Kevin McCarthy told reporters he is hearing people are now voting for Trump because he has been indicted multiple times.
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Kevin McCarthy: “I hear from people saying, ‘You know what? I never voted for President Trump, but I’m going to vote for him now based on how he’s treated, because if they can treat him like that, they can do it to any American.” pic.twitter.com/A2QprVJI4k
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McCarthy said, “The Justice Department treated the Biden family a certain way and now found a new way to go after their political opponent in (former) President Trump. I don’t think only (former) President Trump would be frustrated. I think Americans would be frustrated. Because as I go across the country, I hear that. I hear from people saying, ‘You know what? I never voted for President Trump, but I’m going to vote for him now based on how he’s treated, because if they can treat him like that, they can do it to any American.”
Every American who steals secret documents shows them to other people, and then hides them from the government to prosecute. What happens Trump should happen to anyone who steals classified information. Speaker McCarthy doesn’t seem to be making the point he thinks he’s making.
Let’s clear something up. When Kevin McCarthy travels across America, he has no contact with Democrats and Independents. Speaker McCarthy travels across the country raising money for House Republicans. The people who commit to voting for Trump are Republicans.
The speaker’s story loses all impact when he says he hears of Republicans going to vote for Trump, so he had to make up some imaginary voters so outraged by an alleged criminal being held accountable that they’re going to vote for the criminal to run the country.
It sounds crazy because it is.
McCarthy’s comments may have been dictated to him by Trump because they sound like all the imaginary people Trump peppers his stories with at his rallies.
