Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has endorsed Donald Trump, declined twice to say whether Trump is qualified to be president during a Sunday interview on ABC’s “This Week.”
“I think there’s no question that he’s made a number of mistakes over the last few weeks. I think they’re beginning to right the ship,” McConnell said when first asked if Trump is qualified. “It’s a long time until November. And the burden, obviously, will be on him to convince people that he can handle this job.”
“And I think a good step in the right direction was the changes he made in the campaign. He’s beginning to use a prepared script more often, which I think is absolutely appropriate for any candidate, whether you’re a long-time politician like Hillary Clinton or whether you’re new to the game like Donald Trump,” the majority leader continued.
ABC’s George Stephanopoulos then told McConnell, “I didn’t hear you say whether you thought he was qualified.”
“Look, I’ll leave that to the American people to decide. You know, he won the Republican nomination fair and square. He got more votes than anybody else against a whole lot of well-qualified candidates. And so our primary voters have made their decision as to who they want to be the nominee,” McConnell replied. “The American people will be able to make that decision in the fall.”
Watch the interview at ABC News.
