Flashback: Axios reported last week that McCarthy was caught on a hot mic trashing Cheney, saying he had "had with her."
Thank you @GOPLeader for your endorsement for House GOP Conference Chair.
Together, as one team, we will stand up for the American people and #FIREPelosi in 2022. pic.twitter.com/zUhv1h4K71
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) May 9, 2021
What they're saying: McCarthy on Sunday said the GOP needs to be "united", and that the chair, who is the third-highest ranking member of the party in the House, should be a messenger for the party.
- "[W]e are in one of our biggest battles ever for this nation and the direction, whether this next century will be ours," McCarthy said.
- “We need a conference chair that is delivering that message day in and day out and uniting the nation,” he added.
- "Yes I do," he said when asked if he supported Stefanik for the position.
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