House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that “it is clear we are going to take the House back.”
However, will McCarthy be Speaker of the House?
From The Epoch Times:
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has declared that Republicans will take back the House of Representatives.
A GOP takeover of the House would likely mean that McCarthy will become the speaker of the House for the 118th Congress.
“I want to thank the millions of supporters across this country,” McCarthy said on Nov. 9.
According to Russ Vought, who was the Director of The Office of Management and Budget under President Trump, Kevin McCarthy “is in serious trouble” in his race for Speaker of The House.
It starts with the fundamentals. The vote for Speaker is not behind closed doors. It is on the floor of the House of Representatives. There is no lying back home about how one voted. And all Dems vote against the GOP nominee, always. 2x
— Russ Vought (@russvought) November 10, 2022
Conservatives will have a difficult (I would say impossible) time explaining a vote for McCarthy back home for many reasons, but mainly for being a peace-time leader when we are in a cold civil war who will manage the GOP away from conflict instead of seizing it by the throat 4/x
— Russ Vought (@russvought) November 10, 2022
Today is for thanking those already gone public. Build the numbers of members who want change & publicly say they are against McCarthy today. Talk of the replacement candidate comes next & at the moment, thwarts the momentum needed to build the fight 6/6
— Russ Vought (@russvought) November 10, 2022
GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz has been one of the most outspoken critics of the Republican establishment.
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— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) November 10, 2022
NPR reported:
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, in a letter to his caucus on Wednesday, officially announced his intention to run for speaker of the House.
“I am running to serve as Speaker of the People’s House and humbly ask for your support,” McCarthy said in a letter obtained by NPR.
Republicans are expected to pick up enough seats to gain control of the House of Representatives, but as results continue to pour in, it’s clear they will not have the major gains they previously hoped to receive.
Even so, McCarthy, who is currently the House minority leader, was expected to run for the top House leadership position and no one is currently challenging the California congressman for the post.
The internal vote inside the GOP conference is expected next week but the full House doesn’t vote until early January at the start of the new Congress.
On Wednesday, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., sent a letter to his colleagues announcing his bid for House majority leader.
GOP Representative Announces Bid for House Majority Leader
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