Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at CPAC in 2013. Image: Gage Skidmore/flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday declined to speak about President Donald Trump's leadership in the aftermath of George Floyd's killing.
"I’m not going to critique other people’s performances," McConnell told MSNBC's Kasie Hunt.
But just last month, McConnell told former President Barack Obama that he should "keep his mouth shut" instead of criticizing Trump.
Read some of the reports from McConnell's Tuesday remarks below.
>@kasie asked MCCONNELL about trump: “I’m not going to critique other people’s performances.”— Jake Sherman (@Jake Sherman) 1591123382.0
McConnell, asked about Pres. Trump's response: "I'm not going to critique other people's performances."— Phil Mattingly (@Phil Mattingly) 1591123509.0
Just last month, McConnell critiqued Obama as "classless" for criticizing Trump's botched pandemic response https://t.co/KGdudZpBjp— Jennifer Bendery (@Jennifer Bendery) 1591123919.0
McConnell: Here in Washington, last night was rather smooth. There were few injuries. No one got killed...this is a… https://t.co/7l56nlq7Vu— Chad Pergram (@Chad Pergram) 1591123392.0
McConnell now: “there is no question there is residual racism in America.”— Lisa Desjardins (@Lisa Desjardins) 1591123412.0
Ah yes, I remember McConnell famously never critiquing Obama's performance https://t.co/dZAHoOCxzW— Scott McLaughlin (@Scott McLaughlin) 1591123449.0
Senate Majoroty Leader Mitch McConnell does not say whether they will consider another coronavirus bill this month.… https://t.co/R6oYyFwKoi— Hugo Lowell (@Hugo Lowell) 1591123583.0
McConnell asked whether he's comfortable with what occurred outside WH when police forcefully cleared crowd so Trum… https://t.co/cJRcl0ObXc— Erica Werner (@Erica Werner) 1591123607.0
