House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday said that a number of Republican lawmakers opposing his bid for speaker of the House pose the biggest threat to his takeover.
McCarthy, who is the Republican nominee for the next speaker of the House, made the comments in an interview with Fox Business Network’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
The interview comes as a growing number of GOP lawmakers, including Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Bob Good (R-Va.), Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), and Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) have indicated they plan to vote against electing him as speaker in January when the House is set to vote on the decision….