ORLANDO, Fla. – House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) sought to tamp down former President Trump’s call for protests in response to a possible arrest of the president in connection to a Manhattan District Attorney investigation.
“I don’t think people should protest this stuff,” McCarthy said in a press conference at the House GOP issues retreat on Sunday when asked about Trump’s statement.
McCarthy suggested that Trump was calling for others to “educate people about what’s going on.”
“He’s not talking in a harmful way,” McCarthy said. “Nobody should harm one another … And this is why you should really make law equal because if that was the case, nothing would happen.”
“If was this to happen, we want calmness out there,” McCarthy said, calling for no “violence or harm.”
Trump said on Truth Social on Saturday that he could be arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s investigation into a hush-money payment made to adult film star Stormy Daniels during his 2016 campaign.
“Protest, take our nation back!” Trump said, sparking worries about potential violence.
Trump also encouraged protests over false claims that the 2020 election was stolen on Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters violently breached the U.S. Capitol.
McCarthy has also condemned Bragg’s investigation and called it a political attack, promising investigations into whether any federal funds were used in connection with the probe.
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