McCarthy Defends Remarks on Leaked Audio

“At a closed-door Republican conference meeting Wednesday, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy gave a full-throated defense of his recently leaked comments where he expressed concern about far-right House Republicans inciting violence in the aftermath of the January 6 insurrection,” CNN reports.

“The California Republican said Wednesday that the effort was all part of an attempt to divide the GOP conference ahead of the midterms… McCarthy got a standing ovation.”

“McCarthy defended the remarks as saying they needed to discuss every scenario — and the tapes only included a portion of his comments and don’t have the full context.”