Senate Minority Leader McConnell appears to take aim at former President Trump over his dinner with Ye and Nick Fuentes, saying “there is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy.”
to host Ye and white supremacist Nick Fuentes for dinner last week at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
Flanked by other top Republicans, the GOP's Senate leader opened his weekly news conference by saying:"First, let me just say that there is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy. And anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the United States."
McConnell didn't name Trump in his remarks and when pressed by reporters about whether he would support the former president if he wins the GOP nomination in 2024, McConnell didn't respond directly. "There is simply no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy, and that would apply to all of the leaders in the party who will be seeking offices," he said.
The comments were McConnell's first about the dinner since Trump hosted Ye , Fuentes and others last week. Fuentes has denied that the Holocaust occurred and Ye has made numerous
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