Throughout Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s “60 Minutes,” Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) mentioned he was nonetheless at odds with President Donald Trump regardless of his election victory final November.
The Kentucky Republican mentioned he nonetheless harbored ill-will for what he had alleged was Trump’s position within the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot.
Partial transcript as follows:
STAHL: How would you describe your relationship with President Trump?
MCCONNELL: Nicely, we haven’t spoken for fairly some time. I used to be very upset about what occurred January 6.
STAHL: You needed to be evacuated from the Senate together with different leaders. Your workers was in your workplace. The rioters have been banging in your door. Somebody with a flagpole broke a window into your workplace.
MCCONNELL: Yeah. Nicely, my workers within the Capitol was placing furnishings up in opposition to the doorways.
STAHL: To forestall them from coming–
MCCONNELL: To forestall the rioters from outdoors from breaking the doorways and getting at them. And what was it about? To attempt to forestall the orderly switch of presidency, which had by no means occurred in our nation.
STAHL: Your workers, after the disaster was over, you went and spoke with them. You– it was a extremely emotional scenario. You keep in mind?
MCCONNELL: Oh, I keep in mind properly.
STAHL: Do you keep in mind what you instructed them?
MCCONNELL: That– Yeah, I keep in mind what I instructed them.
MCCONNELL (OFF-CAMERA): President Trump is virtually and morally answerable for upsetting the occasions of the day.
MCCONNELL: That’s the best way I nonetheless really feel about it.
STAHL: What are your views on President Trump and his supporters making an attempt to vary what occurred on January 6? They’re calling it a “day of affection.” They referred to as the rioters “martyrs.”
MCCONNELL: Yeah. No, it– it was an riot.
STAHL: What in regards to the pardons for the individuals who stormed the Capitol that day?
MCCONNELL: I– I believe pardoning the individuals who’ve been convicted is a mistake.
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