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  • McConnell says mob that stormed Capitol 'fed lies'

    Steven T. Dennis and Laura Litvan, Syndicated content|Updated Jan 19, 2021

    WASHINGTON — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said the mob that stormed the Capitol Jan. 6 was “fed lies” and “provoked by the president” and others into violence. McConnell’s words on the Senate floor Tuesday were some of the strongest he’s used to tie President Donald Trump to the attack that disrupted the certification of the Electoral College votes that elected Joe Biden as the next president. “They tried to stop a specific proceeding of the first branch of the federal government, which they did not like,” McCo...