With the publication of This Will Not Pass by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns today, the authors released another audio tape of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) criticizing Donald Trump just after the January 6 Capitol riot.
Said McCarthy: “What the president did is atrocious and totally wrong.”
McCarthy also discussed using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office but concluded the process “takes too long.”
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