on Tuesday insisted that despite a 30-some vote challenge from the conservative right to his leadership, he would win the speakership come January with a razor-thin majority in the House. Asked if he would be speaker of the House come January, McCarthy said: 'Yes.' He noted that former Speaker Paul Ryan lost 43 votes in the the caucus' November leadership vote but turned around and won the speakership in January. ' lost 32 votes and no one was even running against her,' he added.
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