Never forget that McCarthy was caught on tape in 2016 saying he knew that Trump was "Russian Dirty."

[Botany]

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

[Sugarcoated]

1. Bookmarked

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. The shitheads are back.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. And he didn't report it???

[Hekate]

7. It was reported. I remember it contemporaneously.

[Scrivener7]

4. That tape should be everywhere again. It was shocking then and it's

still shocking.

All those guys knew and they did nothing. Then our government went through a long expensive investigation that turned out not to have been an investigation at all, just a kabuki dance to squash any investigation.

I think there are some people who didn't know who the former guy was back then, and didn't know how he sucked people into his corruption, but those some people do know now. I think we need to put all this stuff back in front of their faces.

[czarjak]

5. Any means necessary.

[Samrob]

6. Never let them forget. Every time Hunter Biden is mentioned mention something from this tape.

So what if it may be irrelevant to the conversation. Mention it anyway. That's how the GOP does it.

[Hekate]

8. Yes indeedy