House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speculated Thursday the reason Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., now says he won’t support funding for border wall projects is because it could weaken Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s, D-Calif., support of incoming progressive Democrats and her shot at the speakership.

McCarthy told Fox News if Schumer decided to support a bill that included up to $5 billion for border security, it could upset incoming lawmakers in the House and prompt them not to back Pelosi on Jan. 3.