During a meeting immediately after the Capitol attack, Kevin McCarthy said that Trump's actions were “atrocious and totally wrong” and he should resign before his term ended.
of the former president — have been well-documented. But excerpts from the book, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future,” written byDuring a meeting with House GOP leaders, for example, immediately after the Capitol attack, McCarthy said Trump’s actions that day were “atrocious and totally wrong.
“What he did is unacceptable. Nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it,” he told his fellow Republicans. But after it became clear that the majority of Republicans in the House did not share the same opinion, McCarthy backed down from his original statement. Indeed, later that same month, McCarthy posed for a photo-op with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
“Exactly 17 days after [his January 10 conversation], McCarthy was in Palm Beach to demonstrate his continued fealty,” S.V. Dáte, White House correspondent for, said on Twitter, sharing an image of McCarthy at Trump’s estate. “When having to choose between democracy and Trump, [McCarthy] chose Trump.”When having to choose between democracy and Trump, he chose Trump.
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