gregman matt gaetz was singled out in some of his comments and tucker carlson here s part of what gaetz said on fox news i don t know if kevin mccarthy- is in line to be speaker, i don t think he can get a account on truth social baits on the inconsistency and what he reports to us and it s debasing for republicans to give him a standing ovation after smearing trump and lies to the country and tries to sick big tech and d.o.j. on members of the congress he doesn t agree with. more now on congressional correspondent ryan nolans. house minority leader kevin mccarthy is facinged backlash from the most conservative members of the caucus, after audio from congressman gaetz for
potential dangerous rhetoric in the aftermath of january 6th. he s putting people in jeopardy and doesn t need to be doing this. we saw what they did to the capitol these people came prepared with rope, everything else. this morning republicans huddled behind closed doors and sources in the room attempted to explain he was offering up ideas by taking away social media accounts and never acted on much of what was discussed. his speech led to a standing ovation and most members say they are ready to move on i m more concerned, not about the past but about the future. even those he criticized including go egg congressman mo brooks. the party is not a universal agreement some are raising concerns, like gaetz who initially refused to weigh in.
mccarthy under fire for criticizing former president trump and matt gaetz after record s after the january 6th riots expressing rhetoric could result in more violence how bad could it get for mccarthy who aspires 20 he basket next a piers to be the aspires to be next speaker of the house. he s saying in public what was said in private that actions of donald trump and member of the house around the january 6th insurrection were inappropriate if not illegal. and he is being attacked on the right for acknowledging that. i think the issue is not so much whether he survives in his quest to be speaker, which i think is still more likely than not but what he will have to do in order to survive.