McCarthy Should Make Deal With Democrats to Win Speakership: Clyburn

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) speaks during a Cuyahoga Councilwoman and Congressional Candidate Shontel Brown Get Out the Vote campaign event at Mt Zion Fellowship in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 31, 2021. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Amid continuing struggles for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to secure the speakership, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) advised the California Republican to make a deal with Democrats to push himself over the finish line.

Clyburn made the comments during an appearance on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show.”