McConnell says he would support Trump as a 2024 GOP candidate

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellKlain on Manchin’s objection to Neera Tanden: “He doesn’t answer us in the White House” Democratic fury with the Republican Party explodes in the undecided Murkowski House on Tanden as nomination for limbs MORE (R-Ky.), Who a few weeks ago excoriated the first President TrumpDonald Trump Senators have not given any timetable on the removal of the National Guard and the closing of the Capitol Democratic fury with the Republican Party explodes in the chamber. on the Senate floor, accusing him of rioting at the Capitol, he said Thursday he would support Trump if he wins the party’s presidential nomination in 2024.

“There’s a lot going on in the 24th. I have at least four members who I think are planning to run for president. News. Baier.

Asked if he would support Trump if he won the party’s nomination in 2024, McConnell added, “The party’s candidate? Absolutely.”

The statement represents a notable relevant aspect for McConnell, who immediately after the impeachment trial had noted that he wanted his party to abruptly pull away from Trump.

This move provoked criticism from other Republicans and McConnell has been silent about Trump for weeks.

The statements to Fox News are McConnell’s first to address Trump directly since the former president attacked in a forceful statement after the Republican Party leader blamed him for the attack on the Capitol.

McConnell, in his speech, did not look like a Republican who would again support the former president in another White House race.

He said Trump was “morally responsible” for the attack, where a pro-Trump crowd broke into the building in an effort to stop the Electoral College vote count.

Trump fired back in a statement that described McConnell as a “tough, grumpy, unsmiling political pirate.”

McConnell declined to talk about Trump’s criticism during his weekly press conference. And after Baier played a clip of his speech at the speech, where he aired Trump’s criticisms, McConnell pivoted instead of arguing that Republicans are concentrating on uniting against President BidenJoe BidenKlain on Manchin’s objection to Neera Tanden: “Senators don’t respond to us in the White House” Senators have not given a timeline on removing the National Guard Capitol fence. | Biden reads a report on the assassination of Khashoggi Austin emphasizes vaccine safety in the new MORE videoagenda.

“My point is that what happened in the past is not relevant now, let’s move forward. We have a new administration,” he said.

Similarly, McConnell declined to say whether he blamed Trump for the loss of two Senate seats in Georgia or whether he believed the former president should speak at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Trump is scheduled to speak there on Sunday.

“I have no advice to give the former president about where I should talk or what we should say,” McConnell said.

Republicans smoked against Trump after the Capitol attack, which directly endangered the former vice president Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard Pence The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by The AIDS Institute – Pointing out the Capitol riots; Republican Party Rejects Biden Pence Relief Plan Meets Senior Members of Republican Studies Committee Report The Hill’s 12:30 – Presented by Facebook – Supreme Court Blow on Trump MORE and legislators of both parties.

But the former president maintains a vice control over a voter base that Republicans will have to reclaim in the House and Senate, and has shown no signs of moving away from political spotlight.

McConnell, during the Fox News interview, emphasized the attempt to unite the party that was heading in the medium term. Republicans have 50 seats, placing them at the top of the majority, but they also play defense in 20 states by 2022.

“Let’s focus on winning the House and Senate on the 22nd,” McConnell said, adding that he would give the party’s next presidential candidate “whoever it is, the best chance of winning.”

McConnell’s comments during his interview with Fox News garnered immediate praise from Sen. Lindsey GrahamLindsey Olin Graham The passage of John Lewis’s Bill of Rights Advancement Act is the first step in healing our democracy Progressive support for lower court expansion McConnell backs Garland for Attorney General MORE (RS.C.). Graham, who traveled to Florida last weekend to talk about 2022 with Trump, had criticized McConnell’s speech at the speech.

“Very good statement from Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell tonight on @FoxNews, indicating that he is optimistic about the future of the Republican party in 2022 and beyond and that he looks forward not backward,” Graham tweeted.