Schumer says McConnell lacked ‘courage’ to skip meeting with Trump

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) questioned the “courage” of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), the top Republican in the Senate, after he attended a meeting with former President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill Thursday.

McConnell had not spoken with Trump since their falling out over the Jan. 6 riot and only begrudgingly endorsed him for president after he locked up the GOP nomination earlier this year.

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