Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) cast his final vote in the House as he prepares to leave at the end of the year.
He reflected on his time as speaker and discussed his plans post-public office.
McCarthy was removed from the position of speaker after nine months, and he attributed it to an ethics complaint against Rep. Matt Gaetz. (Trending: Democrat Excludes White People From Holiday Party In Controversial Email)
McCarthy expressed no regrets about his decisions as speaker and plans to stay involved in politics.
He hinted at using campaign funds to support conservative candidates and discussed the challenges faced during his speakership.
McCarthy also gave some soft praise to his successor, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), while offering some advice for leading a divided conference.
“In the end, history will write what’s true,” McCarthy said.
“We all know it’s the ethics complaint on Gaetz. He’s doing everything to make sure it doesn’t come out, and that means he doesn’t care about anything else.”
“He’s just, you know, there’s people that study that type of crazy, right, mainly the FBI,” McCarthy said.
“Thoughts and prayers to the former congressman,” Gaetz said in response.
“I’m going to raise a lot more money. I want to find conservatives who want to govern. Chaos doesn’t help us, and so, people who are willing to govern, I’m willing to help,” he said.
“Lots of times, I did that on purpose,” he said.
“You wanted to isolate people. You wanted to find where the problem was.”
“It was never a problem as someone who’s going to vote against something, but they all came from the same make of the conference because you could figure out the problem,” he said.
“Now, you’re finding it’s people who are moderate and conservative voting against. Well, you can’t fix that problem.”
“So, the conference itself has to fix themselves,” he added. “There’s got to become consequences. Otherwise, there are no rules.”
“What I would have done is never put a pay for on Israel,” McCarthy said.
“Mike hasn’t been the majority leader. He hasn’t been the minority leader. He didn’t get to build up to be speaker; he’s thrown in the middle. … That’s a tough place to be in,” McCarthy added.
“My advice would be, if he asked me, ‘Do not be afraid of a motion to vacate. They cannot do it. I don’t think the Democrats would.’”
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