On Saturday, Gaetz appeared to throw his support behind Jordan to replace McCarthy as the Republican leader.
Jordan is the most talented member of the Republican House Conference. Gaetz said in reply to the suggestion that Jordan and Gaetz take over McCarthy's role that every member knows it.
—Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) April 23, 2022
The New York Times released audio in which McCarthy can be heard telling his fellow lawmakers that he planned to urge Trump to resign in the days following the Capitol riot.
McCarthy said that his gut told him not to resign after Rep. Liz Cheney asked if Trump should go. Do you think he would ever back away, from what I know of him?
McCarthy says that an impeachment resolution would pass in the House and that he would recommend it to Trump.
McCarthy said in a statement that the reporting from the Times was false and that he supports Trump.
The past year and a half has shown that our country was better off when President Trump was in the White House.
A group of 10 House Republicans voted to impeach Trump, but McCarthy was not one of them.
Kinzinger, a Republican from Illinois who also serves on the House panel tasked with investigating the Capitol riot, said that McCarthy's remarks in the leaked audio demonstrate that Republican leaders think their voters are dumb.
Kinzinger said that he would be ashamed. Let them be done with.
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