Ex-Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene as the leader of a Trumpist faction of Republicans that will try to control Kevin McCarthy.
armed mob descended on the capitol, threatening the lives of the members inside, chanting hiring mike pence while they on the grounds, house minority leader kevin mccarthy finally got through on the phone to donald trump. he told the then president to call off the riot and trump reportedly responded, quote, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are. today, we learned what mccarthy reportedly said back to donald trump. according to a new book by journalist robert draper, leader mccarthy yelled, quote, more upset? and they are trying to effing kill me! that s how kevin mccarthy actually felt on january the 6th, when he believed his life was in danger. but, we had lee, that s not the tone we ve heard from kevin mccarthy since, over the past 18 months. leader mccarthy has downplayed that armed insurrection, and attack democrats and the committee investigating the investigation.
work i ve done for you, you should have come to me! why did you go to the press? this is no way to think me! in a private meeting last summer with two police officers who with the mother of the officer who died after 16, mccarthy claimed he had no idea supporters were carrying out the attack. we were watching tv he knew what was going on. he knew what was going on. people were fighting for hours and hours and hours. this doesn t make any sense to me. i m just telling you i don t know that he did know that. former officer michael fanone secretly recorded that audio. he will join my colleague alex wagner in the next hour. be sure to stick around for that. now, what all this makes clear is that kevin mccarthy was well aware that the january 6th mob was not a group of tourists or
defending democracy, you won t be able to build a coalition with the republican senators. we ll have to leave it there. thank you so much for your time. i appreciate. it thank. you still to come, we knew house minority leader mccarthy was a hack but now we re learning the extent to which mccarthy is willing to compromise any morals he might have. that is, next you don t want to miss it.
leader mccarthy has downplayed that armed insurrection, and attack democrats and the committee investigating the investigation. they are avoiding accountability. speaker pelosi s select committee on january 6th is unlike any other committee in american history. in fact, it is the most political and lease legitimate committee in american history. there is nothing i can provide the january 6th committee for legislation of their moving forward. there is nothing in that realm. it is pure politics. one thing i know is that since nancy has appointed this political committee, gas has gone up $1. 86. and that is what he has said in public. a few weeks after january 6th, kevin mccarthy went crawling down to mar-a-lago to suck up to donald trump and pose for this smiling photo. we now know, thanks to robert