Posted on 06/09/2022 8:08:29 PM PDT by DoodleBob
As the Jan. 6 select committee prepares to unveil some of the findings of its investigation into the riot at the Capitol by those who sought to overturn the results of the 2020 election, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday offered his spin on who was to blame for the attack: everyone.
During a news conference on Capitol Hill, McCarthy was asked whether he still agreed with his own public and private comments following the Jan. 6 riot that former President Donald Trump bore some of the responsibility for the violence.
“Look, I’ve answered that many times,” McCarthy responded. “I thought everybody in the country [bore] some responsibility based on what has been going on — the riots in the streets, the others." (He has made similar claims in the past.)
The attack itself was committed by a mob of then-President Donald Trump's supporters, who stormed the Capitol in an attempt to disrupt the certification of Joe Biden’s victory in the Electoral College. So far, 306 of the 860 charged in connection with the riot have pleaded guilty. A number of Capitol Police officers were assaulted during attack, which followed Trump holding a nearby rally and urging his fans to “fight like hell” on behalf of his false claim that the election was stolen.
McCarthy’s comment was an apparent reference to the protests that gripped the country following the police killings of Black Americans in several cities in 2020. The violence that occurred in those demonstrations has provided Republicans with a line of argument to suggest that the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was simply part of a larger pattern.
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“We”..weren’t as a people strong enough to protect our border. We are all to blame”.
And Trump endorsed this jerk?!
Another mistake.
Whomever advised him to endorse McCarthy and Oz did him no favors.
I dare ask why Trump endorsed this POS.
I question the oz endorsement, but this one made zero sense.
You don’t get more establishment then mccarthy
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The scary thing is Kevin put a lot of time into that.
He laid there with Frank for quite some time coming up with that and checking for monkey pox.
Because they knew they could not get a fair trial in the District of Corruption. A trial after who knows how many months in the DC Gulag. Sometimes I wish there was a real insurrection. Those lying theives infesting that building deserve it.
Proving once again what a bucking fidiot fool he is.
What a dope.
Does this moron really think everybody in the country was rioting in the streets in 2020?
For the overwhelming majority of people that were working, at school or playing bingo, this will come as a surprise.
That said, Trump's Achilles is his personnel instincts. They're a virtual dumpster fire. Sessions, the Mooch, Bolton, Tillersn, Mattis, Giuliani, McCabe, Nikki Haley, Sally Yates, Flynn, Hope Hicks, Reince Priebus, Rod Rosenstein. Oh, and Pence. And now endorsing McCarthy.
Ignoring a problem won't make it go away, and this is a big problem.
Trump endorsed McCarthy
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jun/6/donald-trump-endorses-house-gop-leader-kevin-mccar/
smh
...I take it that he wasn’t primaried.
Bummer...
I didn’t vote for him.
Congressional District 20Winner Projected
Candidates
Total Votes
Pct.
Kevin McCarthy* 34,514 58%
Marisa Wood 15,379 26%
Ben Dewell 4,548 8%
James Davis 3,038 5%
James Macauley 2,514 4%
64% of Estimated Total Vote
I tried to correct the format. Sorry if its messed up.
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Re: RiNo Scott
Evidently, his family lit the house on fire a lot.
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I know people at my church in CA went to the mall that day. I would have gone had I been local. The kangaroo court is just trying to discourage political dissent. That is all.
Everybody? So tell me. Just what does that buy us?
You destroyed your own credibility by including Giuliani and Flynn in that list.
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