Actually, Minority Leader McCarthy has said nothing about a member of his caucus’ call for Trump supporters to commit violence to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
As pro-Trump mobs plan violent protests surrounding the January 6th certification of the presidential election, Minority Leader McCarthy’s 2021 caucus is calling for “street violence” in response to the rejection of their many legally baseless lawsuits to overturn the 2020 Presidential Election. And McCarthy is entirely silent.
East Texas congressman Louie Gohmert suggested that “violence in the streets” may be the only remaining option to block Joe Biden from becoming president, after a federal judge rejected his lawsuit aiming to force Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the election.
Gohmert’ lawsuit and incitement of violence clearly takes its cues from Minority Leader McCarthy, whose own lawsuit – along with more than half the House Republican conference – sought to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Gohmert isn’t the first Washington Republican to egg on violence following the 2020 election. Members of Minority Leader McCarthy’s caucus have addressed violent rallies intended to help Trump supporters overturn the election and called on Americans not to “kneel” and accept President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. As calls for violence from his caucus grow, the reality is that this was McCarthy’s message in 2020, and it continues to be his message in 2021.
“Enough is enough. Minority Leader McCarthy has spent weeks encouraging his members’ attempts to undermine our democracy. Minority Leader McCarthy must take responsibility for Gohmert’s call for violence and get control of his minority as they put Americans in harm’s way and undermine our democracy, or he can continue to huddle in the corner like a coward,” said DCCC Spokesperson Robyn Patterson.
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