Episode 2074
Kevin McCarthy
Fri, 2023-Jan-06 02:15 UTC
Length - 3:52
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Kevin Owen McCarthy (born January 26, 1965) is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as House Minority Leader in the United States House of Representatives from 2019 to 2023, and as House Majority Leader from 2014 to 2019 under Speakers John Boehner and Paul Ryan. McCarthy is in his eighth House term, serving as the U. S. representative for California's 22nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013, the 23rd district from 2013 to 2023 and the 20th district since 2023. In the 2022 midterms, he led the Republicans in gaining a narrow majority in the House. Despite winning the Republican nomination for Speaker of the House, he failed to win the Speakership in the first eleven ballots upon the start of the 118th Congress as approximately 20 of his Republican colleagues repeatedly voted against him. McCarthy's failure to gain the speakership was the first time a Speaker had not been elected on the first ballot since 1923, and the first time the election took more than nine ballots since 1859. McCarthy was born in Bakersfield, California, in 1965. He attended California State University, Bakersfield, while working as a firefighter. McCarthy formerly chaired the California Young Republicans and the Young Republican National Federation. He was a representative in the California State Assembly from 2002 to 2006, the last two years as minority leader. He was elected to Congress in 2006. McCarthy was elected to House leadership in his second term as Republican Chief Deputy Whip from 2009 to 2011. When Republicans took control of the House in 2011, he became majority whip from 2011 until August 2014, when he was elected majority leader to replace the outgoing Eric Cantor, who was defeated in his primary election. After Republicans lost the majority in the 2018 midterm elections, and Speaker Paul Ryan retired, McCarthy was elected minority leader in January 2019, making him the first California Republican to hold the post.
McCarthy was a steady defender of former president Donald Trump for most of his time as majority leader and minority leader. After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, McCarthy supported Trump's false denial of Biden's victory and participated in efforts to overturn the results. McCarthy condemned the January 6 United States Capitol attack in its immediate aftermath, blaming Trump for the riot and saying the 2020 election was legitimate (he would later walk back these and reconcile with Trump).
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