Kevin McCarthy wants to block three Democrats from committees if he becomes House speaker [View all]
Source: USA Today VIA AOL
House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy served further notice Sunday that his potential speakership will be politically volatile, saying he will try to keep three high-profile Democrats off of certain committees.
Democrats said McCarthy will do whatever his right wing wants him to do because he still lacks the votes to land the speaker's job.
In stumping for the position, McCarthy has targeted Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; and Reps. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., members of the House Intelligence Committee.
McCarthy and other Republicans have for months said these members' past statements and actions regarding issues like Israel, China and Russia should keep them off these committees.
"I'll keep that promise" to remove them, McCarthy told Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures."
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It's about revenge and retribution, not governing.
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