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April 27, 2022

Rep. McCarthy Warned Fellow Republicans Were "Putting People in Jeopardy" After Jan. 6
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The New York Times has published new audio of House Republican Leader
Kevin Mc Carthy privately saying that members of his own party were
"putting people in jeopardy" by using dangerous rhetoric following the
deadly January 6 insurrection. This recording is from January 10, 2021.

Minority Leader Kevin Mc Carthy: "I just got something sent now about
Newsmax, something Matt Gaetz said where he's calling people's names
out, saying an anti-Trump in this type of atmosphere, in some of the
other places. This is - this is serious stuff people are doing that has
to stop."

Rep. Steve Scalise: "Mo and Louie's comments, too, a lot of members have
said some real concerning things. It's potentially illegal, what he's
doing."

Minority Leader Kevin Mc Carthy: "He's putting people in jeopardy. And
he doesn't need to be doing this. We saw what people would do in the
Capitol, you know, and these people came prepared, with rope, with
everything."

That was Kevin Mc Carthy as well as Republican Congressmember Steve
Scalise on a call with other Republican lawmakers on January 10, 2021.
Mc Carthy would later defend the same lawmakers he privately criticized.


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