Outlandish comments from Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) prompted rare public reaction from House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
McCarthy has hosted similar private meetings after other Republican members aligned with former president Donald Trump stole attention away from his agenda — for example, when two members recently addressed a white nationalist event — but this time, he did something different: He talked openly about it.
“The radical left, the establishment, and the media want to take me down,” Cawthorn tweeted on Thursday, even though the challenges have been coming from within his own party. “Their attacks have been relentless. I won’t stop fighting. I won’t bow to the mob. They want to silence the America First movement. I’m not going anywhere.”
He stayed notably silent when Gosar posted an anime video showing himself killing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and assaulting President Biden. “I mean, being kind of a young guy in Washington, where the average age is probably 60 or 70 — you know, I look at all these people, a lot of them that I’ve always looked up to through my life, always paid attention to politics, guys that, you know. Then all of the sudden you get invited to, like, ‘Oh hey, we’re going to have kind of a sexual get-together at one of our homes.
Republicans also demurred that Cawthorn’s remarks brought unwanted attention to the conference just days after retreat in Florida, where members worked to finalize issue policies they believe would unite them.
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