McConnell Calls For Death Penalty In Louisville, Pittsburgh Shootings

WEKU | By Ryland Barton

Published October 29, 2018 at 4:56 PM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that recent shootings at a grocery store in Louisville and a synagogue in Pittsburgh should be considered hate crimes. Capitol reporter Ryland Barton says McConnell also called for the death penalty against the accused gunmen.

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