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Mitch McConnell sat down for an interview with 60 Minutes.
He used the interview to criticize Donald Trump.
He said Donald Trump pardoning Jan 6th rioters was a mistake and that he still believes Trump is “practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.”
He also added that he and Trump “haven’t spoken for quite a while.”
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: That– Yeah, I remember what I told them.
MCCONNELL (OFF-CAMERA): President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.
MCCONNELL: 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– I think pardoning the people who’ve been convicted is a mistake.
McConnell also criticized Donald Trump over his tariffs.
Sen. Mitch McConnell said on Sunday that President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign allies were a bad idea.
In a nationally televised segment of “60 Minutes” he told Lesley Stahl that the tariffs would increase cost on the American consumer.
“It will drive the cost of everything up. In other words, it will be paid for by American consumers. I mean, why would you want to get in a fight with your allies over this?”