i respect it, i respect why you did which he did. what we are saying on television and what we say in our numbers name, when we incite, in our hearts we think we are doing it. you go back to last for years, everybody has done something. this is not the moment in time to do it. the briefings i am getting, you can incite something else. the country is very divided as we know this. let s not put any member, i don t care who they are, republican, democrat, any person not even in congress, watch our words closely. i need these reports on a weekly basis. i ve seen something i haven t seen before. i m asking all of you, i called some of you personally, and i want you to know what i m hearing. be careful. i know you want to defend your vote and position. sometimes we get emotional about that. part of our defense is that we explain what s somebody else was at. that brings damage.
none other than matt gates, the same congressman that mccarthy was worried might incite violence against his colleagues. even went down to wyoming to rally against. just weeks, after mccarthy explicitly warned his over their differences. in a statement today, gates called mccarthy, weak man not leaders. the january six committee says mccarthy will be invited for the second time to come speak. because the kevin mccarthy of january 21, the one who briefly understood how dangerous the rhetoric is, is gone. the kevin mccarthy of 2022 is decided that appeasing extremists, punishing those who are willing to stand up for the basics of american self representation in democracy, is the best way to secure his future as the head of the republican party. notably, mccarthy ignored questions about these recordings that, except when reporters asked him he thought it would hurt his chances of becoming speaker. he said, quote, i think correctly, nope. joining me now is congressman eric, swallow democ
understood how dangerous the rhetoric is, is gone. the kevin mccarthy of 2022 is decided that appeasing extremists, punishing those who are willing to stand up for the basics of american self representation in democracy, is the best way to secure his future as the head of the republican party. notably, mccarthy ignored questions about these recordings that, except when reporters asked him he thought it would hurt his chances of becoming speaker. he said, quote, i think correctly, nope. joining me now is congressman eric, swallow democrat of california. first, congressman, as a colleague of all of these january 6th of course your reaction to what you heard there. imagine how much safer america would be today if kevin mccarthy s trust with the truth head lasted longer than a couple days. he s gotten back together with the election lies and he has become exactly the person he described he didn t want his colleagues becoming on those calls, which was someone who would enable or incit
let s not put any member, i don t care who they are, republican, democrat, any person not even in congress, watch our words closely. i need these reports on a weekly basis. i ve seen something i haven t seen before. i m asking all of you, i called some of you personally, and i want you to know what i m hearing. be careful. i know you want to defend your vote and position. sometimes we get emotional about that. part of our defense is that we explain what s somebody else was at. that brings damage. do not raise another member s name on television. even if they are in a different position or not. let s respect one another. you probably won t understand what you are doing. i m warning you right now, don t do it. don t do it in this time, unless you are prepared for the future, not to do it as well. republicans, obviously, have a pretty good shop at retaking the house in what s become the next speaker of the. house in order to do that, he