Mitch McConnell was warned days before Jan. 6 Trump could be 'instigator' of violence [View all]
In the four days prior to the deadly January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) sent a text message to then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) saying he was concerned about senators' safety prior to the scheduled certification of 2020 Electoral College votes. McConnell never responded.
Author McKay Coppins — who wrote the biography Romney: A Reckoning last year — published the ominous January 2 text message in an article for The Atlantic.
"In case you have not heard this, I just got a call from [Maine independent senator] Angus King, who said that he had spoken with a senior official at the Pentagon who reports that they are seeing very disturbing social media traffic regarding the protests planned on the 6th," the message read. "There are calls to burn down your home, Mitch; to smuggle guns into DC, and to storm the Capitol."
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