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McConnell: Anti-Trump Protests No Cause For Alarm

Mitch McConnell speaking in Louisville.
J. Tyler Franklin
Mitch McConnell speaking in Louisville.

U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said he’s not concerned about the protests across the country that were sparked by the election of Donald Trump as the next president.

The senator told reporters on Friday that he doesn’t think anyone should be "unduly alarmed" by the anti-Trump protests that have erupted around the country since Election Day.

On Thursday night, hundreds of people peacefully protested Trump’s election in downtown Louisville. The group chanted, marched and held signs disavowing the president-elect that many have called misogynistic, racist and homophobic.

Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.