Tuesday saw the Senate vote to pass a foreign age package which included billions of dollars worth of military assistance to Ukraine.

The bill faced significant opposition from some House Republicans, something which Senate Minority Leader Mitch blamed on conservative commentator Tucker Carlson. 

McConnell says Carlson is responsible for "the demonization of Ukraine"

According to The Hill, McConnell's attack on Carlson came after he was asked at a press conference why so many in the GOP are leery about funding Ukraine.

"I think the demonization of Ukraine began by Tucker Carlson, who in my opinion ended up where he should have been all along, which was interviewing Vladimir Putin," McConnell said.

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The Kentucky senator was referring to a controversial interview Carlson did with Putin earlier this year which was broadcast on X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter.

"He had an enormous audience, which convinced a lot of rank and file Republicans that maybe this was a mistake," McConnell added.

Former Fox News host called McConnell a "ringleader" of the "uniparty"

For his part, Carlson has long been a vocal critic of McConnell's leadership, such as in December of 2022 when he accused the Senate Republican of being a "uniparty" figure.

Carlson also mocked McConnell for enthusiastically posing with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy along with other lawmakers.

"The uniparty is alive and well despite the best efforts of voters, including last month. And if you doubt that it's alive and well, here's a picture of Zelenskyy that he had taken with a group of elderly Republican senators in Kiev back in May," he declared.

"They stand grinning next to him in their orthopedic shoes. Seventy-year old Susan Collins, John Barrasso, John Cornyn, led by their 80-year old ringleader, Mitch McConnell," the then-Fox News host added.

Carlson denies that he is pro-Putin

The Hill noted that Carlson also defended his decision to interview Putin during a February appearance on Glenn Beck's BlazeTV+ program.

"And by the way I should just say at the outset, I've been accused of being pro-Putin, and I'm not," The Hill quoted him as saying.

"And if I was, that's OK, too. I'm an adult man, an American citizen, I can like or dislike anyone I want. I can have any opinion I want," he added.