House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said days after the U.S. Capitol riot that then-President Donald Trump had admitted to him that he bore some responsibility for the violence that unfurled among his supporters on Jan. 6 last year.
“I say he has responsibility. He told me personally that he does have some responsibility. I think a lot of people do,” McCarthy said in a Jan. 12 interview with Bakersfield, California, radio station KERN that CNN’s “K-File” unearthed and released on Friday.
Here's the audio of McCarthy saying Trump has responsibility for Jan. 6th and Trump admitted responsibility. He strongly urges a commission to investigate the attack.
McCarthy said Thursday he didn't recall telling members Trump took responsibility.https://t.co/fsZYL5Q1ss pic.twitter.com/T7Rwb8Yd0n — andrew kaczynski (@KFILE) January 14, 2022
McCarthy reportedly made a similar claim about Trump taking responsibility for the riot in a Jan. 11 call to Republican lawmakers, per Reuters.
“I asked him personally today if he holds responsibility for what happened, if he feels bad about what happened. He told me he does have some responsibility for what happened,” the top House Republican reportedly said, although he’s since claimed he can’t recall saying it.
The resurfacing of the KERN interview audio is notable, given that Trump has never publicly admitted his role in inciting the storming of the Capitol (for which he was later impeached) and McCarthy has reasserted himself as a key Trump ally and refused to cooperate with the House select committee’s investigation into the riot.
Johnny_B_Asshole on January 15th, 2022 at 14:20 UTC »
The Soundcloud link:
https://soundcloud.com/louis-amestoy/kevin-mccarthy-explains-impeachment-vote
8to24 on January 15th, 2022 at 14:05 UTC »
“I say he has responsibility. He told me personally that he does have some responsibility. I think a lot of people do,” McCarthy said in a Jan. 12 interview with Bakersfield, California, radio station KERN that CNN’s “K-File” unearthed and released on Friday.'
Everyone with eyeballs and ears in aware Trump is responsible. It's gaslighting by the right that this issue is debated at all.
dallasdude on January 15th, 2022 at 13:57 UTC »
Chris Wallace asked him directly and repeatedly: "when you called Trump on January 6 to ask him to call off the insurrection, did he say "well I guess these people care more about the election than you do Kevin"
Couldn't answer that question