48K views · 1K reactions | "Hakeem, I got to warn you: Two years ago, I got 100% of the vote from my conference," Kevin McCarthy says upon receiving gavel from Rep. Jeffries. The drawn-out and contentious process to elect McCarthy to speaker took 24 hours and 12 minutes in session, according to a tally by NBC News. msnbc.com/live | MSNBC | Facebook

4K views · 199 reactions | "Do not be fearful if you believe your philosophy brings more people freedom." Rep. Kevin McCarthy delivered his final speech on the House floor before he's set to resign from Congress in the wake of being ousted as House Speaker. https://abcnews.visitlink.me/El7dOD | ABC News | Facebook

40K views · 1.8K reactions | Kevin McCarthy, delivering first speech as House speaker: "As speaker of the House, my ultimate responsibility is not to my party, my conference, or even our Congress. My responsibility, our responsibility, is to our country." msnbc.com/live | MSNBC | Facebook