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Shortly after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell did something extraordinary: He decided to disinvite Donald Trump from President Joe Biden's upcoming inauguration because he was worried Trump could use the occasion to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, according to a new book by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.
Karl's book, "Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show," details how after the Capitol attack, McConnell told aides he wanted the top Congressional leaders to draft a letter telling the then-sitting president that he was not welcome to attend the inauguration.
The events eventually prompted Trump to send off what would be his final tweet before being banned by the social media platform, according to "Betrayal," set to be released on Nov. 16.
"McConnell felt he could not give Trump another opportunity to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power," Karl writes in the new book. "McConnell wanted to get a letter together from the top four congressional leaders informing Trump that he had been disinvited."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-sought-to-disinvite-trump-from-inauguration-new-book-says/ar-AAQIDv8
PCIntern
(25,585 posts)Jesus.
spanone
(135,880 posts)Botany
(70,587 posts)This is the same Mitch who was told of Russia's interference in the 2016 election in order to
help TFG by US intelligence and members of the Obama administration worked to keep that
information hidden?
C_U_L8R
(45,021 posts)because they are all in PR crisis-mode, desperate to rebrand their narratives.
Retrograde
(10,158 posts)at his second impeachment trial. The Turtle sure knows how to take a stand when no one knows about it and he'll suffer no consequences.