Kevin McCarthy gives Donald Trump credit for his victory

• McCarthy says he is “1,000%” certain that he will complete his term in the House.
• McCarthy asserted that despite the new one-person threshold on move to vacate.
• McCarthy thanked former President Donald Trump for helping him get the votes.

Newly-elected House Speaker Kevin McCarthy thanked former President Donald Trump for helping him get the votes, telling reporters: “I don’t think anybody should doubt his influence.”

“He was with me from the beginning — somebody wrote the doubt of whether he was there — and he was all in. He would call me and he would call others. And he really was — I was just talking to him tonight — helping get those final votes.”

McCarthy, who spoke with Rep. Matt Gaetz on the floor between the 14th and 15th ballot, told reupdated media outlet: “At the end of the night, Matt got everybody there from the point that nobody voted against the other way, so it actually helped unite people.”

The new House speaker also particularly praised Reps. Garret Graves, Patrick McHenry, Bruce Westerman, Scott Perry, Chip Roy, and French Hill, who were among the key negotiators.

McCarthy asserted that despite the new one-person threshold on the move to vacate, he is “1,000%” certain that he will complete his term.

He also dispelled worries that the turbulence on the floor tonight is a preview of what will happen in the House during the following two years.

“I think by having the disruption now, really built the trust with one another and learned how to work together,” he said. “What we’re going to have to find in our mindset is that we have to frontload. We have to think about and work on the bills with a microcosm of the conference before we even start writing it. And that’s really what we learned here.”

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