But on Monday, in a rare rebuke, McCarthy broke his silence and said Greene and Gosar’s participation in the conference was “unacceptable.”
“There’s no place in our party for any of this,” McCarthy told CNN.
McCarthy also said Greene should have turned around after hearing Fuentes’s remarks warming up the crowd before introducing her on stage, saying, “with that introduction, you should have walked off stage.”
“The party should not be associated, any time, any place, with somebody who is antisemitic,” McCarthy said.
Several Republicans had already distanced themselves from the white nationalist conference days before McCarth
The Republicans who publicly denounced Greene’s and Gosar’s appearances at the conference largely included the handful who have been more willing to denounce far-right extremism and the party’s continued embrace of former President Trump, such as Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) and Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah).
Source: McCarthy criticizes GOP members who spoke at white nationalist conference: ‘Unacceptable’ | TheHill