Kevin McCarthy became the latest top Republican to condemn Donald Trump’s dinner with white supremacist Nick Fuentes — while declining to condemn the former president himself. “I don’t think anybody should have a meeting with Nick Fuentes,' McCarthy said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday declined to address whether he would support Donald Trump if the former president wins the Republican nomination in 2024, a notable silence amid his first public comments since Trump dined with white supremacist Nick Fuentes.
At the beginning of his weekly briefing with reporters, McConnell said that “anyone meeting with people advocating that [antisemitic] point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States.” His remarks were a subtle but clear shift since an April interview with Axios where McConnell said “I think I have an obligation to support the nominee of my party” in 2024, despite Trump’s actions that fueled the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
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