Mtich McConnell Slams Trump Trial Following Guilty Verdict

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At today's Senate Republican leadership press briefing, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) slammed former President Trump's trial.

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00:00 Well, in what has become a weekly tradition, Manu.

00:07 Now that you have not weighed in about your support for Donald Trump and the aftermath of this conviction,

00:14 now that he is a convicted felon, are you 100 percent behind him?

00:19 What I said last week, I will say it again.

00:22 This is a case that never should have been brought in the first place and I think will be overturned on appeal.

00:31 Are you supportive of Donald? Are you supportive of Donald?

00:33 I should probably know, some of your Republican colleagues are circulating a letter asking for signatures,

00:38 basically pledging not to confirm any Biden political appointees or additional nominees

00:43 or to work with Democrats on anything not related to national security.

00:47 What's your reaction to that?

00:49 The solution is to have a Republican majority and then we'd be in a position to determine what the agenda was going to be.

00:56 There are opportunities when you're a minority, but not to set the agenda.

01:01 Leader McConnell?

01:02 Yeah, the RNC co-chair criticized Larry Hogan's response to the Trump verdict last week.

01:08 Did you think that was appropriate for her to do?

01:11 Well, what I think is we need more Republican members of the Senate.

01:15 And whether you're Mike Lee or whether you're Susan Collins, we need more Republicans in order to set the agenda.

01:25 So obviously I support all the Republican candidates and certainly Governor Hogan would be among them.

01:33 Leader McConnell?

01:35 [BLANK_AUDIO]

Mtich McConnell Slams Trump Trial Following Guilty Verdict

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