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‘I feel betrayed’ — Ken Langone blasts Trump and Capitol rioters, vows to support Biden

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January 13, 2021
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Republican businessman Ken Langone on Wednesday blasted last week’s Capitol Hill riot, indicting on CNBC he felt “betrayed” by President Donald Trump‘s actions that lead up to the deadly events.

“I think the biggest mistake anybody is going to make is try and rationalize what happened last week, what the president did and what that crowd did,” Langone said on “Squawk Box.” “There should be no mitigation at all. It was horrible. It was wrong. I’m shocked.”

Trump’s supporters overtook the U.S. Capitol exactly one week ago in an effort to stop Congress from finalizing President-elect Joe Biden‘s win in the Electoral College. Trump’s incendiary rhetoric and repeated lies about widespread fraud in the November elected helped rile up his supporters and, at a speech in Washington, the president encouraged supporters who gathered in the city to march to the Capitol.

“I feel betrayed,” said Langone, who has been highly supportive of Trumps’ economic policies over the years while also at times criticizing the president, such as over his response to the deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017.

“Last Wednesday was a disgrace,” added Langone, the billionaire co-founder of Home Depot who has donated over the years to Republicans. “It should never have happened in this country. If it doesn’t break every American’s heart, something is wrong. It breaks my heart, for sure. I didn’t sign up for that.”

Langone, who serves chairman of the board of the NYU Langone Medical Center, urged Americans to rally behind Biden and ditch partisanship. “If there’s a time in history where all Americans need to be a patriot, this is that time,” he said.

“I’m going to do everything I can from Day 1 to make sure I do my part to make Joe Biden the most successful president in the history of this country,” Langone added. “There’s a selfish reason for that, we’ve got very serious major issues in American to deal with,” such as the coronavirus pandemic and public education.

Langone’s comments come as the House of Representatives prepares to vote to impeach Trump again, this second time for his role in inciting the Capitol riot. The Democratic-led effort has gained the support of a few GOP members, including Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming. She’s the third-ranked Republican in the House. 

“I don’t care” whether Trump is impeached, Langone said. “All I care about is one thing: January 20th, Joe Biden is going to be sworn in as president.” 

Asked specifically about Republican members of Congress who voted against finalizing Biden’s victory, even after the deadly riot, Langone said, “I don’t know what the hell they had in their mind, frankly. … What was it a grandstand play?”

“There’s going to be plenty of time, and I’m sure there’s going to be a lot of energy spent, to do what they have to do whether it’s to Trump, whether it’s to those senators or whatever it is,” Langone added. “At the end of the day, thank God, we’re a democracy and the voters will have the last word.”

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