Axios: In tense call with Kevin McCarthy this morning, Trump blamed Antifa for storming the Capitol

[highplainsdem]

Link to tweet

https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-sneak-peek-1c44d7d7-d31e-4879-bff1-11965803be69.html

President Trump today privately — and falsely — blamed "Antifa people" for storming the Capitol, even though clear video and documentary evidence exists showing the rioters were overwhelmingly Trump supporters, Axios' Jonathan Swan reports.

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Behind the scenes: In a tense, 30-minute-plus phone call this morning with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, Trump trotted out the Antifa line.

McCarthy would have none of it, telling the president: "It's not Antifa, it's MAGA. I know. I was there," according to a White House official and another source familiar with the call.

The White House official said the call was tense and aggressive at times, with Trump ranting about election fraud and an exasperated McCarthy cutting in to say, "Stop it. It's over. The election is over."

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[MontanaMama]

1. So in a rare moment,

McCarthy said something true? No way. And he still won’t vote to impeach. Fool.

[soothsayer]

2. To be fair, all the "Antifa" this summer were maga too

They’re interchangeable.

[Renew Deal]

3. That's the truth

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. +1

[unblock]

4. I figured out who "antifa" is:

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=family+circus+not+me+image&t=iphone&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fsafr.kingfeatures.com%2Fidn%2Fcnfeed%2Fzone%2Fjs%2Fcontent.php%3Ffile%3DaHR0cDovL3NhZnIua2luZ2ZlYXR1cmVzLmNvbS9UaGVGYW1pbHlDaXJjdXMvMjAxMC8wNS9GYW1pbHlfQ2lyY3VzLjIwMTAwNTI4XzYxNi5naWY%3D

[uponit7771]

5. +1

[rickyhall]

7. The Liar can't help it. It's what he is, always the con man.

[Cha]

8. What?! McCarthy Defied trump's

LIES that he got from rw Propaganda & said they were MAGATS?!!

Rt TY!

[gratuitous]

12. We only have some anonymous staffer's word for that

Although McCarthy, opportunistic little shit-weasel that he is, will certainly use this anecdote in the future as "proof" that he stood up to Trump.

[Cha]

13. Right.. but this may be a reason..

Kevin McCarthy's fight for survival

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14898787

[underpants]

9. 😡

[Deuxcents]

10. I had a comment

But this is hard to follow! I’m passing it on...

[Afromania]

11. That guy pissing on the capital wall about says all you need to know about them.

[smb]

14. He Should Have Been More Specific

He told Trump he should call Joe Biden, meet with the president-elect and follow tradition and leave a welcome letter in the Resolute Desk for his successor.

Now Dopey Donald is going to be trying to figure out which letter? A "Q", perhaps? "T" is his favorite. Just, please, please no "P"!