Kevin McCarthy clashes with NBC hosts over Biden family pardons: He 'must know something' that others don't
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Kevin McCarthy spars with NBC hosts over alleged double standard
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy clashed with NBC News hosts on Monday in a contentious interview where he pushed back against a perceived double standard applied to President Trump by Democrats and the media.
McCarthy joined NBC's inaugural coverage shortly after former President Biden issued a series of preemptive pardons for five members of his family on his way out the door.
The former GOP lawmaker was asked how he squares Republican criticism of Biden's last-minute pardons with Trump's campaign pledge to issue pardons for a number of individuals charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
"This is the difference. This president told the American public, while he was campaigning for office, ‘if I’m elected president, I will pardon these people,’" McCarthy fired back. "Compare this to Joe Biden, who said he would never pardon his son, who now, on the very last day in the last 30 minutes, pardons his entire family."
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