Republican leaders dodged the latest controversial talk about Donald Trump on their way out of Washington, D.C., Thursday, and instead played up their accomplishments and started looking ahead to their future agenda items in Congress.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, asked by a reporter why he refused to discuss Donald Trump, who will head the GOP ticket on Nov. 8, responded, “Because I choose not to.”

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