House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said President Trump is "in complete denial" about Russia's attempts to meddle in the 2020 election and accused Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of being an "accomplice" to Russian interference, claiming that she wonders about his allegiance to the United States.
The California Democrat made the comments on Sunday during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's This Week.
"Bloomberg is reporting, this Friday, the possibility that there is an investigation now on whether or not the Russians are trying to help President Trump and hurt Joe Biden," said Stephanopoulos, later continuing, "How worried are you about Russian interference in 2020; are we doing all we can to prevent it?"
"No, and the president of the United States is in complete denial about Russia's role," replied Pelosi. "As I have said, in terms of this president, all roads lead to Putin."
Pelosi, 79, then pivoted to McConnell, saying he has "resisted sources" that suggest Russian meddling in American elections.
"Sometimes I wonder about Mitch McConnell too," remarked Pelosi. "What's he — why is he an accomplice to all of that? He has resisted sources going in a manner commensurate with the threat for state agencies, whichever they are in a state, could be the secretary of state or whatever, to protect our infrastructure, our critical infrastructure of elections."
NEW: "No, and the president is in complete denial about Russia's role," Pelosi tells @GStephanopoulos when asked if the U.S. is doing enough to stop 2020 meddling.
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"Sometimes I wonder about Mitch McConnell, too...why is he an accomplice to all of that?" https://t.co/G6Ef3GUsED pic.twitter.com/Id9VTzmY9f
Earlier in the interview, Pelosi claimed McConnell, 78, was participating in a "cover-up" after the Kentucky Republican signed onto a measure to dismiss Trump's impeachment trial without witness presentations if Pelosi doesn't send the two articles of abuse and obstruction to the Senate within 25 days.
Democrats claimed Russia meddled in the 2016 presidential election long before special counsel Robert Mueller's report, which followed an investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin, determined Russia did interfere in the election but that the president's campaign did not collude with the nation.
