Dem Lawmaker Calls McCarthy ‘Weak and Cowardly’ After Opposing Jan. 6 Commission
Rep. Jim McGovern (D- MA) has nothing positive to say about House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after he voiced his opposition to a commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol…
Rep. Jim McGovern (D- MA) has nothing positive to say about House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) after he voiced his opposition to a commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
CNN’s Erin Burnett asked McGovern on Tuesday night why he thinks McCarthy opposes the commission.
McGovern replied, “I’ve concluded that Kevin McCarthy is a weak and cowardly individual whose afraid of Donald Trump. I wouldn’t be surprised if Donald Trump told him to try and kill this.”
Pointing out the deal on the commission was bipartisan, McGovern explained, “All the things that Kevin McCarthy wanted have been included in this compromise and yet to everybody’s surprise… he came out today and said he was against it. I think the only reasonable conclusion is that he’s afraid of Donald Trump.”
He also claimed McCarthy “doesn’t want to offend him, doesn’t want to get disinvited to Mar-a-Lago, but it is sad and it is pathetic, and getting to the truth matters here.”
Watch his comments below:
McGovern acknowledged Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) for standing up for the commission and not “buying into the big lie.”
“In return Kevin McCarthy