Washington (CNN) Senior Republicans are split over how to treat former President Donald Trump, with the No. 2 House Republican making a personal pilgrimage to visit him on the same day that the top Senate Republican vowed never to "bend the knee" in that way. The Kentucky Republican is "not going to bend the knee" and travel to Mar-a-Lago, a close McConnell associate told CNN, adding that McConnell will "probably never speak" to Trump again if he can avoid it. The concern of many Republicans is that doing so would effectively prop up candidates who can't win the general election. Trump refused and accused McCarthy of caring less about the election results than the rioters.

Source: CNN February 18, 2021 21:11 UTC