Fox News Digital briefly spoke with ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy during a rare appearance on Capitol Hill. (Elizabeth Elkind/Fox News Digital)
When asked by another reporter whether he thought Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., was doing a "good job," McCarthy said, "Johnson is working as hard as he can."
McCarthy became the first House speaker in history to be ousted in the middle of a congressional term last October, when a group of eight House Republicans joined all Democrats in voting to remove him from power. He left Congress at the end of 2023.
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Johnson survived an ouster threat by McCarthy allies, Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene. (Getty Images)
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McCarthy appeared to take an indirect shot at Johnson over the bipartisan vote last month during an appearance on Politico's "Power Play" podcast.
"I couldn’t live with myself if I’d done a deal with Democrats," McCarthy had said. "If you can’t sustain being speaker by your own majority, should you sustain it? No."
Fox News Digital reached out to Johnson's office for comment.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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