‘I Can’t!’ Laura Coates Stops Adam Kinzinger Cold When He Conjures Image of Kevin McCarthy Feeding Trump

CNN’s Laura Coates wanted no part of the picture that Adam Kinzinger painted on Tuesday’s Laura Coates Live.

The former congressman reacted to an anecdote from former Rep. Liz Cheney, whose new memoir recalls an interaction she had with Rep. Kevin McCarthy in early 2021.

Just weeks after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, which Donald Trump incited by falsely claiming the 2020 election was stolen from him, McCarthy visited the former president at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

“Mar-a-Lago? What the hell, Kevin?” Cheney said she asked McCarthy, who just weeks before blamed Trump for the riot.

“They’re really worried,” he responded. “Trump’s not eating, so they asked me to come see him.”

“You went to Mar-a-Lago because Trump’s not eating?” she inquired.

“Yeah. He’s really depressed,” came the reply.

Kinzinger said that McCarthy kissing Trump’s ring was worth the trouble for him because he ultimately received Trump’s backing for speaker when Republicans retook the House in January 2023.

“He became speaker and he will forever be known as ‘Speaker Kevin McCarthy,'” Kinzinger said. “Now, was it worth it for the country? Was it worth it for the cost to your own personal soul, I guess? I don’t think so.”

He then ran afoul of Coates:

KINZINGER: It’s funny because as Jamie’s talking about him saying, you know, he’s not eating. First of off, the idea of Kevin going down there and feeding Donald Trump in his mouth is just like, blows me away.

COATES: I’m too–

KINZINGER: There’s gotta be a cartoon for it.

COATES: I’m too visual for that. Please. I’m too visual for that image right now. I can’t! Go ahead.

McCarthy’s claim that Trump was so demoralized by his election loss that he was not eating was met with surprise and skepticism by CNN’s on-air talent throughout Tuesday.

Watch above via CNN.