WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump laced into Mitch McConnell for his mental acuity and accused him of letting the Republican Party “go to hell,” unleashing a rhetorical tirade against the Kentucky senator hours after he voted against Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the nation’s health department.

“I feel sorry for Mitch ... He wanted to go to the end and he wanted to stay leader. He’s not equipped mentally, he wasn’t equipped 10 years ago mentally in my opinion,” Trump said seated from his desk in the Oval Office.

“I was the one that got him to drop out of the leadership position, so he can’t love me ... I don’t know anything about he had polio,” Trump added.

McConnell is well-known to have survived polio as a child, even citing its “lingering effects” as the reason for a fall last week.

The verbal assault came in response to McConnell’s string of votes against Trump and his party.

In the past three weeks, McConnell has voted against Pete Hegseth for Defense Secretary, Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence and Kennedy to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.

“Mr. Kennedy failed to prove he is the best possible person to lead America’s largest health agency. As he takes office, I sincerely hope Mr. Kennedy will choose not to sow further doubt and division but to restore trust in our public health institutions,” McConnell said earlier Thursday.

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