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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) aired frustration with members of his own party for making disparaging comments about GOP colleagues, saying lawmakers such as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) were “putting people in jeopardy.” The comments, disclosed in newly released audio from The New York Times, show McCarthy frustrated by the tenor of some of those comments in the days after Jan. 6, 2021 — a feeling that appears to have faded as GOP lawmakers continue to disparage the two Republicans who sit on the committee investigating the riot.

I can't stand the @nytimes but this is a classic NON-DENIAL DENIAL. In a crisis, "Kevin" wet his pants. Go Back to the car dealership in California Kevin, and let @mattgaetz take it from here. https://t.co/zWWvkSZ99D— Greg Kelly (@gregkellyusa) April 22, 2022My statement on the New York Times pic.twitter.com/PWi2WkoWzh— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) April 21, 2022

New York Times reporters Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin offered a recording on Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Rachel Maddow Show,” allegedly of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy telling Rep. Liz Cheney that he would recommend to then-President Donald Trump that he should resign. Earlier today, a spokesman denied the report that McCarthy called for Trump’s resignation from the upcoming book, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future,” authored by Burns and Martin. Partial transcript as follows: CHENEY: I guess there’s a question. When we’re talking about the 25th Amendment resolution, and you asked if,...

the allegations Cawthorn had made during a podcast interview last week were "exaggerated," [cut] "In the interview, he claims he watched people do cocaine. Then when he comes in he tells me — he says he thinks he saw maybe a staffer in a parking garage from 100 yards away," McCarthy told reporters.