McCarthy: ‘Everybody Across This Country’ Bears ‘Some Responsibility’ for Capitol Riot
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is suggesting “everybody” across the U.S. is to blame, in some part, for the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6. During an interview that aired on Sunday, McCarthy said on Gray…
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is suggesting “everybody” across the U.S. is to blame, in some part, for the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6.
During an interview that aired on Sunday, McCarthy said on Gray Television’s “Full Court Press With Greta Van Susteren” that President Donald Trump had “some responsibility” in terms of his response to the violent riot.
“I also think everybody across this country has some responsibility,” McCarthy added, after noting he was previously questioned on if Trump incited the riot. “Think about four years ago after the President Trump was sworn in. What happened the very next day? The title was resist with people walking in the streets.”
He later added, “What do we write on our social media? What do we say to one another? How do we disagree and still not be agreeable even when it comes to opinion? So I think there’s from a whole nation, we should take this moment in time to find how we can correct ourselves.”
McCarthy continued, “But President Trump said ‘peacefully.’ What I said on the floor was that President Trump could have responded faster when the riots first started. I thought his video, the second video, was a very good video. I wish that was the first one.”
Watch McCarthy’s remarks below:
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