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McCarthy visited Mar-a-Lago after Jan 6 because Trump was depressed, book claims

2023-12-01 00:00:00.0 独立报-美国政治原网页

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Republican house speaker Kevin McCarthy visited Donald Trump three weeks after January 6th because he was "depressed" and "not eating" following his election defeat, a new book has claimed.

In her new memoir, former congresswoman Liz Cheney accuses her fellow Republicans of "cowardice" and "craven" behaviour in going along with Mr Trump's claims of a stolen election despite knowing they were nonsense.

In one passage, she describes confronting McCarthy, who was then speaker of the House of representatives, about his decision to visit the president's estate at Mar-a-Lago so soon after the violence at the Capitol.

"Mar-a-Lago? What the hell, Kevin?" Ms Cheney reports asking McCarthy, according to extracts seen by CNN.

"They're really worried," Mr McCarthy allegedly said, referring to Mr Trump's aides. "Trump's not eating, so they asked me to come see him."

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"What? You went to Mar-a-Lago because Trump's not eating?" Ms Cheney shot back.

"Yeah, he's really depressed," McCarthy allegedly replied.

A spokesperson for Mr Trump told CNN that the book belonged "in the fiction section" and that the story was "completely fabricated".

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