Senator Elizabeth Warren known as Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy a "liar and a traitor" Sunday after an audio recording of him talking with GOP lawmakers following the Capitol riot final 12 months was leaked.

"McCarthy is a liar and a traitor. That is outrageous. And that's actually the sickness that pervades the Republican management proper now," Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, mentioned throughout a TV look on CNN's State of the Union, including that Republicans "say one factor to the American public and one thing else in personal."

Her remarks got here as a response to McCarthy's modified stance in regards to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, after an audio of a name between him and different GOP lawmakers, relationship again to January 10, 2021, was obtained and reported on by The New York Occasions this week.

"The one dialogue I might have with him [Trump] is that I believe this can move, and it might be my suggestion you must resign," McCarthy mentioned within the audio reported by the Occasions. His remarks got here within the wake of the Capitol riot when former President Donald Trump's supporters tried to overturn the 2020 election outcomes.

In one other audio from January 11, 2021 that was additionally reported by the Occasions, McCarthy mentioned of Trump: "He instructed me he does have duty for what occurred. And he must acknowledge that."

The Washington Publish and Fox Information reported Friday that the Home minority chief spoke with the previous president after the audio was leaked and that they continue to be on good phrases.

In a press release posted Thursday to Twitter, McCarthy mentioned that the Occasions reporting "is completely false and fallacious."

"The previous 12 months and a half have confirmed that our nation was higher off when [former] president Trump was within the White Home and slightly than handle the true points dealing with People, the company media is extra involved with making the most of manufactured political intrigue from politically-motivated sources," he mentioned.

On Sunday, Warren mentioned that the occasions on January 6, 2021 have been an "try to overthrow our authorities and that the Republicans as an alternative need to proceed to attempt to determine the best way to make 2020 election completely different as an alternative of spending their power on how it's that we go ahead so as to construct an financial system, so as to make this nation work higher."

"Disgrace on Kevin McCarthy," she concluded.

Elizabeth Warren criticizes Kevin McCarthy
Massachusetts Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren known as Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy a "liar and a traitor" after an audio of him talking with GOP lawmakers following the Capitol riot final 12 months was leaked. Above, McCarthy speaks throughout his weekly information convention on December 5, 2019 in Washington, DC. Picture by Alex Wong/Getty Photos

In the meantime, after the recordings of the Home minority chief have been leaked, a number of Trump supporters, together with those that have lengthy criticized his management, instructed that GOP Consultant Jim Jordan of Ohio ought to change him because the occasion's chief with the likelihood that he may develop into Home speaker if Republicans regain management of the legislative chamber after the midterm elections.

"Jim Jordan would make a unbelievable Speaker of the Home!" Nick Adams, a conservative commentator tweeted Friday.

"If elected, I can assure I will not be voting for @GOPLeader [McCarthy]. In contrast to others, I will not backslide on that place. My vote can be for @Jim_Jordan as speaker if he ran," New Hampshire GOP congressional candidate Julian Acciard additionally wrote on Twitter.

Newsweek reached out to McCarthy's media consultant and Senator Warren's workplace for feedback.