after the audio. i never asked president trump to resign, we talked about that. let me be very clear. i have never asked the president to resign. so what the book said was not true. i never asked the president to resign. there s a phone call, i got asked a question, being asked a question that time period, about the 25th amendment, all i did was walk through, like anybody would, what are the different scenarios that would laem and all we did is put out the different options. unsurprisingly that answer mischaracterizes the article. it did not say that he told colleagues he asked trump to resign but he was considering doing so. the reporting confirms that. here is more of that january 10th, 2021 corporation, between mccarthy and, did conversation, between mccarthy and republican leaders as mccarthy expressed disgust about president trump. let me be very clear to all of you and i have been very clear to the president, he bears responsibilities for his words
resign. on the phone call, i got asked a question. the time period about the 25th amendment. all i did was walk through like anybody would what are the different scenarios that would happen. and all we did was put out the different options. no, that s not all you did. you said he was disgusted by it like he said on the floor he was disgusted by it like he told members he was disgusted by it and said he was going to have the president step down. he didn t ask the president to step down so that answer, once again, he lies. mischaracterizes the article. the article didn t say he told colleague he s asked trump to resign but that he was going to do that. the recording confirms that. here s more of that january 10th, 2021 conversation with mccarthy and the republican leaders as mccarthy wasn t just expressing options. he was expressing his contempt. his disgust, just how much he despised donald trump.
the president step down. of course, that answer, once again, he lies. mischaracterizes the article. the article didn t say he told colleagues he asked trump to resign but that he was going to do that. the recording confirms that. here s more of that january 10th, 2021, conversation between mccarthy and republican leaders, as mccarthy wasn t just expressing options. he was expressing his contempt, his disgust. just how much he despised donald trump. let me be very clear to all of you, and i am very clear to the president. he bears responsibilities for his words and actions, no ifs, ands, or buts. i asked him personally today, does he told responsibility for what happened? does he feel bad about what happened? he told me he does have some responsibility for what happened, and he needs to
the book. according to the times, they evoked the 25th amendment and remove trump from office. and on january 10th 2021, as they were talking about impeaching trump a second time, he said that he was going to tell trump to stand down. and it will be my recommendation that you should self resign. mccarthy even wanted peace book wondering if the same could be done for republicans like yes, kevin mccarthy who publicly railed against big tech censorship, used in private about taking away right-wing twitter accounts. but soon, his public spinelessness would resurface. mccarthy was at mar-a-lago just three weeks after the insurrection. all smiles of the former president. the cynicism is appalling. but certainly not surprising. nbc news asked mccarthy s office if he would ask trump to resign, or if he would have
enter its third month. we ought the doesn t that in a moment. the first, we begin with tonight with donald trump s response to the leak audio of kevin mccarthy, saying that he would urge trump to resign in the days after the january 6th riot. trump told the wall street journal tonight that his relationship with mccarthy is not damaged. they report, quote, trump said he was not pleased to learn of his comments, but he said the californian republican had never ultimately advised him to quit. he said that mr. mccarthy quickly change his stance when he found out the facts and embrace them fully a few weeks after the january 10th, 2021 call. the wall street journal goes on to say, quote, i think it is all a big compliment, frankly, mr. trump said about mr. mccarthy. other republicans who initially criticized him at the gym or six and then said there was no support him.