Posted 11/29/2023, 6:29:45 PM
McCarthy Urges New Speaker to Seek Unity After Hardliners Blocked His Bid
- Kevin McCarthy suggests new House Speaker Mike Johnson "bring in a psychiatrist" for the fractured House Republican conference
- McCarthy believes Johnson won't suffer the same fate of being ousted like he was in October
- 8 House Republicans, mostly conservative hardliners, voted with Democrats to remove McCarthy as Speaker
- McCarthy accuses Rep. Matt Gaetz of seeking revenge against him over an ethics investigation into Gaetz
- McCarthy says people tell him his removal as Speaker "is not right" but he's trying to "look forward"