GOP rep says McCarthy may need to step aside, considers whether alcohol would help party reach consensus
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Ken Buck, R-Colo., said Kevin McCarthy may need to step aside if no deal can be reached to get him elected House speaker.
During an appearance on CNN, Buck was unsure at what point McCarthy should make the decision to step aside, but he said that it made sense for it to happen before Thursday. Buck also floated the idea in a separate Wednesday interview with Politico that serving alcohol may or may not help Republicans reach a consensus. Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
"I've had a number of conversations with Kevin, and I just basically told him that at some point this needs to break loose. He either needs to make a deal to bring the 19 or 20 over, or he needs to step aside and give somebody else a chance to do that," Buck said. "I don’t know what that time frame is, but it makes sense that at some point today we’re able to move forward in a way that we elect a speaker."