After january 6th was just that, talk. so trump is completely unconcerned about what mccarthy was saying during this time. and not just that. when we pressed president trump in our interview with him for this book, about what kevin mccarthy had said to him, trump said, mccarthy never pressed me to think about resigning or to even issue any kind of contrition. so we asked trump, we said, so why is mccarthy claiming that he was a tough guy with you? and trump said to us two words. inferiority complex. speaking about mccarthy. alex, we should note president trump certainly had a good night last night with the republican senate primary results in ohio. his hand-picked candidate, jd vance, who was trailing in the polls before trump picked him, won in the book you describe how a lot of republicans have been dismayed at trump s continued strength within the party, including mitch mcconnell. that s right. mitch mcconnell in so many ways exhibit a of republicans who
Amendment. or i m not sure it was designed for a situation like this. his concern is it would take too long. the reason he s worried it could take too long is the cabinet can vote to remove the president, but then the president can challenge that, and then it goes to a vote of the congress. and then you re in a situation that s really not all that different from impeachment. and again, to bring folks back to this extremely urgent moment, two days after january 6th, 12 days left on the clock of president trump s administration. you have the top republicans in the country truly worried about whether it s responsible to let donald trump remain as the president and commander in chief for just 12 more days. yeah, and jonathan, it s incredible when you think about kevin mccarthy s issue with the 25th amendment is it wouldn t get rid of trump quickly enough. so you also write about trump s response to mccarthy s condemnations of him in the immediate aftermath of the insurrection, quote, tru
Not just on abortion but also on their economic agenda. the president repeatedly referring to the republican agenda as a maga agenda, a veiled comment towards former president trump, and he took aim at a proposal presented by rick scott, the head of the national senatorial republican committee. take a listen to what he had to say. let me tell you about this ultra maga agenda. it s extreme, as most maga things are. it will actually raise taxes on 75 million american families over 95% of whom make less than $100,000 a year. so clearly, president biden previewing some of the lines of attack he s planning to launch heading into those midterms as he s making attacking republicans and their agenda a main focus of his campaign theme. arlette saenz at the white house for us, thanks so much. that brings us to breaking news in the politics lead. a brand-new cnn poll gauging
Need more of a plan in place to be ready. and we need local government to have an understanding of what is coming so we can prepare. all right, mayor, thank you so much for your time today. appreciate it. coming up next, new audio revealing more of what house republican leader kevin mccarthy really thought about then-president trump s actions in the day after january 6th. and his hopes at the time to work well with the incoming president, joe biden. stay with us. verizon 5g5g business internet n us. we ll even help cover the cost to switch. come in or book k an appointmet online today during verizon small business d days.