Trump Shrugs Off Kevin McCarthy Call: 'The Support Was Very Strong'
2 years, 8 months ago

Trump Shrugs Off Kevin McCarthy Call: 'The Support Was Very Strong'

Huff Post  

“The only discussion I would have with him is that I think will pass, and it would be my recommendation you resign,” McCarthy was recorded saying in the Jan. 10, 2021, phone call with Republican leaders. In new audio released Friday, McCarthy had also said that Trump accepted some responsibility for the violent attack on the Capitol, which had been led by his supporters, who thought they could disrupt the congressional certification of Electoral College votes and ultimately overturn the 2020 election. McCarthy also said in that call: “I’ve had it with this guy.” Trump denied to the Journal that he ever accepted any responsibility for the Jan. 6 attack, which began soon after Trump told a rally crowd to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell.” “No, that’s false. The report by Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin was based on passages in their new book, “This Will Not Pass.” “I never asked the president to resign,” said McCarthy.

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Column: Kevin McCarthy wants vengeance. Now he’s free to pursue it
8 months ago

Column: Kevin McCarthy wants vengeance. Now he’s free to pursue it

LA Times  

Former Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the first House leader in history to be voted out of his position. “That’s why he is no longer speaker.” McCarthy is a political animal down to his marrow and the speakership is a job he coveted much of his career. He was self-deprecating, offering to field students’ questions for as long as they …

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy quits Congress. It’s poetic justice for the Trump apologist
1 year ago

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy quits Congress. It’s poetic justice for the Trump apologist

LA Times  

Rep. Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as speaker of the House on Oct. 3. But we don’t believe for a minute that’s the reason former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy decided to step down at the end of the month after 17 years in Congress. In the end, however, McCarthy couldn’t manage the unruly conference and …

Angry Kevin McCarthy cursed out Trump in tense phone call after his ouster: report
1 year ago

Angry Kevin McCarthy cursed out Trump in tense phone call after his ouster: report

Raw Story  

A new report in the Washington Post details a tense phone call that occurred between Rep. Kevin McCarthy and former President Donald Trump shortly after McCarthy was ousted as speaker this year. In a phone call with Trump this past October, the former president told McCarthy that he didn't do enough to save his job from the rebellion led by …

Top US House Republican McCarthy vows to survive threat for avoiding shutdown
1 year, 2 months ago

Top US House Republican McCarthy vows to survive threat for avoiding shutdown

Live Mint  

Top US House Republican Kevin McCarthy expected to survive a threat to his speakership after a hardline critic within his party called for his ouster following the passage of a stopgap government funding bill that drew more support from Democrats than Republicans, he said on Saturday. Speaking to multiple US media outlets, Harline Republican Representative Matt Gaetz said he could …

Angry and frustrated, McCarthy challenges right-flank colleagues to try to oust him from his post
1 year, 3 months ago

Angry and frustrated, McCarthy challenges right-flank colleagues to try to oust him from his post

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Angry, frustrated and unable to lead a fractured and unruly Republican majority, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday told the colleagues threatening to oust him: Do it. A top Trump ally, Gaetz reiterated the conservative flank’s many demands after McCarthy’s meeting — single-subject spending bills, a subpoena for Hunter Biden in the impeachment inquiry and other priorities. “Kevin …

AOC slams McCarthy on Biden impeachment: ‘He’s making a joke of himself’
1 year, 3 months ago

AOC slams McCarthy on Biden impeachment: ‘He’s making a joke of himself’

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The top two Democrats on the committee that will lead …

McCarthy endorses impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden
1 year, 3 months ago

McCarthy endorses impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden

The Independent  

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Opinion: Watch as Kevin McCarthy puts on 'impeachment theater' while the government teeters
1 year, 3 months ago

Opinion: Watch as Kevin McCarthy puts on 'impeachment theater' while the government teeters

LA Times  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy holds a news conference at the Capitol in Washington as the House prepares to leave for its August recess. Last spring House Speaker Kevin McCarthy rightly got props from folks across the political spectrum, myself included, for compromising with President Biden to raise the nation’s debt limit and thereby avert economic armageddon. As Florida Man Rep. …

'McCarthy knows' Trump will likely doom his House majority: GOP insider
1 year, 5 months ago

'McCarthy knows' Trump will likely doom his House majority: GOP insider

Raw Story  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to stay out of the Republican presidential primary, but that position may be impossible to maintain. The California Republican hasn't endorsed Donald Trump, although some believe he privately backs the ex-president, but one House conservative said under the cloak of anonymity that an official endorsement might trigger a civil war inside the "incredibly split" …

