<mediadc-video-embed data-state="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"00000161-3486-d333-a9e9-76c6fbf30000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b93390000"},"cms.content.publishDate":1667979146030,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"0000016c-7763-d473-a96f-77eb53420000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"cms.content.updateDate":1667979146030,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"0000016c-7763-d473-a96f-77eb53420000","_type":"00000161-3461-dd66-ab67-fd6b933a0007"},"rawHtml":"
var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ "div": "Brid_67968104", "obj": {"id":"27789","width":"16","height":"9","video":"1179022"} }); rn","_id":"00000184-5b4d-da74-a1bd-5bdd91500000","_type":"2f5a8339-a89a-3738-9cd2-3ddf0c8da574"}”>Video EmbedHouse Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) gave a short speech just after 2 a.m. Tuesday, expressing confidence that the GOP would take back the majority in the House after Republicans had a mixed night electorally, with many toss-up races being called for the Democrats.
McCarthy entered his victory party at the Westin Hotel smiling, telling the Washington Examiner his party will have “a much bigger majority than the Democrats have now.”
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Joined by Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Emmer (R-MN), the California Republican, who is vying to become the next speaker of the House, told the crowd, which had a heavy staff contingent: “When you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority, and Nancy Pelosi will be in the minority.”
McCarthy went on in his speech, which lasted just under four minutes, to state that Republicans defeating Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) indicated that “it is clear we are going to take the House back.” Maloney’s race had not yet been called at the time of McCarthy’s remarks, and the New York Democrat had not yet conceded.
While McCarthy expressed optimism, two GOP lawmakers texted the Washington Examiner, “This is bad.”
Despite Republicans falling short of the red wave they had long projected, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), who took part in conservatives’ coups to oust former Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and was the sole GOP lawmaker not to vote for former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI), said he doesn’t believe the California Republican is facing an immediate risk of losing his position as the top Republican in the House.
“I haven’t been invited to any coups, not that I know of, and you would think I’d be the first to be invited,“ he said.
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Top Democrats applauded front-line members for defying expectations, expressing satisfaction with the way the results were panning out.
“While many races remain too close to call, it is clear that House Democratic Members and candidates are strongly outperforming expectations across the country,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said in a statement. “As states continue to tabulate the final results, every vote must be counted as cast. Many thanks to our grassroots volunteers for enabling every voter to have their say in our Democracy.”
