how much do your comments about benghazi last week play into your decision to step aside today? that was a helpful. [laughs] i could have said it much better. it was bad. it was a deeply embarrassing moment for the russian party. memories are very shore in washington. indian, kevin mccarthy climbed his way back into the good graces of the party. in particular, the fact ahead of the republican party, donald trump. during the trump administration, kevin mccarthy ingratiated himself to the president. he hand picked out flavors of the presidents candy, his favorite candy, and presented it to him in a fancy jar. he let the president parade around washington, calling mccarthy my kevin. he routinely defended the presidents reprehensible behavior, which is frankly embarrassing to watch the whole thing. but, ultimately, it was
the post reports that trump interpreted this as a sign of his continued grip on the republican party. according to the post, other house republicans are waiting for marching orders from trump, any kind of smoke single about how he might feel about kevin mccarthy. so they can decide whether to support him for speaker, if republicans win the house in november, or ditch in for a more pro trump member of congress. as i mentioned, the former president has now spoke to the washington journal about the phone call in reporting that just came out. so they can decide whether to support him for speaker, if republicans win the house in november, or ditch in for a more pro trump member of congress. as i mentioned, the former president has now spoke to the washington journal about the phone call in reporting that just came out. donald trump confirmed to the journal that he is not magic mccarthy. he said mccarthy said all the things in the audiotape before he had all the facts. and that mccarthy has
break. how much do your comments about benghazi last week play into your decision to step aside today? that was a helpful. [laughs] i could have said it much better. it was bad. it was a deeply embarrassing moment for the russian party. memories are very shore in washington. indian, kevin mccarthy climbed his way back into the good graces of the party. in particular, the fact ahead of the republican party, donald trump. during the trump administration, kevin mccarthy ingratiated himself to the president. he hand picked out flavors of the presidents candy, his favorite candy, and presented it to him in a fancy jar. he let the president parade around washington, calling mccarthy my kevin. he routinely defended the presidents reprehensible behavior, which is frankly embarrassing to watch the whole thing. but, ultimately, it was effective.
his continued grip on the republican party. according to the post, other house republicans are waiting for marching orders from trump, any kind of smoke single about how he might feel about kevin mccarthy. so they can decide whether to support him for speaker, if republicans win the house in november, or ditch in for a more pro trump member of congress. as i mentioned, the former president has now spoke to the washington journal about the phone call in reporting that just came out. donald trump confirmed to the journal that he is not magic mccarthy. he said mccarthy said all the things in the audiotape before he had all the facts. and that mccarthy has since embraced him fully after he, quote, find out the facts. as for republicans who criticized him in the wake of the riot, trump told the journal tonight, quote, they realize they were wrong and supported me. trump also denied ever taking responsibility for what happened on january six,