As we told you yesterday, U.S.

Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky endorsed former President Donald Trump's 2024 run for the White House.

That's despite former President Trump's past attacks on McConnell and McConnell's wife, Elaine Chao, a former member of Trump's Cabinet.

And in 2021, McConnell said Trump was responsible for the January 6th attack on the US Capitol.

Yesterday, reporters asked Senator McConnell about his decision to endorse Trump.

Did you reconcile your Trump endorsement with the fact that you called him practically and morally responsible for January six and the fact that he insulted you and your wife repeatedly?

February 25th, 2021, Shortly after the attack on the Capitol, I was asked a similar question, and I said I would support the nominee for president, even if it weren't for the president.

Mr. McConnell.

In April of last year, you indicated, didn't really directly answer the question as to whether or not you were comfortable with Mr. Trump.

And he was in the middle of criminal trials and indictments.

He was the nominee and that means you're comfortable with it.

I don't have anything to add to what I just said.

I said in February of 2021, shortly after the attack on the Capitol, that I would support President Trump if he were the nominee of our party.

And he obviously is going to be the nominee of our party.

McConnell's endorsement came one day after Trump won most of the Super Tuesday primary contests.

Trump's last major Republican competitor, former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, dropped out of the race yesterday.