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Mitch McConnell

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Mitch McConnell is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a position he has held since 1985. A member of the Republican Party, McConnell has played a significant role in shaping legislative priorities and has served as the Senate Majority Leader since January 2015. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in key policy areas including healthcare, tax reform, and judicial appointments. McConnell is known for his strategic leadership and has been a prominent figure in national politics, particularly during contentious legislative battles.

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Jan 23, 2021

The President provoked this mob.

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Jan 23, 2021

McConnell has been sending some mixed messages himself about how he might vote leaving open the possibility that he could vote to convict.

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Jan 23, 2021

The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the President and other powerful people. And they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government.

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Jan 21, 2021

Mitch said to me, he wants Trump gone. It is in his political interest to have him gone.

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Jan 21, 2021

Winners make policy and losers go home.

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Jan 20, 2021

With his party in the minority, he’s demanding a commitment to protect the legislative filibuster, a concession Democrats are unwilling to make.

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Jan 20, 2021

With his party in the minority, he's demanding a commitment to protect the legislative filibuster, a concession Democrats are unwilling to make.

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Jan 20, 2021

Now, it`s still early, Mr. President, there is still plenty of time for President Biden to remember that he does not owe his election to the far-left. The president can and should refocus his administration on creating good paying American…

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Jan 19, 2021

President Trump is 100 percent within his rights.

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Jan 19, 2021

The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people and they tried to use fear and violence to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government, which they did not like.

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Jan 19, 2021

The top Republican in the Senate also making news, saying Donald Trump provoked and fed the lies that brought the rioters to storm the Capitol.

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Jan 18, 2021

The last time the Senate convened; we had just reclaimed the Capitol from violent criminals who tried to stop Congress from doing our duty. The mob was fed lies. They were provoked by the president and other powerful people.

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Jan 15, 2021

Their decision on whether to convict President Donald Trump during the upcoming impeachment trial will be what he calls a vote of conscience.

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Jan 14, 2021

A few legal inquiries from the President do not exactly spell the end of the Republic.

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Jan 14, 2021

President Trump is 100 percent within his rights.

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Jan 14, 2021

They tried to disrupt our democracy. They failed.

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Jan 13, 2021

I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate.

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Jan 13, 2021

There is simply no chance that a fair or serious trial could conclude before president-elect Biden is sworn in next week.

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Jan 12, 2021

Senator Mitch McConnell has told associates, he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses, and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party.

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Jan 12, 2021

I think he was personally offended. I think he's an institutionalist, as any Republican and Democrat, who served in the Senate, as long as he has often is, they watched those people stormed through the building where he has come to work…

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Jan 12, 2021

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it…

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Jan 12, 2021

There's a better than 50/50 chance that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell would vote to convict President Trump in an impeachment trial.

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Jan 11, 2021

President Trump committed impeachable offenses, and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party.

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Jan 11, 2021

pleased that Donald Trump is being impeached as soon as tomorrow.

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