More than four years after they took place, former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he is still “very upset” with Donald Trump for the January 6th protests.
During Sunday’s broadcast of CBS’s 60 Minutes, McConnell said he stood by his view that Trump was “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day” and criticized his decision to pardon those involved.
Here is a transcript of the exchange:
STAHL: How would you describe your relationship with President Trump?
MCCONNELL: Well, we haven’t spoken for quite a while. I was very upset about what happened January 6.
STAHL: You had to be evacuated from the Senate along with other leaders. Your staff was in your office. The rioters were banging on your door. Someone with a flagpole broke a window into your office.
MCCONNELL: Yeah. Well, my staff in the Capitol was putting furniture up against the doors.
STAHL: To prevent them from coming–
MCCONNELL: To prevent the rioters from outside from breaking the doors and getting at them. And what was it about? To try to prevent the orderly transfer of government, which had never happened in our country.
STAHL: Your staff, after the crisis was over, you went and spoke with them. You– it was a highly emotional situation. You remember?
MCCONNELL: Oh, I remember well.
STAHL: Do you remember what you told them?
MCCONNELL: Yeah, I remember what I told them. That’s the way I still feel about it.
STAHL: What are your views on President Trump and his supporters trying to change what happened on January 6? They’re calling it a “day of love.” They called the rioters “martyrs.”
MCCONNELL: Yeah. No, it– it was an insurrection.
STAHL: What about the pardons for the people who stormed the Capitol that day?
MCCONNELL: I think pardoning the people who’ve been convicted is a mistake.
Watch the clip below:
McConnell’s comments come after he voted against Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, on the grounds that he was not capable of managing the Pentagon.
Toxic RINO McConnell Blasts Pete Hegseth, Reveals Why He Voted “No” on Confirmation
When asked about whether he would vote against Trump’s other nominees, McConnell did not offer comment.
”I haven’t any news to make on that front,” he said.
Last month, McConnell compared Trump’s slogan “America First” to the rhetoric used in Nazi Germany.
We’re in a very, very dangerous world right now, reminiscent of before World War Two,” McConnell said in an interview with The Financial Times.
“Even the slogan is the same: ‘America First.’ That was what they said in the ’30s.”
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