When asked if he, McConnell, and other repub members of congress had discussed asking Trump to resign, he adamantly denied it. Audio of the call was released proving McCarthy had made the statements and his denial was a lie. The party of the lying liars continues on. The good thing about this is that the gutless Trumpys know there is a recording which should keep their pie holes closed.
Trump, McCarthy talk after audio shows lawmaker was ready to push Trump to resign
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy dodged immediate reprisals from former president Donald Trump this week after newly released audio captured the California Republican saying that Trump was to blame for the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and should resign, saying at one point, “I’ve had it with this guy.”
Theaudiocontradicted McCarthy’s claim that he did not want Trump to resign after the insurrection by a pro-Trump mob. McCarthy told reporters on Friday evening that his remarks came as he “just walked through different scenarios” and that he “never thought that he should resign,” according toCBS News, even though McCarthy states in the audio that he was thinking about asking Trump to resign.
McCarthy called Trump on Thursday night, and the former president said he was not upset about the remarks from more than a year ago and was glad McCarthy didn’t follow through, according to three people familiar with the conversation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private conversation. McCarthy said Friday evening that he had spoken with Trump twice that day.
The saga comes after two New York Times reporters, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, on Thursday releasedexcerpts from their book“This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future” that detailed a lengthy call among top Republican leaders four days after the insurrection, during which McCarthy and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) privately pledged to push Trump out of politics after the Capitol attack.
McCarthydenied the report,calling it “totally false and wrong.” The New York Times then published a 1½-minute audio clip from the Jan. 10, 2021, call.
In audio from a Jan. 10, 2021, call, McCarthy said: “I’ve had it with this guy. What he did is unacceptable. Nobody can defend that, and nobody should defend it.”
In audio from a separate call a day later, McCarthy told Republicans, “But let me be very clear to all of you and I’ve been very clear to the president: He bears responsibility for his words and actions. No ifs, ands or buts. I asked him personally today: Does he hold responsibility for what happened? Does he feel bad about what happened? He told me he does have some responsibility for what happened and he need to acknowledge that. ”McCarthy also said on the audio: “Now this is one personal fear I have. I do not want to get in any conversation about Pence pardoning.”
Cheney, the vice chair of the select House committee investigating the attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, has since denied recording or leaking the audio and reminded in a statement that the Jan. 6 committee “has asked Kevin McCarthy to speak with us about these events but he has so far declined.”
Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a vocal Trump critic and the other Republican serving on the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, said in a tweet Thursday that reports that McCarthy had said he had “had it” with Trump were “100 percent true.”
“McCarthy was over Trump until he wasn’t, when he realized he needed him. This picture literally resurrected Trump’s political life,” Kinzinger said, sharing the Mar-a-Lago photo of the two men. “Thanks Kev.”
President Biden said the audio showed “this ain’t your father’s Republican Party.”
Nebeyatt Betre, a spokesman for the House Democratic Campaign Committee, was more blunt in a statement: “Kevin McCarthy has proven himself to be a spineless leader and now a bold-faced liar.”
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