前众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡周五，他否认了他正考虑在任期结束前辞职的报道。
“不，我不会辞职，”麦卡锡在周五下午报道浮出水面后在国会大厦告诉记者。
“我们将保持多数。我们要帮助这里的人。我们将进一步扩大它，”他说。
2023年10月3日，众议员凯文·麦卡锡在国会大厦被罢免众议院议长几小时后对记者发表讲话。
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麦卡锡还表示，他将竞选连任，不会参与竞选取代他的竞争作为议长。
俄亥俄州众议员吉姆·乔丹和洛杉矶众议员史蒂夫·斯卡利斯。，有t把他们的帽子扔进拳击场。
前总统唐纳德·特朗普周五支持约旦。
在强硬派共和党人的领导下，麦卡锡周二被罢免议长一职。
共和党人计划下周选举新的发言人。
麦卡锡本周早些时候表示，他不会再次竞选议长。
McCarthy denies reports he was considering resigning before term ends
Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthyon Friday denied reports he was considering resigning before the end of his term.
"No, I'm not resigning," McCarthy told reporters in the Capitol after the reports surfaced Friday afternoon.
"We're going to keep the majority. We are going to help the people we got here. And we are going to expand it further," he said.
McCarthy also said he would run for reelection and wouldn't weigh in on thecurrent race to replace himas speaker.
Reps. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Steve Scalise, R-La., have thrown their hats into the ring.
Former President Donald Trump endorsed Jordan Friday.
McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Tuesday in a move led by hard-line Republicans.
There are plans for Republicans to elect a new speaker next week.
McCarthy said earlier this week that he would not run again for speaker.
