(CNN) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell conceded Thursday night that he was wrong to claim that the Obama administration had not left behind a plan to deal with a pandemic in the US.
"I was wrong. They did leave behind a plan, so I clearly made a mistake in that regard," McConnell said during an interview with Fox News' Bret Baier.
The concession comes days after he falsely accused the Obama administration of failing to leave the Trump administration "any kind of game plan" for something like the coronavirus pandemic during a Trump campaign online chat with Lara Trump, the President's daughter-in-law.
"They claim pandemics only happen once every hundred years but what if that's no longer true? We want to be early, ready for the next one, because clearly the Obama administration did not leave to this administration any kind of game plan for something like this," McConnell had said Monday.
In reality, former President Barrack Obama's White House National Security Council left the Trump administration a detailed document on how to respond to a pandemic.
Playmakeup on May 15th, 2020 at 01:36 UTC »
Jesus Christ. Not only did they leave a game plan, they had a drill.
dadboddadjokes on May 15th, 2020 at 01:27 UTC »
not just a play book, but also a face to face meeting between outgoing team and incoming team
swellfie on May 15th, 2020 at 01:15 UTC »
So why comment in the first place then??