McCarthy Already Moving Into Speaker’s Office Suite

Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire reports:

Although the race for House speaker remains unsettled, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is already moving into the speaker’s suite.

Sharing a video of a man carting a stack of blue containers in what appeared to be the U.S. Capitol, NBC News’ Haley Talbot reported McCarthy “has moved into” the suite of offices and will have to move all his stuff back out if he loses the vote Tuesday.

While Republicans have a 222-seat majority in this new session of Congress, McCarthy needs 218 votes to win the speaker’s gavel. The threshold to secure a majority would decrease if members vote “present,” decline to vote, or are absent.

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Kevin McCarthy is “moving all of his belongings into the Speaker’s suite,” according to Newsmax correspondent Logan Ratick. pic.twitter.com/gjUWYIA0I6

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