Mr Trump arriving at the rally. Bloomberg

Mr Trump is widely expected to announce he will run for office again in 2024. Bloomberg

Donald Trump lashed out at Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday as more Republicans turned against the former president after the party's underperformance in the midterm elections.

Mr Trump has been blamed for his party's worse-than-expected showing on November 8 after he endorsed hundreds of extremist candidates who proved unpalatable.

They included many "election deniers" who were pushing his false claims that an elaborate, nationwide conspiracy was to blame for his defeat to Joe Biden in 2020.

"It's Mitch McConnell's fault," Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, which is very similar to Twitter but with far fewer users.

He said "everyone despises" the senior Republican senator and used what Chinese Americans consider a racist slur against his Taiwan-born wife, Elaine Chao.

Mr Trump and said the Republican Party should have spent more money backing Jake Masters, who lost in his bid for a Senate seat in Arizona.

Democrats kept control of the US Senate on Saturday, repelling Republican efforts to retake the chamber and making it harder for them to thwart Mr Biden’s agenda.

Mr Trump is still considered the leader of the Republican Party but after last week's lacklustre electoral showing, in which the Democrats still have an outside chance of winning the House of Representatives, there is a palpable shift away from him.

Senior Trump allies are urging him to postpone his expected launch of a 2024 presidential run on Tuesday and conservative media outlets are rallying around Florida Governor Ron DeSantis as the future of the Republican Party after he won his bid for re-election.

Maryland's departing Republican Governor Larry Hogan said on Sunday that the party had to switch gears.

"It's basically the third election in a row that Donald Trump has cost us the race, and it's like three strikes and you're out," Mr Hogan, a vocal Trump critic, on Sunday told CNN.

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result.

"Donald Trump kept saying, 'we're gonna be winning so much, we'll get tired of winning'. Well, I'm tired of losing. I mean, that's all he's done."