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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellRyan, McConnell called to praise CEOs after they left Trump councils because of Charlottesville remarks: Woodward book This week: Senate set to pass sweeping opioid package Juan Williams: Tide shifts away from Trump on NFL MORE (R-Ky.) said in an interview this week that it's an "honest answer" to say that a general election match-up between Donald Trump
Donald John TrumpOakland Raiders's Marshawn Lynch sits during national anthem, then scores touchdown Trump declares state of emergency in Carolinas ahead of Hurricane Florence Ex-NFL player tears into Nike: Kaepernick ad ‘like 9/11 and Pearl Harbor’ MORE and Hillary Clinton
Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump faces buzzsaw in ‘year of the woman’ Pollster: Rasmussen Research has a pro-GOP bias Top Gallup editor: Faulty polling led to inaccurate 2016 data models MORE represents picking the lesser of two evils.
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellRyan, McConnell called to praise CEOs after they left Trump councils because of Charlottesville remarks: Woodward book This week: Senate set to pass sweeping opioid package Juan Williams: Tide shifts away from Trump on NFL MORE (R-Ky.) said in an interview this week that it's an "honest answer" to say that a general election match-up between Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpOakland Raiders's Marshawn Lynch sits during national anthem, then scores touchdown Trump declares state of emergency in Carolinas ahead of Hurricane Florence Ex-NFL player tears into Nike: Kaepernick ad ‘like 9/11 and Pearl Harbor’ MORE and Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump faces buzzsaw in ‘year of the woman’ Pollster: Rasmussen Research has a pro-GOP bias Top Gallup editor: Faulty polling led to inaccurate 2016 data models MORE represents picking the lesser of two evils."We know for sure we have two very, very unpopular candidates. But we have a two-party system in this country. This is a choice. Regardless of who any of us supported earlier, this is the choice," McConnell said in the interview Monday evening on the Texas-based "Wells Report" radio program.
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Asked later what he thought of people saying the presidential election is a choice between the lesser of two evils, McConnell responded, "Well it just is, that's an honest answer. This is a choice that many Americans are not happy with, but it is the choice."
McConnell argued that between Trump and Clinton, he'll back Trump but said the presumptive GOP nominee should move away from his controversial rhetoric.
"Would I like to see him tone things down? You bet," McConnell said, calling for Trump to focus on Democrats.
"I think he's got a great chance to win, but I think he's got to change to win," McConnell said.
Republicans leaders have for several days denounced Trump for accusing a federal judge of bias because of his Mexican heritage. Trump says Judge Gonzalo Curiel has a conflict of interest presiding over lawsuits against Trump University because of the candidate's call for a border wall with Mexico.
