In a press conference with Speaker McCarthy today after Trump’s arraignment, a reporter brought up the fact that Trump still denies he lost the 2020 election and McCarthy unloaded on him. It was masterful.

Watch below. It’s cued up to 19:42:

 
Here’s what McCarthy said. But know that it doesn’t read the same way it comes across in the video:

REPORTER: We can rewind that. Donald Trump is still saying the election in 2020 was fraudulent activity going on, that Joe Biden didn’t win.

MCCARTHY: “Yeah, but I can say the same thing that Hillary Clinton says about her election that she lost. I can say the same thing about the DNC who said it about the 2016 race. I can say the same thing about those in the Democratic Party, from the leadership on down, about George Bush not winning, that Al Gore did. But were any of them prosecuted? Were any of them put in jail? Were any of them held with no response, be able to get out? The answer is no.

“So yeah, you can raise that someone raised a question. You know in America you’re entitled to raise a question. You’re entitled to question whether it was honest or not. That’s the uniqueness of the First Amendment. That’s the uniqueness of America. But you know what? You shouldn’t be prosecuted for your thoughts.

“And the difference here is when Hillary Clinton said it, nothing happened to her. When they said it in Georgia’s election, nothing happened to them either. You know what? When the DNC said it, nothing happened to them either.

“So stop using government to go after people who politically disagree with you. That is wrong and it should stop now.”

Bam. I’ve never seen McCarthy this angry when answering a question from a reporter. We need to see more of this passion in everything he does.

There’s a much broader context to that exchange if you want to rewind it further back. I’m not sure exactly where it all starts, so good luck.