GOP Leader on House Leadership Races: ‘Republicans Will Run the Floor’

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Saturday that he believes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) might not be reelected.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Nov. 12, 2020. McCarthy criticized his colleagues across the aisle and faced questions about the new Republican House members that are on the more extreme end of the political spectrum. Samuel Corum/Getty Images

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Saturday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) may win reelection to the top post in the body but his party would ultimately run things because of the infighting among the Democrats, who may hold a majority as slim as a few seats.

McCarthy said that given the 218 vote threshold, Pelosi might not be reelected as speaker. In the election, Republicans took eight seats—flipping seven previously held Democratic seats and one held by an independent.