Mitch McConnell against several Trump actions, but expects to back "most of" what the administration does

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Sen. Mitch McConnell: President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day.
49% : Well, that was-- those were private comments, and--He vented about Donald Trump to his biographer, Michael Tackett, who interviewed him over the last three years.
40% : So now Donald Trump is president again, issuing an onslaught of executive orders and controversial nominees for his cabinet.
29% : Lesley Stahl: How would you describe your relationship with President Trump?Sen. Mitch McConnell:
29% : McConnell thought that the criminal and civil justice system would be there to hold Trump to account for his actions.
24% : What are your views on President Trump and his supporters trying to change what happened on January 6?
22% : Lesley Stahl: President Trump called you, among other things, a "sullen...unsmiling political hack."
20% : Michael Tackett: The Court he created ended up being the Court that helped to enable Donald Trump to not eventually face prosecution.
18% : But his job became more difficult as his party became more MAGA, and even worse after President Trump used a racial slur against his second wife, Elaine Chao.
16% : It wasn't popular within his party; it wasn't popular with Donald Trump; it wasn't popular with JD Vance.

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