Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday called out some of his Republican colleagues who voted to oust him last month, suggesting there should be “consequences” for those who brought him down as the threat of a government shutdown looms. Eight House Republicans joined all present Democrats to support a motion by Rep. Matt […]
Ten days after he was deposed as speaker of the House in October, Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) campaign team touted his fundraising credentials: $15.3 million raised during the quarter and a record $78 million for the current 2024 election cycle. So when the campaign arm of the House Republicans, the National Republican Congressional Committee, bragged […]
There’s reportedly a new plan to put Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) back in the speaker’s office, this time with Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) ― who flopped in his own bid for the gavel last week ― as his assistant. And an MSNBC panel couldn’t stop laughing at the idea Tuesday. McCarthy was unceremoniously dumped as […]
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday weighed in on why he has not endorsed former President Donald Trump as his preferred Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential election. “Well, the campaign is still going,” McCarthy told NBC’s “Meet The Press.” “There’s a very good chance I would endorse President Trump.” Pressed by NBC’s […]
Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said she wishes that the chaos in the House GOP was “surprising” as she blamed ousted former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) for the tumult in the party Sunday. “What we’ve seen is a result of really the leadership decisions that Kevin McCarthy made all the way back after the 2020 […]
House Republicans settled on Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.), the current majority leader, as their pick to replace deposed former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Scalise beat out Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) in a vote that signals continuity with the current House GOP leadership team instead of the rightward move that would have likely followed a […]
Rep. John Duarte (R-Calif.) said Monday that Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s commitment to Israel makes him ideal to return as speaker of the House even if he was just voted out. (Watch the video below.) In an interview on “Fox & Friends” Duarte called for the House to reelect fellow Californian McCarthy when it reconvenes this […]
On Fox News’ “Hannity” on Tuesday, Gingrich went off on the small faction that caused “chaos” and said they invited negative media squawking about the Republican Party. “From my position as a longtime Republican activist, they’re traitors,” he said. “All eight of them should in fact be primaried. They should all be driven out of […]
Michael Steele, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, has advice for Democrats: Don’t let Republicans twist the truth about Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. “You’ve got folks right now blaming Democrats for ousting Kevin McCarthy,” Steele said on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut.” “And I’m like, wait a minute, did I miss the 15 votes it took […]
WASHINGTON ― The many, many promises Kevin McCarthy made to his Republican colleagues caught up with him this week. By overly pandering to Republicans and the party’s MAGA-focused base for the past two years, the California Republican found he had nothing to offer Democrats when it would have taken only a handful of their votes […]