McCarthy’s Trump tape was a ’nothingburger.’ Can the House GOP shrug off more audio?

The McCarthy tapes could be easy ammunition for Republicans who want to squeeze House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy for concessions or for new conference members who want to make a name for themselves with the party base as ready to challenge leadership. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Kevin McCarthy’s caught-on-tape consideration of asking President Donald Trump to resign after the Capitol attack roiled the Beltway. Inside his conference, though, House Republicans are largely shrugging it off.

And even the latest McCarthy recording — in which he said some of his own members posed a security risk — didn’t appear to immediately trigger an alarm among most

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