Mitch McConnell actually said...
The people who stormed this building believed they were acting on the wishes and instructions of their president, and having that belief was a foreseeable consequence of the growing crescendo of false statements conspiracy theories, and reckless hyperbole, which the defeated president kept shouting into the largest megaphone on planet Earth.
Context
McConnell explains that the rioters acted under the belief they were following Trump's orders.
02/15/2021