AXIOS: McConnell calls Jan. 6 certification his “most consequential vote”
His remarks to his conference are likely to escalate President Trump’s fury with him.
Politico’s Alex Isenstadt reports, “McConnell held a conference call with Senate Republicans this morning in which he pressed Hawley multiple times to explain his plans to object to the Electoral College. McConnell was met with silence, per multiple people familiar with the call. Turns out Hawley wasn’t present.”