GOP Leader McCarthy Makes Big Bet on GOP 2022 Takeover: 'I Would Bet My Personal House'

House Minority Leader 👤Kevin McCarthy of California said Saturday that he believes Republicans will regain control of the House of Representatives in 2022.

McCarthy made his comment during a discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida.

“We’re going to get the majority back, we’re five seats away! I would bet my house … my personal house, don’t tell my wife but I would bet it,” he said.

“Listen, do you want to retire Nancy Pelosi? Do you want to end the socialism in this country? Win the house — five seats. This is the smallest majority the Democrats have had in 100 years.”

During his appearance, McCarthy said the 2020 election was unique in GOP history.

“This is the first time since 1994 that no incumbent Republican lost. We beat 15 Democrats. And you know who the 15 Democrats lost to? Conservative women and conservative minorities, each and every one of them,” he said, according to the Independent.

McCarthy said former President Donald Trump was the catalyst for the party’s showing.

“Even when President Trump was sick with COVID … he would do these rallies over the phone for each district and he would have the candidate on and then he would talk and he would turn out the vote and that was a shock because all the polls said we would lose, but on Election Day the voters said ‘no, there’s a new path,'” McCarthy said.