{"id":1762887,"date":"2022-12-05T06:07:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762887"},"modified":"2022-12-05T07:03:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T12:03:40","slug":"gingrich-predicts-slew-of-challenges-ahead-for-mccarthys-if-he-becomes-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gingrich-predicts-slew-of-challenges-ahead-for-mccarthys-if-he-becomes-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Gingrich Predicts Slew of Challenges Ahead for McCarthy&#8217;s If He Becomes Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgingrich-predicts-slew-of-challenges-ahead-for-mccarthys-if-he-becomes-speaker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1762887&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/100-10-2\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">F<\/span>ormer Speaker Newt Gingrich warns that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) could face a slew of challenges heading into the new Congress if he becomes speaker. <\/p>\n<p>Tensions within the House GOP are rising as <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/mccarthy-struggles-sway-gop-detractors-extended-conference-rules-debate\">uncertainty<\/a> surrounds McCarthy&#8217;s ability to secure the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/mccarthy-stares-down-hardliners-speaker-bid\">support he needs to<\/a> obtain the speaker\u2019s gavel during the floor vote on Jan. 3. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/post-pelosi-era-begins-washington-photos-of-the-week\">POST-PELOSI ERA BEGINS IN THE HOUSE: WASHINGTON PHOTOS OF THE WEEK<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Gingrich said during an interview with John Catsimatidis on <i>Cats Roundtable<\/i> that McCarthy can only afford to lose four people to still have enough votes to secure his position as the next speaker. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My guess is by January 3rd, when they have the vote, [McCarthy] will have 218, and he&#8217;ll be speaker,&#8221; Gingrich said. <\/p>\n<p>The former speaker said McCarthy should expect a fight from Democrats who oppose several of the steps he&#8217;s announced he would take once Republicans are in control. <\/p>\n<p>McCarthy has stated he wants the first bill the House votes on to repeal the 87,000 IRS agents Democrats were hoping to add. He also has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/mccarthy-tells-jan-6-committee-to-keep-evidence\">asked the Jan. 6 committee<\/a> to preserve all records from its investigation so Republicans can look into why the Capitol was not secure on the day of the Capitol riot. <\/p>\n<p>However, Gingrich said McCarthy will have a solid chance to get the GOP&#8217;s interests set in motion, as he will have the same majority that the current speaker, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), held for the last two years of her leadership. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With that majority, 222, she managed to pass trillions of dollars in spending and a whole bunch of radical left-wing bills,&#8221; Gingrich said. &#8220;You can get a lot done once you get to be speaker.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Gingrich said he has high hopes for McCarthy as a speaker, but that he should not expect it to be easy. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think he\u2019s got a pretty good case for being an effective conservative speaker,&#8221; Gingrich said. &#8220;It\u2019s obviously going to be really complicated with the Democrats in the Senate \u2014 and with Biden feeling like he had a good election, which he did. Therefore, he\u2019s not inclined to compromise on anything.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>McCarthy has <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/mccarthy-huddles-with-opponents-to-clinch-speakership\">vowed<\/a> to take the voting process through several ballots before he drops out of the speaker race. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The former speaker also acknowledged the importance of Georgia&#8217;s Senate race for the GOP, stating that the outcome could be the difference between a balance of power and an &#8220;absolute majority&#8221; for Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The difference between Walker winning or losing is that if Walker wins, they are at 50-50, and the Democrats have to have power sharing, where the Republicans have the same number of seats on every committee as the Democrats do,&#8221; Gingrich said. &#8220;If Walker loses, that means the Democrats have a 51-49 majority, and that means they will have an absolute majority on every single committee. It\u2019s actually a pretty darn important race. 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