2 Top Republicans Back McCarthy as Next House Speaker

Two top Republican lawmakers expressed confidence in House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid to become House speaker, now that the party has captured a majority in the lower chamber after four years in the minority.
Reps. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) and Michael Turner (R-Ohio), likely the next chairmen of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House Intelligence Committee, respectively, said they believe that the current House minority leader would win the top spot in January when the 118th Congress convenes.
“And the fact is, what’s the alternative?” McCaul told ABC‘s Martha Raddatz on Nov. 27, during his appearance alongside Turner, when asked about whether McCarthy would secure the votes….}