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Chris Coons: If you had told me a month ago that Mitch McConnell would be saying he is open to voting to convict Donald Trump of high…

On the recordJanuary 19, 2021
If you had told me a month ago that Mitch McConnell would be saying he is open to voting to convict Donald Trump of high crimes and misdemeanors, I would have said that will never happen in my lifetime. He has publicly said that, and on the floor of the Senate, he has said that he blames Donald Trump for summoning protesters, that angry mob that desecrated the Capitol last Wednesday.
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Chris Coons
Democratic · Delaware
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msnbc.com

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Chris Coons reflects on Mitch McConnell's unexpected openness to convicting Donald Trump.

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