McConnell blasts isolationists and defense skeptics in D-Day anniversary op-ed

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warned against embracing isolationism and those skeptical of building up defense on the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

McConnell detailed his thoughts on what the anniversary means for U.S. foreign policy when faced with threats to democracy in an op-ed published in the New York Times. Eighty years ago today, the Allied forces embarked on a two-month campaign that concluded with the liberation of France from the Nazi regime and eventually ending World War II.

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