As insurrectionists fought their way into the U.S. Capitol, then-President Donald Trump told House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy that the rioters cared more about the election’s outcome than he did, CNN reported Friday.
The call between Trump and McCarthy reportedly devolved into a expletive-filled shouting match as the Bakersfield Republican said the mob was trying to break into his office.
“Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are,” Trump said, according to CNN, which cited Republican lawmakers whom McCarthy briefed about the call.
McCarthy responded, according to the report, “Who the f—- do you think you are talking to?”
Details of the call emerged following the fourth day of Trump’s impeachment trial in the Senate. House Democrats, joined by 10 Republicans, accused Trump of provoking the mob that attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 and sought to overturn election results that gave Joe Biden the presidency.
McCarthy’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Reports of a tense phone call between McCarthy and Trump first surfaced in the days after the insurrection. Two weeks later, the two men held a meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where they posed for a picture.
“Today, President Trump committed to helping elect Republicans in the House and Senate in 2022,” McCarthy said in a statement afterward. McCarthy would be in line to become House speaker if his party retakes the chamber next year.
House prosecutors in the impeachment trial say Trump refused to call off his supporters for hours while the Capitol was under attack. Trump also reportedly resisted pleas to mobilize the National Guard.
Dustin Gardiner is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: dustin.gardiner@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @dustingardiner
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