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In his first TV interview since retiring from Congress, former speaker Kevin McCarthy told that he “will support President Trump” in 2024. Asked if he thinks Trump will be the Republican presidential nominee, McCarthy responded with a resounding yes, adding, “If Biden stays as the nominee for the Democrats, I believe Donald Trump will win,” and that he thinks Republicans will also win in the House and Senate. He also said he would be willing to serve in a Trump cabinet in the right role after working with Trump extensively...

Kevin McCarthy recently endorsed and said he would consider working in a future administration of the former president, but his motives are suspect, a Republican insider said Saturday. Republican strategist Susan del Percio, who has a history of working with Republican candidates and in Rudy Giuliani's administration, appeared on MSNBC's Ayman, where she was asked about the potential for the failed House speaker to claim a spot in Trump's next administration, should he prevail in 2024. The host pointed out that Trump will want "somebody who is going to be...

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced Wednesday that he will leave Congress at the end of this year, making room for a new candidate to emerge in the rare California Republican stronghold. “I will continue to recruit our country’s best and brightest to run for elected office,” McCarthy wrote Wednesday in an op-ed about his resignation from Congress. "The Republican Party is expanding every day, and I am committed to lending my experience to support the next generation of leaders." KEVIN MCCARTHY LEAVING CONGRESS AT END OF YEAR: 'LEAVING...

In hindsight after this past year, it seems inevitable that California Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy's nearly two decades in Congress would end like this; with a rose-colored resignation letter published in a friendly newspaper and barely hinting at the turmoil and humiliation that that defined his tenure — and ultimate downfall — as the 55th Speaker of the House of Representatives. Insisting that "no matter the odds, or personal cost," the Republican "did the right thing," McCarthy's announcement that he has "decided to depart the House at the end of...

Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) lost the speakership earlier this year when eight Republicans joined with all House Democrats to vacate his chair, and this week he announced he would be leaving Congress entirely at the end of the year. According to a new report from , his supporters aren't shocked about the sudden resignation, leaving the GOP with an even smaller margin than McCarthy managed through most of 2023. "He’s the hometown boy who made good, but then he had a tragic end,” Bakersfield City Council member Mark Salvaggio...

Eight years ago this week, Ryan Lizza wrote a memorable piece for The New Yorker about something he described as “the ‘Young Guns’ Jinx.” In the fall of 2010, when the Obama revolution was running out of gas and the Tea Party was ascendant, three up-and-coming House Republicans published a policy manifesto: “Young Guns: A New Generation of Conservative Leaders.” The authors — Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy, and Paul Ryan — were depicted together on the book’s cover casually smiling on a congressional balcony overlooking the Washington Mall. Not long...