McConnell stands by Trump immunity stance, criticizes Tucker Carlson’s ‘destructive’ rhetoric WSB-TV Channel 2 [Video]

In a pair of interviews that aired Sunday on Face the Nation (CBS) and Meet the Press (NBC), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressed his views on federal abortion bans, a potential Trump endorsement, the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses and former Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

The longest-serving Senate leader in history, McConnell, 82, recently announced that he’s stepping down from that position in November. He plans to serve out the rest of his Senate term, which ends in January 2027.

Here are some key quotes from his back-to-back interviews.

Presidential immunity and supporting Trump as president

As the Supreme Court weighs whether a president has total immunity from criminal charges, McConnell reflected on then-President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial in 2021, for which he voted to acquit Trump from having incited the Jan. 6 events. At the time, McConnell said presidents don’t have total immunity and that Trump was “morally responsible” for the insurrection on Jan. 6.