Top loyalists to Donald Trump tangled with House Republican leaders Kevin McCarthy and Steve Scalise in a private meeting Wednesday over leaked post-Jan. 6 audio of the two criticizing far-right lawmakers for inciting violence against other lawmakers.
of the two criticizing far-right lawmakers for inciting violence against other lawmakers.
“I am here to say he’s going to be the next speaker,” Rep. Roger Williams, R-Texas, said as he left the gathering at the Capitol Hill Club. “He said the right things for me. Now, I’m just one guy. He’s answered it, and he’s answered it good enough for me.” , in which the leaders could be heard on a conference call discussing Gaetz, Rep. Mo Brooks, R-Ala., and other conservatives who they thought posed threats to their colleagues.In the audio, McCarthy said of Gaetz, who frequently appeared on TV and criticized Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., after the riot: “He’s putting people in jeopardy. And he doesn’t need to be doing this. We saw what people would do in the Capitol, you know, and these people came prepared with rope, with everything else.
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