Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appears to not want to escalate a spat between him and former President Donald Trump and did not directly answer a question about critical comments Trump reportedly made about him during a speech. Trump commented on McConnell’s leadership during a recent address to Republican donors over the past weekend, and weeks before that, Trump sharply criticized the Senate Republican leader in a statement. When asked about the former president’s remarks, McConnell said, “What I’m concentrating on is the future.” “What we are confronted with here is a totally left-wing administration with a slight majority in the House, a 50–50 Senate, trying to transform America into something no one voted for last year,” McConnell continued. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), gave Trump a “Champion of Freedom Award” at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago, Florida, resort. Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-S.D.), …