Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated that he’d support Donald Trump in 2024 if he becomes the Republican Party’s nominee, contending that this is not “inconsistent” with his rebuke of the former president over his actions related to the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
After Trump’s supporters attacked the federal legislative branch of government just over 15 months ago, McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, said that the former president was “practically and morally responsible”—floating the possibility that Trump could face accountability through the criminal justice system.
Tensions have been high between Trump and McConnell since, with the former president dubbing the top Senate Republican an “old crow” and describing him as “a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack.” Nonetheless, McConnell told Fox News in late February 2021 that he’d “absolutely” back Trump if he again becomes the GOP’s presidential nominee. He reiterated that perspective during a…