McConnell, who voted to acquit, is excoriating Trump for a "disgraceful dereliction of duty." "There's no question - none - that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day."
McConnell says the issue is not only Trump’s language, his endorsement of Giuliani’s “trial by combat,” but also the sense Trump created of “looming catastrophe.”
“This was an intensifying crescendo of conspiracy theories” by a president who seemed determined to overturn the will of the voters or “torch” institutions on the way out, McConnell says.
The “criminals” were carrying Trump flags, McConnell says. It was clear only Trump could end it. “The president did not act swiftly. He did not do his job.”
McConnell is not letting Trump’s ball-spiking statement - which he can’t deliver through Twitter - be the last word here.
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