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Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced he would support Donald Trump for president after blaming him for the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and panelists on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” were appalled. The Kentucky Republican, who announced last week he would step down as Senate Republican leader after November’s election, has not spoken to Trump since the insurrection, although he helped shield the former president from conviction in his Senate impeachment trial. “A lot of people have forgotten why you go to Washington,” said New York Times columnist Mara Gay. “It’s supposed to b…

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