
According to a report from CNN's Manu Raju, current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy can be overheard yelling and cursing at caucus members in a closed-door meeting before they are supposed to head to the floor to vote on a new speaker.
With doubts growing the embattled Republican leader has the votes to win the gavel on the first ballot, CNN's Raju claimed the California Republican insisted to his colleagues, "I've earned this job!"