House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is being called upon to resign by Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) for repeating election fraud lies that led to the insurrection at the Capitol on Wednesday that resulted in five deaths and incalculable damage to our democracy.
As a GOP leader in the House, McCarthy is responsible for the actions taken by his caucus and his party. And seeing as more than 100 House Republicans joined him in the scheme to overturn the election results on January 6th, fueling the attempted coup that followed, it’s only right that he step down in disgrace.
Beyer certainly thinks so, which is why he demanded McCarthy’s resignation on Twitter in a thread in which he also called out Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.).
Kevin McCarthy should resign.
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) January 9, 2021
Hawley and Cruz deserve to be held accountable, but they are back-benchers.
What Kevin McCarthy did was just as bad, but he is Minority Leader. Every House Republican voted to make him Speaker, and when he led his caucus into an attack on our democracy two thirds followed him.
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) January 9, 2021
Kevin McCarthy embraced and empowered the worst conspiracy theorists in his caucus. He spread the very lies that helped incite this violence. He stood shoulder to shoulder with Trump in trying to destroy our democracy. He always enables Trump’s worst and most destructive acts.
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) January 9, 2021
After terrorists shed blood in our Capitol, Kevin McCarthy went to the House Floor and led the renewed attack on our democracy. He echoed Trump’s incendiary lies and dehumanizing attacks on political opponents, and now claims to oppose “division?” No.
Kevin McCarthy must resign.
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) January 9, 2021
McCarthy’s name will go down in history as yet another traitor who supported outgoing President Donald Trump’s scheme to be a dictator. McCarthyism takes on a whole new meaning now and he should be ashamed of that legacy.
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