WASHINGTON — Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of the six remaining holdouts opposing Kevin McCarthy for speaker, said Friday afternoon that he thinks McCarthy will likely win the gavel.
“We had a lot of folks gain a lot of confidence as you saw in that vote, it looked like a critical mass,” Gaetz said.
Other Republican members working with McCarthy and his team to win over the two remaining votes they need for the gavel told Yahoo News this afternoon that they believe they can find those votes by the time the House returns at 10 p.m. tonight.lost his 12th and 13th bids One Republican member told Yahoo News that it was hard to see how any of the remaining six holdouts would change to support the California Republican.
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