Members 247 News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Happened to kevin mccarthy? >> we went through how we got there. this freedom caucus as 40, 4540, 45 members. 247. republicans. how does this happen for somebody sitting on the couch at home? >> there are a lot of cross currents. the bottom line is most people who really understood the math didn't think he was going to be speaker, anyway. >> i think -- i think people in leadership thought as of february of 2016, kevin mccarthy would not be the speaker. >> whether that's true or not is another question. clearly there are people out not just to prevent him from becoming speaker, but out to destr...

Happened to kevin mccarthy? >> we went through how we got there. this freedom caucus as 40, 4540, 45 members. 247. republicans. how does this happen for somebody sitting on the couch at home? >> there are a lot of cross currents. the bottom line is most people who really understood the math didn't think he was going to be speaker, anyway. >> i think -- i think people in leadership thought as of february of 2016, kevin mccarthy would not be the speaker. >> whether that's true or not is another question. clearly there are people out not just to prevent him from becoming speaker, but out to destr...