I addressed that issue on February the 13th" of 2021, McConnell said.
McConnell still endorsed Trump for president, telling Brennan that he has always maintained he would support the Republican nominee for president.
McConnell has said he'll step down from his leadership role in the Senate in November, although his term won't expire until 2027.
That means, as Brennan pointed out, Trump could be in the White House while McConnell serves out the remainder of his term.
McConnell dismissed the idea of fact checking or influencing Trump when the presumptive GOP nominee parrots misinformation about Russia and Ukraine.
"I'm not going to give any advice to our candidate in the — in the presidential election," McConnell said.
To Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's credit, McConnell said, Democrats stuck together — it was Republicans who needed to be persuaded. »
