Kevin McCarthy Explains Why He Quit House Speaker Race Townhall.com Staff | Posted: Oct 08, 2015 2:56 PM Share Tweet Shortly after telling his Republican colleagues he was dropping his bid to be the next speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif... Read more at The Foundry: Conservative Policy News Blog from The Heritage Foundation Login to VIP or Join VIP to Comment Top Doctor Blasts CDC For Failing to Research Heart Injuries in Children Katie Pavlich Pfizer CEO Tests Positive for COVID-19 Madeline Leesman Trump Claims the FBI Stole Something Else During the Mar-a-Lago Raid Spencer Brown 'Never Forget': GOP Promises Oversight of Biden's Afghanistan Disaster After Midterms Spencer Brown ABC Confronts Press Secretary About Name of the Inflation Reduction Act: 'Isn't It Almost Orwellian?' Leah Barkoukis Starbucks Makes Surprising Admission About Mail-In Ballots Spencer Brown CARTOONS | Pat Cross View Cartoon Most Popular Trump Claims the FBI Stole Something Else During the Mar-a-Lago Raid Why Bill Maher Just Called Trump 'the Luckiest Man in the World' FBI's Mar-a-Lago Ransacking Takes Another Irresponsible Turn