{"id":1732671,"date":"2022-11-09T19:35:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T00:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732671"},"modified":"2022-11-09T20:02:55","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T01:02:55","slug":"flashback-tucker-rips-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-as-democrat-puppet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/flashback-tucker-rips-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-as-democrat-puppet\/","title":{"rendered":"Flashback: Tucker Rips GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy As Democrat Puppet"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fflashback-tucker-rips-gop-leader-kevin-mccarthy-as-democrat-puppet%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1732671&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/2022.04.27-02.48-thepoliticalinsider-626957b38467b.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson eviscerated Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as a \u201cpuppet of the Democratic Party\u201d after audio surfaced of the House Minority Leader criticizing former President Trump and some of his staunchest allies in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy initially denied reports that he had a conversation with other GOP leaders about encouraging former President Donald Trump to resign over the Capitol riot, prompting two reporters for the New York Times to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/22\/kevin-mccarthy-encourage-donald-trump-resign-january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">release audio<\/a> to the contrary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only discussion I would have with him is that, I think this will pass,\u201d he told Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), referencing the Senate impeachment trial. \u201cAnd it will be my recommendation you should resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Recording of Kevin McCarthy talking about Matt Gaetz: \u201cI\u2019m getting a briefing, I\u2019m going to get another one from the FBI tomorrow\u2014this is serious sh*t,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Steve Scalise: \u201cYeah, that\u2019s \u2013 I mean it\u2019s potentially illegal what he\u2019s doing.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o1olhAPQhA\">pic.twitter.com\/o1olhAPQhA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brad Beauregard Jr \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@BradBeauregardJ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BradBeauregardJ\/status\/1519107803310440448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The reporters followed that up by releasing subsequent clips of McCarthy speaking with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise regarding concern over fellow Republicans \u2013 particularly America First Representatives Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Lauren Boebert (R-CO), and Mo Brooks (R-AL) \u2013 \u2018putting other lawmakers at risk\u2019 with their comments about the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, he\u2019s putting people in jeopardy, and he doesn\u2019t need to be doing this,\u201d McCarthy said of Gaetz. \u201cWe saw what people would do in the Capitol, you know?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy claimed that America First Reps. referring to other Republicans who weren\u2019t going to fight the election results as \u201canti-Trump\u201d was \u201cserious stuff\u201d that \u201chas to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscribe\" class=\"email-signup inarticle\">\n<h4>Support Conservative Voices!<\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Sign up to receive the latest<\/strong> political news, insight, and commentary delivered directly to your inbox.<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t they take their Twitter accounts away, too?\u201d the California Republican would later ask.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don\u2019t forget the other bombshell reported on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maddow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@maddow<\/a>: Kevin McCarthy told GOP leaders during that same Jan. 10 conference call that he wished big tech companies would strip some of his members of their social media accounts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan\u2019t they take their Twitter accounts away, too?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylegriffin1\/status\/1517488402412810241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/desantis-signs-bill-to-create-election-police-force-in-florida-to-investigate-voter-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DeSantis Signs Bill To Create Election Police Force In Florida To Investigate Voter Fraud<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Tucker Carlson Slams McCarthy as Democrat Puppet<\/h3>\n<p>Tucker Carlson, in commentary on <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/26\/tucker-carlson-kevin-mccarthy-puppet-january-6-recording\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his Tuesday show<\/a>, took Kevin McCarthy to task over the suggestion that big tech censorship was the way to go in dealing with fiery Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump, the sitting president, had already been silenced by those companies. But McCarthy wanted the tech oligarchs to do more, to force disobedient lawmakers off the internet,\u201d a seething Carlson told viewers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuote, \u2018Can\u2019t they take their Twitter accounts away too?\u2019 Those are the tape-recorded words of Congressman Kevin McCarthy, a man who in private, turns out, sounds like an MSNBC contributor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Tucker Carlson Calling Out Democrat Party Puppet <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GOPLeader<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a phone call reported today by the NYT, Congressman Kevin McCarthy told his close friend Liz Cheney that he hoped the social media companies would censor MORE Conservative Republicans in Congress.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HRQMzaVva5\">pic.twitter.com\/HRQMzaVva5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Columbia Bugle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ColumbiaBugle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColumbiaBugle\/status\/1519112054128496642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carlson went on to warn that unless something changes, McCarthy may very well be the House Speaker following the midterm elections. And how would that be any different than what we\u2019re seeing now, he wondered?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat would mean you would have a Republican Congress led by a puppet of the Democratic Party,\u201d he contends.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, you wouldn\u2019t know any of this list unless it was leaked. And you can start to see why the people in charge oppose transparency and fervently support censorship on both sides.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Tucker Carlson: \u201cUnless Conservatives get their act together right away, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GOPLeader<\/a> or one of his highly liberal allies like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepStefanik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepStefanik<\/a> is very likely to be Speaker of the House in January. That would mean we would have a GOP Congress headed by a puppet of the Democratic Party\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e26M88EYcJ\">pic.twitter.com\/e26M88EYcJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Columbia Bugle \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ColumbiaBugle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ColumbiaBugle\/status\/1519113752431534081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/thepoliticalinsider.com\/report-mitch-mcconnell-was-exhilarated-that-trump-committed-political-suicide-on-january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mitch McConnell Was \u2018Exhilarated\u2019 That Trump \u2018Committed Political Suicide\u2019 On January 6<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Gaetz Slams McCarthy as Weak, More Concerned About Protecting Liz Cheney<\/h3>\n<p>Gaetz also <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news\/house\/3467183-gaetz-lashes-out-at-mccarthy-scalise-after-leaked-comments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slammed Kevin McCarthy<\/a> and Scalise regarding the conversation, describing them as \u201cweak men\u201d more concerned with protecting Never Trump Republicans Cheney and Representative Adam Kinzinger from criticism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRep McCarthy and Rep. Scalise held views about President Trump and me that they shared on sniveling calls with Liz Cheney, not us,\u201d Gaetz hammered. \u201cThis is the behavior of weak men, not leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I was protecting President Trump from impeachment,\u201d he continued, \u201cthey were protecting Liz Cheney from criticism.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dXshTB7apa\">pic.twitter.com\/dXshTB7apa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1519101270669332482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gaetz referenced McCarthy\u2019s objection to calling people who are anti-Trump \u2018anti-Trump.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey deemed it incendiary or illegal to call Cheney and Kinzinger \u2018Anti-Trump,\u2019 a label both proudly advertise today,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s call for Big Tech to rain down hellfire on Trump supporters stands in stark contrast to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1389938116753035264\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comments he made in May of 2021<\/a> when he vowed action against these social media platforms specifically referencing Facebook\u2019s ban of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they can ban President Trump, all conservative voices could be next,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cA House Republican majority will rein in big tech power over our speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Just maybe not the Trump supporters, especially when the heat gets turned up by the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson eviscerated Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as a \u201cpuppet of the Democratic Party\u201d after audio surfaced of the House Minority Leader criticizing former President Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1732674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1732671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1732671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1732671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1732674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1732671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1732671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1732671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}