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Top Republican Mitch McConnell says Donald Trump ‘provoked’ US Capitol attackers
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Andrew Desiderio on politico.com on January 19, 2021.US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said President Donald Trump “provoked” the crowd that stormed the Capitol earlier this month as Congress was certifying the presidential election results, his strongest condemnation yet of the outgoing president’s actions that led to the violent insurrection targeting lawmakers.McConnell’s remarks…