New York Times published a leaked recording of a call between the pair.The conference call took place on January 10, 2021, days after the Capitol Insurrection.
McCarthy airs his frustrations with some in the GOP, saying people like Gaetz were “putting people in jeopardy … And he doesn’t need to be doing this.
We saw what people would do in the Capitol, you know, and these people came prepared with rope, with everything else.”“These members calling out other members, that stuff’s got to stop.
The tension is too high. The country is too crazy. I do not want to look back and think we caused something … I don’t want to play politics with any of that.”Scalise also singled out Gaetz and his criticism of Liz Cheney (R-WY): “This is serious stuff.