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The Counsel

Note From Elie: The Many Faces of Kevin McCarthy

The Counsel

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Politics

4.7861 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Note From Elie is part of the free weekly CAFE Brief newsletter. Audio recordings of Elie's Note are part of the CAFE Insider subscription. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:30.4

Hey everyone, Ellie here with my weekly note to the cafe community.

0:34.7

As always, I do love to hear back from all of you.

0:37.2

So send me your

0:37.8

thoughts, questions, or comments at letters atcafe.com.

0:58.5

Meet the three Kevin McCarthy's.

1:03.9

The first Kevin declared from the House floor just days after the January 6th Capitol attack that former President Donald Trump, quote,

1:06.6

"... bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters.

1:11.2

CNN recently uncovered that KM number one, as we'll call him, even let slip on a radio

1:16.4

show that Trump himself had squarely acknowledged personal culpability for the January

1:21.6

6 attack.

1:22.9

Quote, he told me personally that he does have some responsibility.

1:26.6

That folks is what we call an admission, both from Trump and from McCarthy.

1:32.3

Now, this version of McCarthy, the original, understood the reality of January 6th firsthand.

1:38.2

Recall that while KM No. 1 was inside the Capitol that day, under siege by pro-Trump rioters,

1:44.1

he called the then-president

1:45.5

and begged him to call off his frothing supporters.

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