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   Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that former   
   President Donald Trump could play a “constructive” role for   
   Republicans after his acquittal for allegedly inciting the   
   Capitol riot.   
      
   “I don’t rule out the prospect that [Trump] may well be   
   supporting good candidates,” McConnell (R-Ky.) told the Wall   
   Street Journal when asked what role he saw for Trump in GOP   
   politics.   
      
   “I’m not assuming that, to the extent the former president wants   
   to continue to be involved, he won’t be a constructive part of   
   the process.”   
      
   McConnell tore into Trump on Saturday, despite voting for   
   acquittal, and said he was “practically and morally responsible”   
   for the violence on Jan. 6. But McConnell voted to acquit Trump   
   on constitutional grounds and has sought to avoid Republican in-   
   fighting.   
      
   McConnell told the Journal that he cares most about supporting   
   electable Republicans in 2022 as he hopes to reclaim the Senate,   
   which is currently divided 50-50 with Vice President Kamala   
   Harris breaking ties in favor of Democrats.   
      
    “I personally don’t care what kind of Republican they are, what   
   kind of lane they consider themselves in,” he said. “What I care   
   about is electability.”   
      
   Trump said Saturday after his acquittal: “Our historic,   
   patriotic and beautiful movement to Make America Great Again has   
   only just begun. In the months ahead I have much to share with   
   you.”   
      
   On Monday, Trump aide Dan Scavino tweeted a video of hundreds of   
   Trump fans rallying along a road in Florida to support Trump on   
   Presidents’ Day. Because he was acquitted by the Senate, he’s   
   eligible to run again for president in 2024.   
      
   Trump recently met with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-   
   Calif.) who had also accused Trump of being responsible for the   
   riot that killed five. Trump told McCarthy he would work to help   
   Republicans flip the House, where Democrats have a thin majority.   
      
   But Senate races could become a power struggle between pro- and   
   anti-Trump wings of the party.   
      
   Trump has publicly called for a primary challenge against No. 2   
   Senate Republican John Thune of South Dakota, who is up for re-   
   election in 2022. Thune was not among the seven Senate   
   Republicans who voted to convict Trump.   
      
   Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who did vote to convict   
   Trump, is up for re-election, and there are open seats currently   
   held by pro-conviction Republicans in North Carolina and   
   Pennsylvania.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2021/02/15/mcconnell-trump-could-play-   
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