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McConnell On Trump Win: Americans Chose ‘New Direction For Our Nation’

11.09.16 | 6:35 am

UNITED STATES - JUNE 02: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is interviewed by Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call at the NRSC about his new book "The Long Game," June 2, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Cal... UNITED STATES - JUNE 02: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is interviewed by Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call at the NRSC about his new book "The Long Game," June 2, 2016. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images) MORE LESS

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Wednesday morning congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the presidential race.

“I congratulate President-elect Trump on his historic election. After eight years of the Obama administration, the American people have chosen a new direction for our nation,” he said in a statement. “President-elect Trump has a significant opportunity to bring our nation together.”

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Caitlin Mac Neal is TPM's special projects editor, based in Washington, D.C. She first came to TPM as a newswriter, and has written for HuffPost, the Sunlight Foundation and Slate.

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captaincommonsense says:

November 9, 2016

Only in the sense that a 180-degree turn is a “new direction”, asshole.
eggrollian says:

November 9, 2016

Is Fascism a direction?
lizzymom says:

November 9, 2016

New direction: “advance to the rear”.

Welcome back to the Dark Ages.
inversion says:

November 9, 2016

wb Mitch
captaincommonsense says:

November 9, 2016

Finally poked his head out of his shell.

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