RINO Mitch McConnell Still ‘Very Upset’ With Trump Over J6 ‘Insurrection’ — ‘We Haven’t Spoken in Quite a While’ (VIDEO)
More than four years after the events, Mitch McConnell, who used to be the Senate Majority Leader, says he is still very angry with Donald Trump because of the protests on January 6th.
During a recent episode of CBS’s 60 Minutes, McConnell said he still believes Trump is responsible for what happened that day, both in action and morally. He also didn’t agree with Trump’s decision to pardon the people involved.
Here’s a simpler version of their conversation:
STAHL: How would you describe your relationship with President Trump now?
MCCONNELL: We haven’t talked in a long time. I’m still very upset about what happened on January 6th.
STAHL: You and other leaders had to be evacuated from the Senate. Your staff was in your office, and rioters were banging on your door. Someone even broke a window with a flagpole.
MCCONNELL: Yes, my staff had to block the doors with furniture to stop the rioters from breaking in. It was all about trying to stop the peaceful transfer of power, which has never happened in our country before.
STAHL: After it was over, you talked to your staff. It was a very emotional moment. Do you remember what you said to them?
MCCONNELL: Yes, I remember. I still feel the same way about it.
STAHL: What do you think about Trump and his supporters trying to change how people see January 6th? They’re calling it a “day of love” and the rioters “martyrs.”
MCCONNELL: No, it was an insurrection.
STAHL: What about Trump pardoning the people who stormed the Capitol?
McConnell also talked about how he voted against Trump’s choice for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, because he didn’t think Hegseth could handle the job. When asked if he would vote against other Trump nominees, McConnell didn’t say much, just that he had no news on that.
Last month, McConnell compared Trump’s “America First” slogan to the kind of language used in Nazi Germany before World War Two. He said we’re in a very dangerous time, similar to the 1930s.