McCarthy told GOP lawmakers after the Capitol riot that he would urge then-President Donald Trump to resign, according to audio posted online.
to resign, according to audio posted Thursday night by The New York Times and aired on Rachel Maddow's MSNBC show.
"That would be my recommendation," McCarthy is heard saying in response to a question from Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who would emerge as a staunch Trump critic. "I don’t think he will take it, but I don’t know." Even after the violence, though, McCarthy joined half of the House Republicans in voting to challenge Joe Biden’s election victory.
The Times report Thursday was adapted from an upcoming book, " This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden and the Battle for America’s Future," by Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns. McCarthy, 57, has been strategically charting his own delicate course as he positions himself to try to take over as speaker if Republicans retake the House. He has begun to build out his leadership team and last summer tasked several groups of Republican lawmakers with drafting proposals on the party’s core legislative priorities in hopes of making a fast start in 2023.
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