McCarthy Reportedly Talks His Way Off the Griddle at Closed Door House GOP Meeting, Gets Standing Ovation

Ken MeyerApr 27th, 2022, 11:18 am
 

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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) reportedly worked to minimize the fallout amid the continued emergence of his comments recorded in the aftermath of Jan. 6.

CNN’s Manu Raju reported on a closed-door meeting McCarthy had with his fellow Republicans as new audio shows that he slammed the incendiary conduct among his colleagues after January 6th. The release of these new tapes by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns comes after the New York Times reporters busted McCarthy for lying when he denied their story about his anger with Donald Trump and his push to have the former president resign from office after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

“At meeting, McCarthy defended his leaked remarks as saying they had to discuss every scenario — and tapes only included a portion of his comments and don’t have full context,” Raju reported on Twitter, citing sources. “He contended it is a distraction and an attempt to divide them. He got a standing [ovation].”

McCarthy saying he only talks about his colleagues “in private” comes as the new audio shows that he groaned about the inflammatory rhetoric from Congressmen Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Mo Brooks (R-AL) and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) after January 6th. At the time, McCarthy was also suggesting that these GOP firebrands ought to lose their social media accounts.

Raju’s reporting was corroborated by NBC News’ Haley Talbot, who got an on-the-record statement about the applause from Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC).

She also included footage of Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) joining McCarthy in writing off the blow-up as a leftist “distraction.”

Gaetz also gave this comment despite being personally called out by McCarthy.

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