This morning we have the first scoop from Robert Draper’s latest book,
“Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Party Lost Its Mind"
($29), which will be released Oct. 18.

It’s been widely reported that Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy had a
fiery exchange on Jan. 6, 2021. But Draper adds a dramatic and
newsworthy new detail about the House GOP leader’s side of the
conversation, one that makes his later submission to Trump even more
undignifying.

And the latest scoop from Playbook’s own Rachael Bade and co-author
Karoun Demirjian appears in The Washington Post today, sourced from
their new book, “Unchecked: The Untold Story Behind Congress’s Botched
Impeachments of Donald Trump” ($28), also on sale Oct. 18.

Two weeks after Trump’s second acquittal, McCarthy yelled so forcefully
at Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) for going public about his Jan.
6 call with Trump that he made the Washington Republican burst into
tears.

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