Rep. Kevin McCarthy, hours after becoming the first speaker in history to be ousted from his job, said he will not seek the position again.
“I will not run for speaker again,” McCarthy said at a news conference Tuesday. “I’ll have the conference pick somebody else.”
A bloc of conservatives joined all House Democrats earlier in the day in a historic vote to kick him out of the speaker’s office. The California Republican appeared to bow to what one GOP member said was “reality” — that conservatives had the numbers to prevent him from regaining the post.
