attack on congress by mob rioters. he should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. mccarthy and mr. trump screamed at each other on the phone during the riot. leaks later mccarthy made a pilgrimage to mar-a-lago to make amends. that fast pivot on trump in january is very noteworthy, is he with trump? is he against trump? how positive is he towards the former president? those things are going to matter within that g.o.p. caucus. mccarthy aspires to be speaker if the republicans win. shows knives are out for mccarthy. what you are dealing with in these calls and meetings is a team but very much a team of rivals. mccarthy and the former president spoke late thursday after the tape materialized. mr. trump hasn t trash talked mccarthy so far. he is very accepting of people who were or against him but then turned for him. but, what we don t know is when does donald trump potentially, if he does, put in a sword?
rhodes went to the white house. he said you have to resign. you went too far. you have to be out now. what did kevin mccarthy do? he said the things that we ve heard on this tape. i ve had it and, you know, maybe liz i should talk to him again. and then very quickly, you know, that moment where kevin mccarthy went down to mar-a-lago and you said he kissed his ring, i think he probably kissed another body part of donald trump in that famous picture that looked like other surrenders in world history i don t want to specify but here is a case where within eight days there is the picture within eight days of trump leaving office, kevin mccarthy who, you know, shortly before had been on this tape talking to liz cheney about resignation and impeachment and 25th amendment and crimes against the constitution, here he is running down to mar-a-lago posing with him and bringing him
kevin has made a dash to kiss trump s ring. the first time being when mccarthy made a pilgrimage to mar-a-lago of the insurrection. he said he believes trump is on putin s payroll and isn t joking. he knows trump was responsible for january 6th and irresponsible and is swallowing the dignity in exchange for power to the puppet of a florida retiree. same for mitch mcconnell that said the democrats will take care of the son of a b for us. this is according to the fourth coming book this will not pass by new york times reporters alex burns and jonathan martin unlike mccarthy that denied this reporting, mccollum decided to stay numb. republican leadership is rebolding to a twice impeached thirst for power struck at the heart of our democracy but these tapes make mccarthy s position in the party highly questionable. he must face the twitter pitch