Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocks resolution proposed by Senate Democrats that would have condemned President Trump’s response to protesters in Washington, D.C., on Monday.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer introduced the resolution on Tuesday, saying on the Senate floor that the removal of the protesters was “appalling” and “an abuse of presidential power.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell objected, accusing Democrats of pulling a political stunt in the middle of the crisis sparked by the death of George Floyd.
But the Republican leader argued that peaceful protests had been “hijacked” by violent riots and looting, and said the Democratic resolution would do nothing to ease tensions.