House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has warned that important Republican agenda items such as securing the border will stall if not enough Republicans endorse him as House Speaker.
“If people don’t come, it will delay our ability to secure our borders. It will delay our energy independence. It will delay our ability to decommission 87,000 IRS agents. “You can’t issue a subpoena until it’s done,” McCarthy told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
House Republicans nominated McCarthy as Speaker of the House last month by a vote of 188 to 31 in a house meeting.
At least five Republicans have said they will not vote for McCarthy as House Speaker in January. Republicans are expected to hold a majority of his 222 seats in January, while Democrats have an estimated 213 seats. If all 435 members of the House vote next month, McCarthy won’t lose more than four Republican votes.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy joins host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”
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“And now it’s actually slowing our ability to govern as we go. So I’m hoping we can all come together and find a way to govern together.” Morning Futures” added.
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Republicans Matt Gates, Ralph Norman, Andy Biggs, Bob Goode, and Matt Rosendale have all publicly voiced their opposition to McCarthy, while other House Republicans He is said to be reluctant to endorse McCarthy.
Rep. Matt Gaetz of R-Fla. speaks with Fox News Digital at CPAC on Aug. 6, 2022 in Dallas, Texas.
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“House Republicans need credible leaders on all levels of the Republican convention to be effective fighting forces for the American people,” Gates previously said of the House Speaker’s position. That person is not Kevin McCarthy.”
McCarthy told Bartiromo that he met with President Biden last week and “explained very clearly the differences with the new Republican majority.”
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“We are working on the NDAA, the National Defense Act. We will definitely lift that vaccine mandate for the military. …It was the first victory for the Republican Party to have a majority, and we want to have more of those victories, and we should start moving them now,” McCarthy explained.