Ask the Senate Minority Leader about something he doesn’t want to talk about, and he’ll tell you “haven’t seen that” or “haven’t said anything about it” as easily as Steph Curry shoots. one shot three .
Interesting! Especially when you consider what we know about McConnell’s views on January 6.
McConnell ultimately voted to acquit Trump but took to the Senate floor shortly after and decried the former President.
Those words were some of the harshest to Trump by any Republican — especially someone like McConnell, who holds a powerful seat on the party leadership.
Because Trump is Trump, he repeatedly pursued McConnell in the months following the impeachment vote and even worked to recruit someone in the Senate to challenge McConnell for his leadership.
What is McConnell doing here? He clearly wants to send a message to his entire party that he will not be part of the group that attacks the committee’s January 6 investigation as a partisan witch hunt. And at least open the door to serious consideration of the final findings of the committee and any of the members it involved who may have been involved in misconduct.
Before we let a McConnell quote lead us too far into a rabbit hole, however, it’s important to remember that the Senate minority leader handle alone terminated the opportunity of a bipartisan commission to investigate the events of January 6.
What makes McConnell’s latest comment on the January 6 commission? The most obvious thing is that he wants to make it clear that he is monitoring what the House Select Committee is doing and is interested in its conclusions. Would those conclusions compel McConnell to take any action against his Republican comrades? If the past is the prologue, no!
.
