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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAxios: In tense call with Kevin McCarthy this morning, Trump blamed Antifa for storming the Capitol
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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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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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Axios: In tense call with Kevin McCarthy this morning, Trump blamed Antifa for storming the Capitol (Original Post)
highplainsdem
Jan 2021
OP
That guy pissing on the capital wall about says all you need to know about them.
Afromania
Jan 2021
#11
MontanaMama
(23,952 posts)1. So in a rare moment,
McCarthy said something true? No way. And he still wont vote to impeach. Fool.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)2. To be fair, all the "Antifa" this summer were maga too
Theyre interchangeable.
Renew Deal
(82,832 posts)3. That's the truth
Ferrets are Cool
(21,775 posts)6. +1
unblock
(54,065 posts)4. I figured out who "antifa" is:
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)7. The Liar can't help it. It's what he is, always the con man.
Cha
(304,419 posts)8. What?! McCarthy Defied trump's
LIES that he got from rw Propaganda & said they were MAGATS?!!
Rt TY!
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)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
(304,419 posts)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
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=14898787
underpants
(186,184 posts)9. 😡
Deuxcents
(19,301 posts)10. I had a comment
But this is hard to follow! Im passing it on...
Afromania
(2,780 posts)11. That guy pissing on the capital wall about says all you need to know about them.
smb
(3,574 posts)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"!