<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1669752580572,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000179-c7e6-da70-a3ff-cfe7f3790000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1669752580572,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000179-c7e6-da70-a3ff-cfe7f3790000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_69749270", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1196736"} }); ","_id":"00000184-c502-d2c9-a9e6-f71a64c30000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedSenate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell openly questioned former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to run in 2024 over his dinner with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and far-right personality Nick Fuentes.
McConnell, who had previously declined to answer when asked about the dinner on Monday, condemned the incident during a news conference on Tuesday and said it would very likely disqualify Trump from being elected. The two have been on especially bad terms recently, with Trump frequently calling for McConnell to be replaced as Senate leader.
“Let me just say that there is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy,” McConnell told reporters. “Anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, is highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States.”
When further pressed by a reporter, McConnell declined to say whether he’d support Trump if he’s the party’s 2024 nominee.
Trump has faced widespread criticism after having dinner with Ye and Fuentes, though Trump has defended himself by saying he was hoping to help the “seriously troubled man,” referring to Ye. He added that he didn’t invite Fuentes and was unaware of who he was. It was revealed later that Trump and Ye had scheduled the dinner before his antisemitic remarks.
Fuentes is a highly controversial figure, being seen by many on the Right and Left as a Holocaust denier and white nationalist. In several clips on his web show, America First, Fuentes appeared to show sentiment that denied or questioned the Holocaust, including a clip in which he uses an analogy of cookie-baking to claim far fewer Jews were killed than documented.
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Fuentes rejects all allegations that he is a racist, antisemite, or Holocaust denier, claiming that statements such as the cookie analogy were made in jest. In a statement from Fuentes obtained by the Washington Examiner, he said, “I reject all labels other than Christian American.”
