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While the attack on Congress was taking place, former President Donald Trump is said to have had a telephone conversation with the Republican leader in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy.
Write to CNN, which cites several anonymous sources who have been briefed on the conversation by McCarthy.
In the conversation, McCarthy is said to have insisted the protesters were Trump supporters and asked Trump to stop them.
– The video has been tampered with
Trump, however, has refused to ask the protesters to stop the attack on Congress and responded as follows:
– Well Kevin, I guess these people (the protesters, editor’s note) are more upset about the election than you are, Trump is said to have said according to the channel.
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McCarthy is said to have been cursed by Trump’s comment and responded:
– Who the hell do you think you’re talking to?
According to the channel, the conversation between Trump and McCarthy has been described as a “shouting match”, which was very wide and where insults were also used.
McCarthy has previously said that the conversation took place.
The word that means everything in the Supreme Court case
Republican members of Congress the channel has spoken to believe the phone conversation shows Trump had no plans to ask protesters to stop the attack.
“You have to look at what he did during the attack to confirm where his thoughts were,” Herrera Beutler, one of 10 Republicans in the House of Representatives who voted to put Trump on trial, told CNN.
CNN has been unable to obtain a comment from McCarthy or Trump.
Trump defended
On Friday, Trump advocates presented their arguments. Just before the attack on Congress, Trump delivered a speech calling on his supporters to march against Congress and fight. But this was literally not intended, defender Michael van der Veen said Friday.
“Nothing in the text can be construed as encouraging, tolerating or inciting illegal activity,” he said.
Reactions created
Trump was right
The relationship between McCarthy and Trump has generated reactions before.
After the attack, McCarthy said that Trump was responsible for the attack, but only a few weeks later he visited Trump in Mar-a-Lago.
Aides have called the meeting between the two in Palm Beach “good and cordial,” according to the New York Times, which noted that this was further proof that top Republicans, many of whom were strongly critical of Trump after the Congressional storm, they are now after Trump. .
