My country first – GOP style

“I’ve had it with this guy … atrocious and totally wrong … inciting people to attack the Capitol … what he did is unacceptable, nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it”
- Kevin McCarthy, Jan. 6–12, 2021.


“The Democrats are going to take care of the son of a bitch for us … if this isn’t impeachable I don’t know what is”
- Mitch McConnell, ditto.



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McCarthy and friend at Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 28, 2021.


McConnell, asked in a Fox News interview Feb. 2021 whether he would support Trump running again in 2024. replied: “Absolutely.”


What happened?


P.S. The private expressions of outrage by McCarthy and McConnell come from a new book, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future”, which draws on hundreds of interviews and contemporaneous records.
 
“I’ve had it with this guy … atrocious and totally wrong … inciting people to attack the Capitol … what he did is unacceptable, nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it”
- Kevin McCarthy, Jan. 6–12, 2021.


“The Democrats are going to take care of the son of a bitch for us … if this isn’t impeachable I don’t know what is”
- Mitch McConnell, ditto.


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McCarthy and friend at Mar-a-Lago, Jan. 28, 2021.


McConnell, asked in a Fox News interview Feb. 2021 whether he would support Trump running again in 2024. replied: “Absolutely.”


What happened?


P.S. The private expressions of outrage by McCarthy and McConnell come from a new book, “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future”, which draws on hundreds of interviews and contemporaneous records.

Power. Not unique to their party, but obviously their only motive.
 
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