Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would not pursue a Senate leadership role following the November 2024 elections. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
"In addition to the terrorist threats, we have big power competition. The Russians have become like the old Soviet Union. The Chinese – who are tough commercial competitors – have now become national security problems as well. It’s time for the democratic world to be unified," McConnell said.
"This is a worldwide problem for democracies, and they need our leadership, and we need their partnership, and so that’s where I’m going to put the main part of my focus in the coming years."
McConnell categorized his fellow U.S. senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul, also a Republican, as an "isolationist."
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks in Moscow on April 2, 2024. (Contributor/Getty Images)
"I’m going to concentrate, as I’ve said, inside on this isolationist issue, and outside on trying to get us to the majority in the Senate," McConnell added.
"Do you feel like there’s an end in sight for the Ukraine battle?" the host asked the senator.
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"It’s very, very important. I think this is the most dangerous time for the free world since right after the Berlin Wall fell down," McConnell said. "People have always been reluctant. My party tends to be isolationist when there’s a Democrat in the White House. You know most Republicans voted against Lend-Lease going into World War II, and Pearl Harbor straightened that out."
Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
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