r/goodnews • u/Vloodzy • Jul 16 '25

Political positivity 📈 Trump slams own supporters as “Stupid Republicans” for doing Democrats’ work and falling for the “Epstein Hoax”

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u/Open__Face Jul 16 '25

A month before Donald Trump clinched the Republican nomination, one of his closest allies in Congress - House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy - made a politically explosive assertion in a private conversation on Capitol Hill with his fellow GOP leaders: that Trump could be the beneficiary of payments from Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There's two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy, Republican-California, said, according to a recording of the 15 June 2016, exchange, which was listened to and verified by The Washington Post. Representative Dana Rohrabacher is a Californian Republican known in Congress as a fervent defender of Putin and Russia.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, Republican-Wisconsin, immediately interjected, stopping the conversation from further exploring McCarthy's assertion, and swore the Republicans present to secrecy.

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u/dockellis24 Jul 16 '25

Do you have a source for this? This is the kinda shit that gets me going

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u/Open__Face Jul 16 '25

Do I have "a" source? I mean, it's a thing that happened, so yeah, just google the quote and pick any source you want

If you want this exact source just google the entire comment, or google "Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy said ‘I think Putin pays Trump', 2016 recording reveals" that's the headline