“This article asserts that he was recorded in a phone conversation. I haven’t been able to confirm that detail.”
It was played on War Room this week — Friday, I think. It was an MSNBC clip from Rachel Maddow’s show.
“Boris Epshteyn talks to host Steve Bannon about the audio of a phone call between House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Liz Cheney that happened shortly after the Jan. 6 riot.
You can hear the call ... as featured on the ‘Rachel Maddow Show.’ But the claims that McCarthy said he would tell Trump to resign are intentionally misleading. What McCarthy actually said was ‘I’m serious thinking of’ telling Trump to resign, and ... ‘What I think I’m going to do…’ He uses the subjunctive mood in his conversation with Cheney meaning it is hypothetical, not intentional. ‘The only discussion I would have with him…’ means McCarthy is talking about what he MIGHT do if he has the call. Obviously, McCarthy had further discussions with other people that persuaded him NOT to call Trump and urge him to resign.”
That’s my interpretation as well.
Additionally, this exposes that not only was NSA (or whomever) was spying on Trump, but Congress too.
If this is all they have - and they’re so desperate to further expose how much of the machine was vested in usurping the Constitution - then it bodes badly for them should we actually get a POTUS with cojones in the WH who feels free to clean house.
Agree. Everyone around Trump, including his son, was advising him. He didn’t seem to be listening to anyone, because it took him hours to make a public statement about what was happening at the Capitol and ask people to leave.
When the dems & media started pushing impeachment, I’m sure several people advised Trump to resign & not go through the process. This recording doesn’t really clear that up.
And how long after Jan 6th was this recording?
Agree. I think the call was misrepresented. I think McCarthy was in part trying to calm the natives like Cheney. He probably fielded many calls about this issue in a short period of time (he sounds very tired in the call) and attempting to keep his charges from going off the reservation. I’m not making excuses for him because I’m not a fan, and wish he had handled differently but it was an unprecedented situation with no playbook on how to deal with hundreds of angry underlings along with constituents.