QAnon Leader Denies It's His Voice In Bombshell Audio!

That's not my voice. I don't know who that is!

The QAnon Leader Karen McConnell (R-CA) is denying an audio tape obtained by the New York Times detailing his thoughts about the Jan. 6 attack and how Republicans in the House were ready to tell Washed Up 45 to resign or face the 25th Amendment.

The explosive audio was released on Thursday and it pretty much has the Republican leader doing damage control.

Republicans will likely ignore the audio tape but Washed Up 45 won't ignore it.

Rep. Karen Kinzinger (R-IL) and Rep. Karen Cheney (R-WY) immediately slammed McCarthy for being a coward. They oppose Biden solely because he is a Democrat. They said that the Republicans were willing to sacrifice all their credibility for a man who is hell bent on destroying democracy.

Many in the House and Senate believe the election was fair and square. They fear that if they told the truth, Washed Up 45 and his supporters will punish them.

It appears that someone may have recorded the conversation and gave it to the New York Times. Last year she was stripped of her leadership position and was pretty pissed with McCarthy and Rep. Karen Stefanik (R-NY). The New York lawmaker took a leadership position despite she being far less conservative than Cheney.

In the January 10 meeting, Cheney — who was the chairwoman of the Republican conference at the time — asks McCarthy if there's any chance Washed Up 45 would resign.

"My gut tells me no. I'm seriously thinking about having that conversation with him tonight. I haven't talked to him in a couple of days," McCarthy says.

McCarthy knew this would lead to impeachment. He already knew the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke to him directly about a second impeachment.

McCarthy goes on to tell his leadership team that the impeachment resolution being crafted by Democrats would pass the House, and that he believes it might pass the Senate too.

"The only discussion I would have with him is that I think this will pass, and it would be my recommendation you should resign," McCarthy says. "That would be my take, but I don't think he would take it, but I don't know."

He also mentions he has a "personal fear" of getting into any conversations about "Pence pardoning," and acknowledges he had discussions about the 25th Amendment, which dictates how the president could be removed from office. 

McConnell and McCarthy wanted Washed Up 45 gone. The two were hoping Democrats could do the dirty work.

According to the Times story — but not featured in the audio released Thursday night — McCarthy told other Republican leaders, "I've had it with this guy." He also told other House Republican colleagues that Washed Up 45's behavior the day of the attack was "atrocious and totally wrong." He blamed the former president for the riots at the Capitol, and, with an impeachment resolution on the horizon from Democrats, he planned to tell the former president to resign.

"What he did is unacceptable. Nobody can defend that and nobody should defend it," he said, according to the Times.

In a statement after the Times story was published Thursday, but before the audio was released, McCarthy called the reporting "totally false and wrong."

"It comes as no surprise that the corporate media is obsessed with doing everything it can to further a liberal agenda," he wrote. "This promotional book tour is no different. If the reporters were interested in truth why would they ask for comment after the book was printed?"

He went on to accuse the "corporate media" of trying to profit off of "manufactured political intrigue from politically-motivated sources."

McCarthy's office did not return a request for comment late Thursday evening.

A spokesperson for Cheney said she did not record or leak the tape. 

"The select committee has asked Kevin McCarthy to speak with us about these events but he has so far declined," Cheney's spokesman said in a statement. "Representative Cheney did not record or leak the tape and does not know how the reporters got it."

Some of McCarthy's frustrations with the president did play out publicly. On January 13, 2021, he gave a speech on the House floor in which he said "the president bears responsibility for Wednesday's attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding."

But later that month, he sought to repair his relationship with the former president, who still held enormous sway over the GOP base. He visited the former president's Mar-a-Lago home and posed for pictures with him.

Shortly after the audio was released Thursday evening, Kinzinger said the Minority Leader should be "ashamed." 

"Question for Kevin McCarthy, @GOPLeader…how can you honestly feel ok with the lies?" Kinzinger tweeted.

The Times also reported Obstructionist Leader Karen McConnell (R-KY) told his advisers after the Capitol attack, "If this isn't impeachable, I don't know what is," in reference to the upcoming impeachment vote. He also predicted there would be a strong bipartisan vote to convict in the Senate. Ultimately, just seven Senate Republicans voted to convict Washed Up 45 during his impeachment trial, while others who criticized his behavior – including McConnell – argued that it was unconstitutional to impeach a former president.

A McConnell spokesman did not return a request for comment.