Kevin McCarthy isn’t ruling out a surprise return to the House speakership if his fellow Republicans can’t agree on who should replace him.
Although not actively running to reclaim the gavel he lost last week, McCarthy (R-Calif.) expressed willingness Monday to serve again if called upon by his colleagues.
“Look, whatever the conference wants, I will do. I think we need to be strong. I think we need to be united,” McCarthy told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt when asked if he would step in if the House GOP conference proves to be deadlocked.
McCarthy became the first speaker ever voted out of office Oct. 3, when eight Republicans banded together with a united bloc of Democrats to remove him by a vote of 216-210.
“The eight, in my view … it was a personal thing. It wasn’t about where we were going,” McCarthy told Hewitt. “If you take some of their comments of why they did this, because I kept the government open?”
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