Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell issued criticism against former President Donald Trump over the latter’s comments calling for the suspension of the Constitution.
“Anyone seeking the presidency who thinks that the Constitution could somehow be suspended or not followed, it seems to me would have a very hard time being sworn in as president of the United States,” McConnell said Tuesday in Washington.
The remarks come after Trump said on social media that the 2020 election was stolen from him. In his comments, he said that the fraud in that election, where he lost to President Joe Biden, would allow “the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.”
Trump followed up by saying that the “Fake News” is saying he wanted to “terminate” the Constitution.
“The Fake News is actually trying to convince the American People that I said I wanted to ‘terminate’ the Constitution. This is simply more DISINFORMATION & LIES, just like RUSSIA, RUSSIA, RUSSIA, and all of their other HOAXES & SCAMS,” Trump wrote Monday afternoon, saying he meant that “steps must be immediately taken to RIGHT THE WRONG.”
When pressed about whether he would support Trump in 2024, McConnell wouldn’t say.
“What I’m saying is it would be pretty hard to be sworn in as to the presidency if you’re not willing to uphold the constitution,” McConnell said. “That’s what I said, and I’ve just said it again.”
