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House Freedom Caucus warns Kevin McCarthy ‘not so fast’ on Speaker bid

By
Mark Moore
Published Nov. 10, 2022
Updated Nov. 10, 2022, 12:43 p.m. ET

​A leader of the conservative House Freedom Caucus is saying “not so fast” to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s ​bid to become speaker, putting the Californian on notice that Republicans must first have a “good discussion” about Tuesday’s disappointing election results and about how to conduct oversight on President Biden.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) ​told the podcast “The Absolute Truth with Emerald Robinson” that McCarthy’s move into the Speaker’s chair should not be a “foregone conclusion” and called for an evaluation of his leadership in the House.​

“I would say maybe not so fast. Maybe we should have a good discussion within the confines of our internal body,” Biggs said.

“Look, we were told we were going to have an incredible, incredible wave. And if that would’ve been the case, any 20, 30, 40-seat margin, anywhere in there you would say, ok, Kevin is the presumptive Republican nominee for speaker​,” he added.

“But I think we need to have a serious discussion,” Biggs ​said. “He’s backpedaled on things like impeachment and, in some ways, that indicates a willingness to be weakening the oversight authority that we need to have and the leverage points we need to have in order to deal with a Democrat president.”

Rep. Andy Biggs, seen at a campaign rally in Arizona on Oct. 9, says the House Freedom Caucus will have a say in whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy becomes speaker.
Rep. Andy Biggs, seen at a campaign rally in Arizona on Oct. 9, says the House Freedom Caucus will have a say in whether Rep. Kevin McCarthy becomes speaker. Getty Images

M​cCarthy, who informed the Republican caucus of his intentions on Wednesday, has faced criticism after predicting the morning after the midterms that the GOP would flip the House – even though final results had yet to be tallied. 

“When you wake up tomorrow, we will be in the majority and Nancy Pelosi will be in the minority,” McCarthy ​told supporters shortly after midnight Wednesday.

​Control of Congress is up in the air as results continue to be counted across the country, although Republicans are ultimately expected to win enough seats for a slight majority in the House.

“In a hard-fought contest, our message and our candidates prevailed, winning key seats across the country, some in districts that President Biden carried just two years ago by double digits – including the first incumbent Chair of the DCCC to be defeated in 42 years,” McCarthy said in a letter, referring to Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney’s defeat. 

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, has announced a bid to become speaker.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, the House Republican leader, has announced a bid to become speaker. Getty Images

“This is no small feat,” the California Republican continued.   

Biggs said the Freedom Caucus is prepared to wield its influence over whether McCarthy becomes speaker to push its agenda and win concessions. ​

“If we’re going to go in for eight months of performance art instead of really getting things done,” he warned, “then we will fail in preparing for a 2024 election where we have to win to get the White House, the Senate and the House back.”