Kevin McCarthy tried apologizing to furious Trump but 'only made things worse': Politico
1 year, 5 months ago

Kevin McCarthy tried apologizing to furious Trump but 'only made things worse': Politico

Raw Story  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy infuriated former President Donald Trump earlier this week when he expressed uncertainty about whether Trump would be the strongest candidate to run against President Joe Biden. McCarthy reportedly apologized personally to Trump for this -- but Politico's Playbook is reporting that "McCarthy’s damage control made things worse." "Fundraising off of Trump’s name without permission is a …

Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6
1 year, 6 months ago

Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6

LA Times  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy opens the joint meeting of Congress on Thursday in preparation for an address by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he supports the idea of expunging the two impeachments of Donald Trump, as hard-right Republican allies of the former president introduce a pair of proposals to treat the historic charges as though …

GOP moderates left squirming as McCarthy vows to 'expunge' Trump impeachments: report
1 year, 6 months ago

GOP moderates left squirming as McCarthy vows to 'expunge' Trump impeachments: report

Raw Story  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters Friday that he backs a proposed resolution that would "expunge" former President Donald Trump's two impeachments. "This is a symbolic resolution that is being pushed by Elise Stefanik, who is a member of the House Republican leadership, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, she is a close Trump ally, a staunch conservative," said Raju. "They have …

Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6
1 year, 6 months ago

Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday he supports the idea of expunging the two impeachments of Donald Trump as hard-right Republican allies of the former president introduce a pair of proposals to declare it as though the historic charges never happened. McCarthy told reporters that he agrees with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Elise Stefanik who want to …

How Trump has rendered Kevin McCarthy impotent
1 year, 8 months ago

How Trump has rendered Kevin McCarthy impotent

Raw Story  

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is the highest-ranking Republican on paper. And although the California congressman holds the gavel, he doesn’t hold much power, Axios reports, noting that in today’s GOP, it’s former President Donald Trump who’s calling the shots. In an article that run under the headline “The House GOP's shadow speaker,” Axios’ Zachary Basu and Andrew Solender contend that …

Against McCarthy: Hard-right members stage GOP rebellion
1 year, 11 months ago

Against McCarthy: Hard-right members stage GOP rebellion

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Republicans opposing Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become the next House speaker generally have made their mark as part of the GOP’s ultra-conservative wing, eager to pick a fight with leaders from both parties and rarely finding major bipartisan bills to be a good thing. “Everyone supporting Kevin McCarthy, or at least voicing their support for Kevin …

'We'll see what happens': Trump declines to back up McCarthy after three failed Speaker votes
1 year, 11 months ago

'We'll see what happens': Trump declines to back up McCarthy after three failed Speaker votes

Raw Story  

On Tuesday, NBC News reporter Garrett Haake revealed the former President Donald Trump is no longer publicly committing to supporting House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy after he became the first party leader to lose his initial election for Speaker since 1923. On the first two ballots, McCarthy lost 19 Republicans, with all five of the so-called "Never Kevin" caucus voted …

Trump's calls to help Kevin McCarthy win the Speaker post aren't working: reporter
2 years ago

Trump's calls to help Kevin McCarthy win the Speaker post aren't working: reporter

Raw Story  

President Donald Trump is working the phones trying to help get Rep. Kevin McCarthy elected as the next Speaker of the House. "I think the most interesting thing here is that despite the fact that the former president is making those calls, he's not convincing folks," she said. Republican supporters of McCarthy debuted pins today that say "OK -- Only …

Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy start post-election bickering
2 years, 1 month ago

Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy start post-election bickering

Daily Mail  

The bickering between Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy has begun as the embattled GOP leader fights to become the next speaker of the House. Biden said he offered congratulations 'if' Republicans win the majority in the House, but added that chances of Democrats holding the chamber are 'still alive.' President Joe Biden and House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy bickered over …

Kevin McCarthy made GOP colleague cry after she told reporters truth about his Jan. 6 Trump call: book
2 years, 2 months ago

Kevin McCarthy made GOP colleague cry after she told reporters truth about his Jan. 6 Trump call: book

Raw Story  

A new book is claiming that House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy brought Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler to tears after he attacked her for telling reporters the truth about his Jan. 6th phone call with former President Donald Trump. The Washington Post reports that the new book -- titled “Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched Impeachments of Donald Trump,” by …

Listen: New audio reveals McCarthy feared 25th Amendment wouldn’t oust Trump fast enough
2 years, 7 months ago

Listen: New audio reveals McCarthy feared 25th Amendment wouldn’t oust Trump fast enough

