leadership also up in the air. and some members have said they will not support kevin mccarthy s speakership bid. earlier on fox news, mccarthy addressed some of the criticisms against him. i think i accomplished the goal that we wanted to. people can have input. we want to have a very open input process. we re going to have a smaller majority. remember in the house, they don t give gavels out by small, medium, and large. they just give you the gavel, and we re going to be able to govern it. cnn s melanie zanona with more on what is likely to be a tough few days for the gop. reporter: republicans are gearing up for a tense series of meetings this week as they return to washington for the first time since their disappointing midterm election results. republicans want to figure out what went wrong, why a red wave never materialized, and they must also decide the fate of their political leaders. in the house, gop leader kevin mccarthy is facing revolt from his right flank. i m told
elections, and in the house, members of the freedom caucus are seeking concessions and threatening to withhold support from kevin mccarthy if the party holds on to a razor thin majority in the house. so, one says mccarthy has done nothing to earn his support, and another says that no republican has the necessary 218 votes to become speaker. mccarthy and his allies, however, remain confident. i think i accomplished the goal we wanted to. people can have input. we want to have a very open input process. we re going to have a smaller majority, remember in the house, they don t give gavels out by small, medium and large. they just give you the gavel. and we re going to be able to govern. and just as a reminder, cnn has not projected which party wins the house, but mccarthy is planning already. he has to. he has no choice because he s getting pushback already from his from a wing of his party that has been waiting to challenge him until this
kevin mccarthy is trying to get the speaker s gavel but is running into the same challenges that derailed him in 2015. the house freedom caucus. since s been leader the last four years, we ve only gained seats. we won the majority. i think i accomplished the goal that we wanted to. people can have input. we want to have a very open input process. we ll have a smaller majority. we ll find that we work together. laura: how freedom caucus member, bob goode joined me now. congressman, should kevin mccarthy be concerned tonight? is there rumblings afoot in the freedom caucus that you need to go in another direction? he absolutely should be concerned. his own priority last two years has seemed to be to get the majority and become speaker for the sake of becoming speaker.
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