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McCarthy defends 1/6 audio, House GOP backs 'next speaker'
WASHINGTON (AP) — makers. Another voiced
House GOP Leader Kevin confidence that McCarthy
McCarthy told colleagues would be the "next speak-
Wednesday he never er." “He’s got the support of
asked then-President Don- the conference and then
ald Trump to resign over the some,” Rep. Dan Meuser,
Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at R-Pa., said as he left the
the Capitol as he defend- private session at GOP
ed private conversations headquarters across the
around the siege that have street from the Capitol. Yet
spilled into the open and amid the show of support,
jeopardized his leadership. McCarthy was challenged
It was the first time Mc- by two of the party’s most
Carthy, who is in line to hard-right lawmakers —
become House speaker if Matt Gaetz of Florida and
Republicans win control in Marjorie Taylor Greene of
the fall midterm election, Georgia — who said they PROUD
addressed his colleagues felt particularly singled out
face-to-face as he works by the leadership team
to stem the fallout from his for their fiery comments SPEAKER
criticisms of Trump and far- around Jan. 6. Trump ally
right members of their par- Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., who
ty. He received a standing helped organize challeng-
ovation. es to the 2020 election re-
One Republican in the sults, also voiced concerns, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington,
April 6, 2022.
room said the meeting another Republican said. Associated Press
was "cathartic" for law- Continued on next page