In voting to acquit ex-President Donald Trump Feb. 13 of inciting the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol Building, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tried to balance his claim that he did so because it violated the Constitution to try someone who was no longer in office with a scalding denunciation of Mr. Trump's conduct.
He stated that despite joining 42 other GOP Senators in opposing conviction—leaving the 50 Democrats and seven Republicans who voted to convict short by 10 votes of the needed two-thirds majority, "There is no question—none—that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day."
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