Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw‘s comments criticizing fellow House Republicans were the last thing Kevin McCarthy needed.

The House minority leader from California, who hopes to be speaker should Republicans, as expected, win the majority in 2022, has spent time at Republican Conference meetings two weeks in a row telling lawmakers to knock off the fighting. House Republican tensions over policy and style are creating new headaches for McCarthy as he and his leadership team try to lead their party to the majority in November.