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Kevin McCarthy was sounding quite reasonable.
He didn’t want to “play politics” with the Capitol riot; the country was “too crazy” at the moment.
He wanted his more extreme members to rein it in.
In private calls with his leadership team, he named names, reacting to the latest reports of who was fueling the flames of divisiveness.
And for that, he is now under fire.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., responds to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, about the behavior of Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., and her repeated “anti-Muslim” attacks against Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
The House minority leader, and likely next speaker, is having to do damage control after the leak of audio of those calls in the wake of January 6. The recordings were obtained by two New York Times reporters for a book about to be published.
LYING, A LONG AMERICAN TRADITION, IS NO LONGER A POLITICAL DEATH SENTENCE
In the early days of 2021, McCarthy was holding Donald Trump responsible for the riot and telling his team he was considering suggesting to the president that he resign. In the spring of 2022, having decided against that course of action, McCarthy has mended fences with Trump and is trying to hold his party together through the midterm elections.
What’s happening now is that the conduct of some ultra-conservative Republican lawmakers is being melded into the broader narrative of what happened on that tragic day and will undoubtedly be spotlighted when the Democratic-controlled committee launches its hearings.
Some of this is partisan politics, to be sure. But McCarthy’s private comments provide cover for Democrats to argue this is a legitimate area of inquiry.
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 14: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) walks out of the committee room during a hearing with the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information…
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