how to watch McConnell says Trump’s ‘crescendo of conspiracy theories

3 min readFeb 14, 2021

WASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said former President Donald Trump’s “crescendo of conspiracy theories” caused the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection but said he voted to acquit the 45th president because the Constitution does not permit the Senate to punish someone no longer in office.

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What the Kentucky Republican barely mentioned during his roughly 20-minute speech on the Senate floor is that his own decision to not call the chamber into session last month meant that Biden would be sworn in as the 46th president before Trump’s trial could begin.

“This body is not invited to act as the nation’s overarching moral tribunal,” McConnell said, adding that if Trump had still been in office, McConnell may have “carefully” considered to convict him.

After the House impeached Trump on Jan. 13, McConnell said he would not call back the Senate before they were set to return Jan. 19 unless every senator agreed to do so. Critics say that decision made a verdict before Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20 impossible.

On Saturday, McConnell defended the Senate’s decision “not to entertain some light-speed sham process to try to outrun the loss of jurisdiction.”

“It took both sides more than a week just to produce the pre-trial briefs,” he said. “Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi’s own scheduling decisions conceded what President Biden publicly confirmed: a Senate verdict before inauguration Day was never possible.”

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During a news conference after the Senate vote, Pelosi said it was “pathetic” for McConnell to have “kept the Senate shut down” and unable to receive the article of impeachment.

She accused him of hypocrisy for criticizing Trump on the Senate floor but having “created the situation” where the article was not heard until after Inauguration Day.

“You chose not to receive it,” she said.

Seven fellow GOP senators disagreed with McConnell, opting to joining every Democrat in voting to find Trump guilty Saturday by a 57–43 vote. It was not enough to convict which requires two-thirds of the chamber, or 67 votes. Democrats pursued conviction because it allows for the Senate to pass a resolution barring Trump from ever holding federal office again.

During his speech Saturday on the Senate floor, the normally staid McConnell did not mince words about the former president.

He said Trump is “practically and morally responsible” for the insurrection on Jan. 6. He said Trump’s supporters were “assaulting the Capitol in his name” and “carried his banners” while “screaming their loyalties to him.”

More:Live impeachment updates: In historic vote, Senate acquits Trump. Again.

“It was obvious,” McConnell said of where the rioters’ loyalties rested. He said the riot was unsurprising given the lies Trump had fed to his supporters about the election being stolen.

“This was an intensifying crescendo of conspiracy theories orchestrated by an outgoing president who seemed determined to either overturn the voters’ decision or else torch our institutions on the way out.”

how to watch McConnell says Trump’s ‘crescendo of conspiracy theories

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