Maddow Plays Audio of Kevin McCarthy Recommending That Trump Resign After Denying Report That He Did

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MADDOW: “Earlier today, a spokesman for Kevin McCarthy issued a flat denial that McCarthy ever said that he would push Trump to resign. That spokesman said, quote, McCarthy never said he called Trump to tell him he should resign. McCarthy never said he’d called Trump to say he should resign. To further clarify, we should also note that NBC news research the congressman’s office following that statement, specifically ask and again in drilling down on the question of whether or not Mr... McCarthy said he would push President Trump to resign. His spokesman responded, saying, quote, no he did not. Leader McCarthy also issued a statement himself, today, saying in part, The New York Times reporting on me is totally false and wrong. The problem with these denials from Mr... McCarthy, and his office, is that we have now obtained audio of that January 10th phone call that leader McCarthy held with other top Republicans, in which he in fact said, he is going to call Trump and tell him that he must resign. The authors of this new book, Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns of The New York Times, they have share that audio of this call with us, so that we can share with you tonight, so that you can know that when Kevin McCarthy denied that this happened, he is not telling the truth. Here it is.”