Thread by @freddyatton

(telephone interview : January 6th, 2021)

During the attack, while he's hiding from Trump's terrorists;
— KEVIN McCARTHY SAYS TRUMP IS RESPONSIBLE

Notice the fear and anger in his voice.

KEVIN McCARTHY
— on #January6th

• "This has to stop and this has to stop now!"

• "I've spoken to the President. I asked him to talk to the Nation to tell them to stop this."

• "This has got to stop. This is unacceptable."

• "People are being hurt."

HOST
"What did president say he would do?"

KEVIN McCARTHY
"I don't know, he had put a tweet out there. I told him he needs to talk to the nation. I told him what was happening right then...the rush that had come in, the windows that were being broken."

HOST
Who do you think bears responsibility for inciting this mob?

KEVIN McCARTHY
"Anyone who's ever incited, anyone who has encouraged this."

"This is not where we go. This is not the best of who we are. I'm appalled by what I'm seeing happen right now."

And you think that it was just organic; that this protest just happened on its own?

McCARTHY
No, no. There are people inside who've planned. There are people who want to make America look like this.

The Capitol Police we have, I can't thank them enough.

McCARTHY

• I was very clear with President when I called him. This has to stop & he's got to go to American public and tell them to stop this.

• Nobody should encourage it & nobody should be part of it.

• I want to be clear; I condemn this activity.

CREDIT
🎩 hat-tip to @the_peetape for posting the original thread🧵

McCARTHY
"I've spoken to President...& other people in there...& to White House as well."

HOST
You don't think that he's sitting & maybe taking some delight watching this?

McCARTHY
"I can't believe someone would take delight in this. This is appalling."

“There’s two people, I think, Putin pays: [California Representative Dana] Rohrabacher and Trump…swear to God.”

ONE WEEK LATER
— Jan 13th, 2021

“The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should've immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.”
— Kevin McCarthy

FACT
— on #January6th 2021
Kevin McCarthy telephoned Donald Trump & asked him to end the attack on Congress—to call off his army of terrorists.

Hours later, Trump posted a video-tweet to the rioting mob, telling them:
— "We love you. You're very special."

WHO DID KEVIN McCARTHY CALL TO END THE RIOT?

Nancy Pelosi?
— no

FBI?
— no

ANTIFA?
— no

Tour Guides?
— no

BLM?
— no

Donald Trump?
— bingo!

Jan 13th, 2021
A week after surviving the terrorist attack on Congress, McCarthy denounced Trump for not doing something to stop the riot.

—(two weeks later)—

Jan 27th, 2021
Donald summoned Kevin to Mar-a-Lago, & either bribed or blackmailed his sycophant, back into submission.