McConnell Blames Trump, ‘Powerful People’ for Provoking Mob Attack on Capitol

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) blamed President Trump and other “powerful people” for provoking the mob attack on the Capitol on January 6, in a speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday.

“The last time the Senate convened, we had just reclaimed the Capitol from violent criminals, who tried to stop Congress from doing our duty,” McConnell said. “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 that they did not like.”