Billionaire Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone said on Wednesday that he felt “ betrayed. ” President Trump
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“I think the biggest mistake anyone will make is trying to rationalize what happened last week, what the president did and what that crowd did,” Langone said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” hours before the House was scheduled to do so on Wednesday. to impeach Trump a second time. “There should be no restriction at all. It was horrible. It was wrong. I am shocked.”
“It should never have happened in this country,” he continued. If it doesn’t break every American’s heart, something is wrong. It sure breaks my heart. I have not signed up for that. “
Langone urged Americans to unite before the president-elect Joe Biden
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Langone made similar comments in 2017 after Trump insisted that attendees at the white supremacist “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, include “very fine people.” The billionaire said Trump had “handled the situation in Charlottesville completely wrong,” although he continued. to support the president’s economic policies.
The president’s handling of the riot and his repeated promotion of unproven conspiracy theories about voter fraud have led to countless high-profile dropouts in the closing days of his presidency. Transport secretary Elaine Chao
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Shortly afterwards Sens. Lisa Murkowski
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