McConnell: Impeachment distracted government from coronavirus threat

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday blamed the Democrats’ push to impeach President Trump in January for distracting the Trump administration from the threat posed by coronavirus.

“It came up while we were tied down in the impeachment trial. And I think it diverted the attention of the government because everything every day was all about impeachment,” McConnell said in an interview on “The Hugh Hewitt Show.”

President Trump has come under sharp criticism for the nation’s slow response to the spreading pandemic, especially for the shortage of coronavirus testing kits when the infection first spread to the United States.

The Senate finally voted to acquit Trump of two articles of impeachment on Feb. 5 after a three-week trial and months of investigation by the House.

McConnell: Impeachment distracted government from coronavirus threat

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