McCarthy Refuses To Condemn MTG Before Cameras

The Hill reports:

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Tuesday refused an on-camera chance to condemn a pair of far-right lawmakers for their weekend participation in a white nationalist conference in Florida, where Russian President Vladimir Putin was a celebrated figure.

A day earlier, in the private halls of the Capitol, the Republican leader told a pair of reporters it was “unacceptable” that Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) made appearances at the America First Political Action Conference organized by white nationalist Nick Fuentes three days earlier.

But with the cameras rolling at a House GOP leadership press conference Tuesday, McCarthy refused to engage in discussion about rebuking Greene and Gosar any further.

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NEW: A day after saying Greene & Gosar’s participation in a white nationalist conference was “unacceptable,” McCarthy repeatedly refused to discuss sanctioning them further.

“I answered that yesterday,” McCarthy said, and then walked away from reporters.https://t.co/74pGmuwzwu

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