- Trump has since issued several statements on the matter, claiming that he did not know who Fuentes was at the time, but he did not condemn Fuentes’ views, which the media has asked Republicans about in recent days.
- “I don’t think anybody should be spending any time with Nick Fuentes,” McCarthy said in giving a forceful denouncement of Fuentes. “He has no place in this Republican Party.”
- McCarthy noted the multiple statements that Trump has released on the matter and mistakenly said that Trump had condemned Fuentes’ views.
