Christmastime is a season of joy and merriment for Americans across the country.<\/p>\n
However, everyone has their own Grinch waiting to put a damper on their holiday.<\/p>\n
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has a unique one following him this holiday season after his historic ouster from the speakership in October.<\/p>\n
McCarthy had a rough go as House speaker.<\/p>\n
After the lackluster 2022 midterm elections didn\u2019t yield the impactful majority Republicans were trying to manifest, McCarthy had to fight tooth and nail with 15 ballots to take the gavel from an apprehensive GOP conference.<\/p>\n
McCarthy\u2019s tenure behind the gavel was further complicated by a four-seat majority that only got smaller as the year marched on.<\/p>\n
The slim majority required the now-former speaker to wheel and deal to get GOP priorities across the finish line \u2013 but deal-brokering in Washington comes with its pitfalls.<\/p>\n
Different wings of the GOP wanted different things on a variety of issues, including government funding.<\/p>\n
McCarthy\u2019s speakership was blown up by Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, who dropped a privileged resolution to remove the now-former speaker after the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government.<\/p>\n
Seven other Republicans joined Gaetz on the move, leveraging the slim GOP majority in the House with Democrats in the chamber joining them to oust McCarthy\u00a0from his job.<\/p>\n
The move sparked a near-month-long fight to replace McCarthy that saw three top Republicans rejected from the job and culminated with the historic mid-Congress election of Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La.<\/p>\n
The former speaker announced after his ousting that he would be resigning from Congress.<\/p>\n
McCarthy tended his resignation from Congress on Dec. 20, with his official last day in office being set for Dec. 31. His resignation further slims the GOP\u2019s House majority, especially in the wake of disgraced New York GOP former Rep. George Santos\u2019 removal from Congress.<\/p>\n
However, the former speaker is not going quietly into the night.<\/p>\n
McCarthy has taken parting shots at Gaetz as he\u2019s headed for the exit door, telling Fox News\u2019 Brian Kilmeade this month that history will not look back fondly on the Florida man\u2019s move.<\/p>\n
\u2018History will judge him,\u2019 McCarthy said. \u2018And history will judge all of us.\u2019<\/p>\n
Kilmeade asked McCarthy about the \u2018very real math problem\u2019 that comes with his departure.<\/p>\n
\u2018Gaetz is never a serious person,\u2019 McCarthy responded. \u2018I mean, when you think about what has transpired, and you talk about someone being selfish, this is all about an ethics complaint that he had with Congress before, that he looked at just himself, that he doesn\u2019t want it to come forward for America to know.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018But it\u2019s going to come forward,\u2019 Kilmeade said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Yeah, it\u2019s more serious than Santos\u2026\u2019 McCarthy replied.<\/p>\n
\u2018I think they\u2019ll see I\u2019m Irish and Italian. I like a good fight,\u2019 he said, referencing the time it took to land the speakership. \u2018But then they took down Steve Scalise. They took down Jim Jordan. They took down Tom Emmer. I mean, these are the best players on the field.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018But this is your party,\u2019 Kilmeade said.<\/p>\n
\u2018Yeah, but the challenge is, it was eight people and every single Democrat. Eight Republicans joined the Democrats to create this mess. That\u2019s part of things that people have to look at to be able to change.\u2019<\/p>\n
Fox News Digital\u2019s Taylor Penley contributed reporting.<\/p>\n\n
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