Former Speaker McCarthy to Leave Congress at End of Year

Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s departure comes two months after he became the first-ever speaker to be stripped of the gavel.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks during a press briefing in the Rayburn Room of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Oct. 9, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) says he'll leave Congress at the end of the year, two months after becoming the first House speaker to be ousted from the role in the middle of a congressional term.

The Republican from Bakersfield, California, made the announcement in a Wall Street Journal op-ed, in which he said he was “leaving the House but not the fight.”