Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: "Do not be fearful of a motion to vacate"

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Face The Nation March 24, 2024 / 12:42 PM EDT / CBS News McCarthy: "Do not be fearful of a motion to vacate" Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: "Do not be fearful of a motion to vacate" 08:41 Washington — Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who last year was the first speaker in history to be ousted from his post, suggested on Sunday that a motion to vacate the current speaker is unlikely.
"Do not be fearful of a motion to vacate," McCarthy said on "Face the Nation" on Sunday.
- Transcript: Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on "Face the Nation," March 24, 2024 As Congress voted to approve a spending package in recent days, bringing to an end a monthslong fight over funding the government that began when McCarthy was speaker, a new threat to oust his replacement has emerged.
But McCarthy, who represented California's 20th district until he resigned from Congress late last year after losing the gavel, said he doesn't believe a motion will come up or that Democrats will go along with it.