CNN: New audio: McCarthy said 25th Amendment 'takes too long' and wanted to reach out to Biden after January 6 attack
By Clare Foran and Melanie Zanona
The call took place on January 8, 2021, and the audio was obtained for the new book "This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future," by Jonathan Martin and Alex Burns.
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy discussed the 25th Amendment on a call with GOP leadership days after the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol and said the process "takes too long," according to an audio recording obtained by two New York Times reporters and shared with CNN.
At the beginning of the audio, McCarthy can be heard saying, "What the President did is atrocious and totally wrong," comments that have been previously reported on by The New York Times.