McCarthy says 'everybody in the country' bears responsibility for Jan. 6 attack

Yahoo ^ | June 9, 2022 | David Knowles

[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.

[Seeing More Clearly Now]

Lots of law-abiding citizens came to Washington D.C. on January 6, 2021 to peacefully and legally protest the stolen election. They remained peaceful into the afternoon, though their outrage was doubled at the news that V.P. Pence chickened out from doing what he could and should have done. Send the extremely highly suspect votes back to the states to evaluate whether things had been kosher in procedures, fake votes, counting, lack of security, etc, in coming up with their numbers.

[MAGAthon]

and how is this show trial being framed by the FakeNewsMSM?
doesn’t get worse than the following:

10 June: MSN: UK Independent: Associated Press: Voices: Trump was terrified of the January 6 hearings. Tonight proved he was justified
by Ahmed Baba
There’s a reason Fox News didn’t want to air this prime-time hearing. What we saw was the truth about January 6 showcased with captivating effectiveness...

This was a violent, criminal conspiracy to overthrow American democracy perpetrated by Donald Trump, his allies, and domestic extremist groups. Or, to put it as simply as Chairman Bennie Thomson (D-MS) did, January 6 was “the culmination of an attempted coup” — an attempted coup that’s far from over...

If any Trump allies did happen to tune in tonight, I hope they heard what Liz Cheney said to them: “There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain.”
https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/politics/voices-trump-was-terrified-of-the-january-6-hearings-tonight-proved-he-was-justified/ar-AAYhZP4?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=4dcb15c7879a48f7ac65bbdd632a6eab

[MAGAthon]

shouldn’t have included Associated Press in the headline.

[Bob434]

[[Feckless idiot. Grow some testicles jackass. The stupid party strikes again, unwilling to take a stand against the evil prty. What wimps.]]

Bears repeating- The LEAST he could have said was “Everyone Knows that the vast majority of protestors were peaceful and had been invited into the capitol by police, and should never have been arrested- the few who were violent and destroyed things should not be lumped in with those in the majority who were peaceful, and this committee is a sham and a disgrace to this nation! Shame on you liz and adam- shame on you!”

[LegendHasIt]

Gee, I live in the country, but had nothing to do with it, Kevin..

And it wasn’t an attack.

But you @hole politicians keep pushing it, and you might see a real attack

[Dawgreg]

Everybody? Really? Even those of us who voted legally and correctly and expected them to be counted that way?

Boy, that really makes me feel good about a “Speaker McCarthy” and even better that President Trump endorsed him.......NOT!!!!!

[Zathras]

Another idiot comment.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Somebody been hittin’ da stuff.

[ridesthemiles]

Pretty BROAD BRUSH there, fellow.

[who knows what evil?]

KMA, McCarthy...go play with your Luntz squeeze toy,

[Flick Lives]

Behold the future spineless majority “leader”.

[ronnie raygun]

Another snake

[jaycieg1]

I think Trump needs to withdraw his endorsement ASAP.

[RKRider]

Come and get me then. Assholes.

[Blood of Tyrants]

“So far, 306 of the 860 charged in connection with the riot have pleaded guilty. “

It was either plead guilty to a minor crime or sit in political prison for as long as they want to keep you unconstitutionally incarcerated.

[Engedi]

Does he mean even the people who were arrested for entering the capital after being waved through the doors that capital police opened?

Ok right.

[Engedi]

How about the people who waved through to enter the capital by capital police who gladly opened the locked doors for them to just all come all in.

There is video showing this happened and presented as evidence for two of the people being charged for entering capital illegally.

[markman46]

sounds about right, for his district, but his district does not include all of kern county, in fact i live in Bakersfield and am not in his district, I am in another one. i wish the primary had been closed too, not this jungle primary. makes it hard to find just who you want to vote for

[Hardastarboard]

McCarthy responded. “I thought everybody in the country [bore] some responsibility based on what has been going on

I was at WORK on 1/6, McCarthy, you @$$hole. Where a large number of the people you are accusing were as well.

[traditional2]

The difference in 2020 was not the Fraud; it was the in-your-face outright cheating that no longer was done covertly. With total control of the “News Machine”, and total control for the “Justice System”, the narrative became “no proven Fraud” and the peasants bought their crapola, and it continued with the fake “Investigation” of the “insurrection”, which was another false flag setup amongst the dis-enfranchised voters who cared about the former America’s demise.