Mitch McConnell Confronted Over Voting to Acquit Donald Trump

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Source: Newsweek

Published Apr 28, 2024 at 9:52 AM EDT | Updated Apr 28, 2024 at 11:50 AM EDT


Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, was pressed by NBC News' Meet the Press host Kristen Welker on Sunday morning over his vote to acquit former President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial.

When asked by Welker if he ever regrets his vote to acquit Trump for his alleged role in the deadly January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, McConnell replied:

"Look, he wasn't president anymore at that point, and there was a big debate over whether you can even remove somebody from office that they don't hold," he said. "I stick with what I said then. I addressed this issue on January 6 [2021] and February 13 [2021]. I stand by everything I said." Newsweek reached out to the Trump campaign on Sunday morning for comment.

Context

A mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol building on January 6 in a failed attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 election win. The riot erupted following claims made by then-president Trump that the election was stolen from him via widespread voter fraud. There is no evidence, however, to support such claims.

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[flying_wahini]

1. The OG slime bucket Moscow Mitch should be pressed every time he gets in front of a microphone.

He needs a stiff push too.

[Ponietz]

2. Ram his words down his metaphorical throat every time

before he blanks out for good.

[onecaliberal]

5. He said he WILL vote for that traitor again. That's all you need to know.

[PatSeg]

3. That is really a lame answer

Once again, he wants to have it both ways. The man needs to retire already.

[thucythucy]

4. As I recall, the reason Trump "was no longer president"

was because Mitch did everything he could to run out the clock.

Everyone saw what had happened, and everyone knew Trump's role in bringing the mob together and unleashing it on the Capitol.

The whole impeachment process could have happened in the two weeks between the riot and the inauguration. After all, we're not talking about a criminal trial or conviction, simply his removal from office--which would have disqualified him from ever running again.

Had Mitch an ounce of integrity, even a shred of courage, we wouldn't be in this mess.

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Bill Barr, Mitch, and all of them (the GOP thugs) all are cowards and don't want to step up to the plate, and

state categorically that they didn't vote for tRUMP, who tried to engineer a coup on 1/6.

Cowards all. When will they ever consider the US Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Amendments governing the law of the land first and not partisanship as they continue to push. Yeah, sure our guy did it, but it wasn't that bad (me: killed some cops idiots, what do you call that? Personally I think tRUMP should face murder charges for these deaths).