Kevin McCarthy audio: House GOP leader said he would urge Trump to resign
FILE IMAGE - House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., answers questions during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on Jan.
9, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) WASHINGTON - House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told fellow GOP lawmakers shortly after the Jan.
6, 2021, Capitol insurrection that he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign, according to audio posted Thursday night by The New York Times and aired on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show.In the recording of a Jan.
10 House Republican Leadership call, McCarthy is heard discussing the Democratic effort to remove Trump from office and saying he would tell Trump, "I think it will pass and it would be my recommendation he should resign."It’s unclear whether McCarthy, who is in line to become House speaker if Republicans gain control during the fall midterm elections, followed through on his thinking or was merely spit-balling ideas shared privately with his colleagues in the aftermath of the deadly Capitol assault.In the same conversation, McCarthy told his colleagues he doubted Trump would take the advice to step aside."That would be my recommendation," McCarthy is heard saying in response to a question from Rep.
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