McCarthy Refuses To Answer Question About Trump Call

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 24: House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a signing ceremony for H.R. 266, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, in the Oval Office of the White House on April 24, 2020 in Washington, DC. The bill includes an additional $321 billion for the Paycheck Protection Programs forgivable loans to cover payroll and other costs for small businesses. Hospitals and other health care providers will receive $75 billion and another $25 billion is allocated for COVID-19 testing. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/The New York Times/POOL/Getty Images)

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy knows how to dodge a direct question. McCarthy was asked to confirm if Donald Trump said to him during the height of the insurrection: “Well Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are.” McCarthy wanted Trump to make a public statement and call off the protesters who were storming the Capital.

Chris Wallace of Fox News Sunday asked McCarthy if it was true.

Kevin McCarthy refuses to answer Chris Wallace's question about whether it's true that Trump told him, "Well Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are" when McCarthy called and urged him to call off the insurrectionists on January 6 pic.twitter.com/cSYSPUs8OO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 25, 2021

GOP Rep. Jamie Herrera Beutler first reported on the contents of the call during Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial.

NBC News writes:

“Separately, three sources brief on the matter told NBC News that the two men got into an expletive-laden argument. Sources described the call, which took place as a pro-Trump mob stormed the Capitol amid the affirmation of Electoral College votes, as “not cordial” and borderline incoherent. At one point in the call, according to a Republican lawmaker briefed on what was said, McCarthy told Trump: “Who the F— do you think you are talking to?””