Kevin McCarthy claimed Trump had no idea his supporters carried out Capitol attack – as it happened
by Chris Stein in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#64JCC)
Top Republican House made claim in meeting with police officers despite ex-president having urged supporters to fight like hell'
Republicans looking to win in the upcoming midterms have campaigned on high inflation and rising crime. But over the weekend, Alabama's Republican senator Tommy Tuberville resorted to another tactic: racism.
They want crime. They want crime because they want to take over what you got. They want to control what you have. They want reparations because they think the people that do the crime are owed that. Bullshit!" Tuberville declared in a speech on Saturday.
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