
Entry 011Jan 13, 2021
“The President bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters.”11
11House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Representative from California; House Republican Leader, House floor, debate on H. Res. 24, January 13, 2021. Source
Why it’s on the record. Within about a week he was saying he did not believe Trump had provoked the mob. On January 28, 2021 he flew to Mar-a-Lago to meet Trump, and the trip was widely read as a reconciliation. He became Speaker with Trump's backing in January 2023.
On the record
McCarthy opposed impeachment but put Trump's responsibility for January 6 on the record during the floor debate.
- Said by
- House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, U.S. Representative from California; House Republican Leader
- Where
- House floor, debate on H. Res. 24 (second Trump impeachment)
- When
- Jan 13, 2021
- Source
- House floor, debate on H. Res. 24 (second Trump impeachment), January 13, 2021