Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) entered the week of the Election confident that Republicans would regain control of the House.
Leaders had prepared scores of news releases outlining their Day 1 priorities, set to deploy around the same time McCarthy would declare victory standing against a “Take Back the House” backdrop before the clock struck midnight at a D.C. hotel.McCarthy prepares a speech surrounded by staff the morning after Election Day.McCarthy takes a phone call as hotel staff clean up after Election Day.
The lack of a “red wave” marked a devastating outcome for Republicans, who believed they would cruise to a large governing majority in the House and possibly flip the Senate.McCarthy arrives for a closed-door Republican leadership candidate forum on Nov. 14.McCarthy with Rep.-elect Rudy Yakym in his office on Capitol Hill on Nov. 14.McCarthy meets with a California delegation in his office on Nov. 15.
“Democrats’ One-Party rule is OVER,” McCarthy wrote on Twitter, adding that he and House Republicans were “ready to get to work for the American people, and fulfill our #CommitmentToAmerica with a GOP House Majority.”Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
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