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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell directly blamed President Donald Trump on Tuesday for the deadly mob that attacked the Capitol on January 6.
McConnell's statement comes as the Senate prepares for an impeachment trial that will decide whether to convict Trump for "incitement to insurrection."
Also, potentially, if it disqualifies you from holding the position in the future.
The Republican leader, who is usually quite reserved, rarely separated from the Trump line during his four years as president.
However, he led the Senate certification on the presidential elections that the agitators promised to revoke.
McConnell has strongly condemned the violence on Capitol Hill, where he has been a senator for 36 years.
"The mob was fed lies," said McConnell, R-Kentucky, in the Senate.
"It was provoked by the president and other powerful people," he added.
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The Senate Republican leader has yet to say whether he will vote to convict Trump, after the evidence is presented in impeachment.
Privately, McConnell has indicated that impeaching Trump would help remove the president's legacy from the public perception of the Republican Party.
The senator stressed that Congress did its duty despite the violence on January 6.
Precisely by certifying the victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris.
"We will have a safe and successful inauguration right here in front of the Capitol," said McConnell.
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The Senate prepares for impeachment on the "incitement to insurrection" charge, with which the House indicted Trump.
In that regard, the Republican leader said Tuesday that the Senate received a message from the House on Trump's impeachment, but that the impeachment article has not yet been transmitted to the upper house.
For his part, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer advocated convicting Trump and disqualifying him from returning to office.
“We need to set a precedent that the most serious crime ever committed by a president will have the most severe remedy provided by the Constitution.
That is, the impeachment and conviction by this chamber, as well as the disqualification from office in the future, "said Schumer.
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McConnell said Congress will soon begin working for the American people.
He also claimed that no party has a broad mandate after the 2020 elections, which were handed over by the White House and Senate, previously led by Republicans, to Democrats.
"Certainly, the November elections did not give either side a mandate for radical ideological change," McConnell said.
"The Americans elected a narrowly divided Senate, a narrowly divided House.
And a presidential candidate who said he would represent everyone.
"So our marching orders from the American people are clear," McConnell continued.
«We are going to have a solid discussion and look for common ground.
We must seek bipartisan agreement in all places we can, and control and balance each other, respectfully, where necessary, "he added.
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