Key Takeaways
- The first Speaker to be ousted in recent history was Kevin McCarthy.
- McCarthy declared I will not run for speaker again, urging the conference to pick a new leader.
- He hinted at possibly reviewing his future role in Congress.
Washington: Congressman Kevin McCarthy, after being the first Speaker to be ousted in the House of Representatives, announced he will not run for the position again.
He added, “I wouldn’t change a thing.”
“I will not run for speaker again, I’ll have the conference pick somebody else,” McCarthy said Tuesday evening. “I wouldn’t change a thing.”
McCarthy added that the country is too great for small visions of those eight Republicans who voted with Democrats who voted to oust him from Speaker of the House. Moreover, McCarthy said he will look into whether he will remain in Congress.
