Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Says<br />Donald Trump ‘Provoked’ Capitol Siege .<br />Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has delivered his<br />most severe and public rebuke of President Donald Trump yet.<br />During his opening Senate remarks on Tuesday, McConnell<br />explicitly blamed Trump for the deadly Capitol siege.<br />He referenced Trump’s repeated baseless<br />claims of election fraud, saying that the<br />President “fed [the rioters] lies.” .<br />McConnell also said that<br />Trump “provoked” the attack. .<br />His accusation is in reference to the<br />speech Trump gave to the crowd shortly<br />before the attempted coup. .<br />During the speech, Trump urged them to<br />march to the Capitol and “never concede.” .<br />The mob was fed lies … They were provoked<br />by the president and other powerful people,<br />and they tried to use fear and violence to stop<br />a specific proceeding of the first branch of the<br />federal government which they did not like, Mitch McConnell, via AP News.<br />Although he blocked a quick<br />Senate impeachment trial from<br />taking place, McConnell has<br />not ruled out an eventual<br />vote to impeach Trump. .<br />In a letter to his GOP colleagues following<br />the House’s impeachment vote, McConnell said he<br />had not decided on “how [he] will vote.” .<br />I have not made a final decision on<br />how I will vote and I intend to listen<br />to the legal arguments when they<br />are presented to the Senate. , Mitch McConnell, via AP News
