Never forget that McCarthy was caught on tape in 2016 saying he knew that Trump was "Russian Dirty." [View all]
We are dealing with a real shit in McCarthy and he is ONLY SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF THE GOP'S
CHEATING IN GERRYMANDERING THE SHIT OUT OF MANY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
In the transcript published by the Post, McCarthy speculates that the Russians hacked the Democratic National Committee’s computers and, in the process, discovered whatever opposition-research materials the Democrats had gathered on Trump.
“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy said, according to Entous, a superb reporter who heard a tape recording of the colloquy. “Swear to God.”
In the Post piece, McCarthy’s remark is met with laughter, and Ryan cautions his colleagues, “This is an off the record . . . No leaks! . . All right?”
And then, amid more laughter, Ryan says, “This is how we know we’re a real family here.”
“That’s how you know that we’re tight,” Steve Scalise, the House Majority Whip, says.
“What’s said in the family stays in the family,” Ryan concludes.
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When asked about his comments about Trump and Russia McCarthy's staff @ first said, "that it never happened"
and when told that the they had a transcript of it his staff said, "it was taken out of context" and when told that
the Washington Post had a tape of McCarthy linking Trump to Putin their answer was "he was only joking."
BTW Paul Ryan and Steve Scalise along with Mitch McConnell (he was told by the White House and US Intell)
all were well aware of the Trump Russia connection in 2016
(McCarthy is not a good man as he showed yesterday by skipping Speaker Pelosi's speech to meet with the odious
Stephen Miller.)
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https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/paul-ryan-keeps-it-family-kevin-mccarthy-russia-trump
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