Convict the Motherfucker Already!

Late yesterday, CNN broke news about a heated phone call between House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Donald Trump that took place as the January 6th mob were storming the Capitol and attempting to break into McCarthy's office.  The existence of the phone call was revealed by GOP Rep. Jaime Herrera Butler, whom McCarthy told of the call shortly after it occurred.

During the attack on his office, McCarthy made several attempts to get a call through to Trump.   When he finally was able to reach Trump, McCarthy asked him to publicly and forcefully call off the riot.  Trump initially repeated the falsehood that it was antifa that had breached the Capitol.  McCarthy refuted that assertion and told the president that these were Trump supporters. That's when Trump responded: "Well, Kevin, I guess these people are more upset about the election than you are."

McCarthy then replied to Trump: "Who the fuck do you think you are talking to?"  The call, confirmed by multiple Republicans briefed on it, provide critical insight into the President's state of mind as rioters were overrunning the Capitol.  The Republican members of Congress said the exchange showed Trump had no intention of calling off the rioters even as lawmakers were pleading with him to intervene. Several said it amounted to a dereliction of his presidential duty. 

Aerial banner flown over Mar-a-Lago Resort in Palm Beach this morning

The news came on the heels of claims that Trump's defense lawyers lied during the impeachment proceedings when they said that that "at no point" did Trump know Mike Pense was in danger, and that Trump never talked to Senator Tommy Tuberville on the day of the January 6 attack. 

Multiple sources confirm that Trump, shortly after 2 pm on the day of the attack, tried to reach Tuberville and accidentally dialed Senator Mike Lee's number instead. When Lee answered the call, he passed his cell phone to Tuberville.  Late Friday, Tuberville confirned to reporters that he told Trump, "Mr. President, they've taken the vice president out. They want me to get off the phone, I gotta go."