Conservatives Push To Fire McCarthy Before He Becomes Speaker

A group of conservative firebrands are launching an effort to “Fire Kevin McCarthy” even before House Republicans decides to make him the new Speaker of the House — which is expected next week.

McCarthy, the House majority leader under Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is heavily favored to succeed him in a vote next week. Boehner announced last week that he is stepping down in part to avert a no-confidence vote being threatened by conservatives in his caucus. Boehner said he would have won the vote, but it would have been bad for the House and bad for his Republican members to go through the process.

On Wednesday, former congressman Paul Broun, R-Ga., joined other conservatives organized by the Constitutional Rights PAC to mount a “Fire McCarthy” effort.

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