Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the man who admitted the House Benghazi Committee was created to take down Hillary Clinton, has just dropped out of the race for Speaker.
Kevin McCarthy will not be the next Speaker of the House, something that up until this moment was all but certain. The California Republican created a firestorm when he admitted on Fox News that the Benghazi Committee, which cost taxpayers $4.5 million, was created to take down Hillary Clinton.
Speaker of the House John Boehner just announced the election to replace him will now be postponed.
This is a huge blow to McCarthy, the House Republican caucus, showing just how much in disarray the House GOP is.
On CNN just now, John King called it a “hostage crisis” by the House Freedom Caucus, the far right fringe of the GOP who would not support McCarthy.
Video with CNN’s Dana Bash, stunned, breaking the news:
In an ironic twist, former Vice President Dick Cheney had just endorsed McCarthy to be Speaker.
Responses via Twitter:
Video of McCarthy making his announcement:
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