McConnell: ‘Everybody Ought to Tone Down Their Rhetoric’ But ‘the President Is Not a Racist’

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REPORTER: "Do you think that the president would be more likely to turn down his rhetoric if Republican leaders like yourself spoke out more forcefully against it?"
MCCONNELL: "Well, I think I’ve just said, I think everybody ought to tone down their rhetoric. We have examples of that across the ideological spectrum in the country, all across it. Everyone ought to tone down their rhetoric and we ought to move back to talking about the issues."