McConnell: Impeachment distracted government from coronavirus threat

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McConnell: Impeachment distracted government from coronavirus threat
By Alexander Bolton - 03/31/20 10:11 AM EDT

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 the 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.”

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 virus first spread to the United States.


More than 160,000 Americans have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than 3,000 people have died from the virus in the country.

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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/490335-mcconnell-impeachment-distracted-government-from-coronavirus-threat

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It may have distracted you, Mitch, but it didn't distract President Trump.