McCarthy: “America Doesn’t Want Trump’s Retribution”

CBS News has the transcript:

Bob Costa: “You praise Trump’s policies. You say he’s a good guy. But many Americans, they look at his language, they listen to his speeches, and they hear an authoritarian. Some say even a fascist on the horizon in this country. What do you say to those people who have those real concerns?”

Kevin McCarthy: “Look, I don’t see that, and this is what I tell President Trump, too. What President Trump needs to do in this campaign, it needs to be about rebuilding, restoring, renewing America. It can’t be about revenge.”

Costa: “He’s talking about retribution, day in, day out.”

McCarthy: “He needs to stop that. He needs to stop that.”

Costa: “You think he’s going to listen to you saying, ‘Stop that. Stop that’? He hasn’t listened to anybody before.”

McCarthy: “That’s not true. He will adapt when he gets all the facts.”

Costa: “He’s not backing away from his calls for retribution.”

McCarthy: “Yeah, but remember, you have a check and balance system. And I think, at the end of the day–”

Costa: “Where’s the check and balance on him in the Republican Party?”

McCarthy: “America doesn’t want to see the idea of retribution. If it’s rebuild, restore and renew, then I think you’ll see that. And look – that’s him. But I’m not gonna change who I am. And I’m not gonna stop giving him the advice.”

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