Just asked Kevin McCarthy about Rep. Andrew Clyde’s widely reported remarks comparing Jan. 6 attack to a tourist visit, and the GOP leader told me: “I don’t know what he said.” Then he sidestepped my attemps to follow up. “I don’t know, I didn’t see it.” https://t.co/Fq8UMNs5tq
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 13, 2021
Of course, this odd perceptual lacuna is common enough among Republicans, but Not-Leader McCarthy is supposed to be a step ahead of his fellows…
Also asked Kevin McCarthy about Marjorie Taylor Greene’s spat with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and he said: “I didn’t see that — I don’t know what happened.” Asked about Pelosi calling for an ethics probe, McCarthy said: “Maybe she saw it, I haven’t seen it.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 13, 2021
I’ve almost entirely ignored the ravings of post-presidency Trump, and so have colleagues at lots of major media outlets, but the lack of continued coverage of his lying about the election is certainly not because he has stopped lying about the election. https://t.co/V1Jb1wW11G
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 15, 2021
"I don’t think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election," McCarthy says. Evidently he's not on the Mar-a-Lago email list. ?@sbg1? https://t.co/Npo1qDyhYs
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) May 13, 2021
Interestingly, it seems as though McCarthy may have been chosen as a ceremonial target:
Sure seems like Fox News Sunday/Chris Wallace knows something here.
He’s now asked Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney about a conversation between Trump and McCarthy where the two may have tried to “get their story straight” about Jan. 6 calls
Raises prospect of “witness tampering.” pic.twitter.com/2tWTes5JCO
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) May 16, 2021
Joy Reid on House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s “concerns” about the new commission: “Kevin doesn't want to testify, under oath perhaps, about the reported shouting match he had with Trump while that attack was underway.”https://t.co/sRvMXCseYo
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) May 16, 2021
I, for one, look forward to further developments.
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