Adam Kinzinger Slams Kevin McCarthy’s ‘Pathetic’ Defense Of His Infamous Mar-a-Lago Visit
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The former House speaker spoke at an event called “How Strong is our Democracy?” at Georgetown University this week.
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) torched his onetime colleague Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday for his characterization of his Mar-a-Lago photo-op with Donald Trump in the weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack.
During a forum at Georgetown University, an attendee asked the former House speaker if he felt he had turned his back on democracy by helping to rehabilitate Trump’s image with that visit to the Florida estate.
McCarthy infamously posed for a photo with the former president at Mar-a-Lago, weeks after saying Trump bore responsibility for the insurrection.
In response to the query, McCarthy claimed that Trump had asked him to visit while he was in Florida for a fundraiser, and he agreed without telling anyone.
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