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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy claimed during a meeting with two Capitol Police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 that President Donald Trump…
>> now, before getting to what senator mcconnell left out, he lobbied members to vote against the bilas a quote, personal favor, unquote to him. which raises the question, why is killing a bipartisan commission so personal to him? and what kind of votes is a personal favor to the boss? back to his comments you may have noticed missed an important piece. he said that we should arrest those responsible and make security adjustments. what is missing is why the insurrection took place, which would naturally include the big election law and the lawmakers, some of them republican senatorss who sprea...
About the insurrection, he has played it down. he called it a largely peaceful protest. and i am told that there was some push back as soon as they walked in to his office. especially from officer mike finone, who i'm told quote, let him have it. keep in mind, finone is a republican as was brian sicknick. i'm also told that the meetings were hard on mrs. sicknick, as you saw there, she is a quiet person. she likes to stay in the background. she did not want to come to washington. but, she waited until today because she really thought that they were going to do the right thing. and at one point...
After. they spent day imploring senators to support the bill. >> does it anger you to hear senators that do not support the commissioning and what emotions do you feel when you are confronted with that? >> this is why i'm here today. usually i'm staying in the background and i could not stay quiet anymore. >> this is why i'm here she said to push for a commission. which seems clear enough, and apparently not to one of the senators she met with who seemed to suggest that ms. sicknick was not attached to a commission at all. >> interestingly enough, the commission was a part of the to topic, but...
It is despicable. i just want to add 1 other thing, anderson, to, we saw the footage of senator scott saying that mrs. sicknick did not care about the commission. i'm told by a source who was in the meetings that that is absolutely not true. every meeting they went in to, they asked for a commission. that was their number one priority. anderson? >> it's really, it was interesting that senator scott said that, because obviously the reason brian sicknick's mom came there at this time to lobby for this commission. >> absolutely and as you mentioned, they also met with senator ron johnson. i'm tol...