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CNN reports:
In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than McCarthy did. “Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,” Trump said, according to lawmakers who were briefed on the call afterward by McCarthy.
McCarthy insisted that the rioters were Trump’s supporters and begged Trump to call them off. Trump’s comment set off what Republican lawmakers familiar with the call described as a shouting match between the two men. A furious McCarthy told the President the rioters were breaking into his office through the windows, and asked Trump, “Who the f–k do you think you are talking to?” according to a Republican lawmaker.
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In an expletive-laced phone call with House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy during the Capitol attack, Trump appeared to side with rioters and gave no indication he would urge supporters to back down, according to newly revealed details of their conversation https://t.co/NuShMvppd0
— CNN (@CNN) February 13, 2021
“He was not sorry to see his unyieldingly loyal vice president or the Congress under attack by the mob he inspired. In fact, it seems he was happy about it or at the least enjoyed the scenes that were horrifying to most Americans across the country.” https://t.co/WFkeOrTlka
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) February 12, 2021