Raw Story  

On Wednesday, CNN revealed the existence of new audio of a call with GOP leadership that suggested House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was sympathetic to the idea that former President Donald Trump should be removed after the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol — but believed that the 25th Amendment was an inadequate solution because it wouldn't remove him …

Warren calls McCarthy a ‘liar’ and ‘traitor’ over Jan 6 tape
2 years, 8 months ago

Warren calls McCarthy a ‘liar’ and ‘traitor’ over Jan 6 tape

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren is slamming Rep. Kevin McCarthy as a “liar and a traitor” over recordings that show the House Republican leader — despite his denials — placing responsibility on then-President Donald Trump for the Capitol riot and suggesting Trump should resign. McCarthy, R-Calif., denied a New York Times report last week that detailed phone conversations with …

McCarthy, Trump have ‘positive’ call despite Jan. 6 audio
2 years, 8 months ago

McCarthy, Trump have ‘positive’ call despite Jan. 6 audio

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy had a “positive” call with Donald Trump and appeared to be suffering little political blowback Friday from the release of audio in which he suggested the president should resign shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. In the recording of a Jan. 10, 2021, discussion, McCarthy says he would tell Trump, “I …

Kevin McCarthy Quiet After Getting Caught In Lie About Suggesting Trump Resign
2 years, 8 months ago

Kevin McCarthy Quiet After Getting Caught In Lie About Suggesting Trump Resign

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said nothing on Friday after an audio recording exposed him brazenly lying about his own reaction to the Jan. 6 insurrection. McCarthy on Thursday flatly denied a New York Times report that he planned to tell President Donald Trump to resign after the Capitol riot. Hours after he called the report “totally …

Audio: McCarthy said he would urge Trump to resign
2 years, 8 months ago

Audio: McCarthy said he would urge Trump to resign

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told fellow GOP lawmakers shortly after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection that he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign, according to audio posted Thursday night by The New York Times and aired on Rachel Maddow’s MSNBC show. In the recording of a Jan. 10 House Republican Leadership call, McCarthy is heard …

Column: Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell and the rot at the heart of Trump’s Republican Party
2 years, 8 months ago

Column: Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell and the rot at the heart of Trump’s Republican Party

LA Times  

There’s a rot at the core of the Republican Party, and neither the party nor the country will heal until it’s excised. The article, published Thursday, reported that House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and his Senate counterpart, Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell, told associates they believed President Trump was responsible for inciting the attack on the Capitol. “I’ve had it with this …

GOP leader McCarthy says he won’t cooperate with 1/6 panel
2 years, 11 months ago

GOP leader McCarthy says he won’t cooperate with 1/6 panel

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The House panel investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection requested an interview and records from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday, as it continues to seek first-hand details from members of Congress on former President Donald Trump’s actions on the day hundreds of his supporters brutally beat police, stormed the building and interrupted the certification of the 2020 …

The real reason Kevin McCarthy just talked for 8 hours straight
3 years, 1 month ago

The real reason Kevin McCarthy just talked for 8 hours straight

CNN  

CNN — Here’s what Kevin McCarthy wants you to think about his 8+ hour floor speech in opposition to President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” social safety net plan: He believes that the legislation is so harmful to American society that he was compelled to hold the House floor for much of Thursday night and Friday morning in order to …

Opinion: Kevin McCarthy’s Trump problem
3 years, 7 months ago

Opinion: Kevin McCarthy’s Trump problem

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Richard N. Bond was the Republican National Committee Chairman from 1992-1993. CNN — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy is in the midst of a political high-wire act worthy of the legendary Flying Wallendas, famous for performing daring aerial feats without a safety net. The vast majority of the GOP supported Trump’s tax cuts, his hard line on immigration, …

GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy says all Americans are culpable for Capitol riot, not just him
3 years, 10 months ago

GOP House leader Kevin McCarthy says all Americans are culpable for Capitol riot, not just him

The Independent  

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GOP Leader McCarthy: Trump 'Bears Responsibility' For Violence, Won't Vote To Impeach
3 years, 11 months ago

GOP Leader McCarthy: Trump 'Bears Responsibility' For Violence, Won't Vote To Impeach

NPR  

GOP Leader McCarthy: Trump 'Bears Responsibility' For Violence, Won't Vote To Impeach Enlarge this image toggle caption Amanda Voisard/AP Amanda Voisard/AP Republican House Leader Kevin McCarthy added his name to a shortlist of Republicans in Congress who unequivocally blamed President Trump for the insurrection at the Capitol last week. "The president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob …

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