Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told his Republican colleagues that he won’t “judge” them if they object to certifying the Electoral College, a GOP senator told Politico.
Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., said that McConnell, during a call with congressional Republicans, told them, “this is a very difficult decision for each one of you, you each have to make it yourselves.”
Cramer added, “‘I’ve voted twice on declarations of war.’ And he said, ‘This is right up there. But … there’s a lot of noise out there and I won’t judge anybody for their decision.’”
Another GOP senator, who was unnamed, told Politico that McConnell is “letting everybody reach their own conclusion here. That’s very much his leadership style on issues like this, is to not say much. I think he hopes we don’t have too many people vote to do this. Trying to convince people right now wouldn’t produce much of a result when you could just give them time to think about it.”
A third said, “I don’t think he’s enjoying it,” in reference to McConnell’s position as leader of a split party. “He has to just make sure that this doesn’t splinter us all into several different factions.”
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