Mavigogun
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It seems after Republican Senator Mike Lee of Utah attempted to deny his own account of the conversation he earlier claimed to have overhead between Trump and Senator Tuberville during the attack on the Capitol- in which Trump was reported by Lee to have pressured Tuberville to delay the Electoral Count -AND after Trump's defense lawyers lied that Trump was unaware of the attack on the Capitol until hours later, House Republicans were so disturbed they broke silence to give their own account of Trump's call with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Multiple House Republican members of Congress have now gone to the press, relaying their account of a shouted phone call between Trump and McCarthy during the attack, in which McCarthy begged Trump to call off his mob, who were at that moment attempting to break into McCarthy's office; Trump, they report, said “well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,” McCarthy responding “who the f*ck do you think you are talking to?”
It would be several hours later before Trump would praise his rioters, tell them to go home, and approve troops to bolster the embattled police.
Apparently, for some Republicans, McCarthy covering for Trump was one lie too many.
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