CNN staffers working late Friday night covering the House Speaker’s race seemed less than thrilled by the new House boss, Rep. Kevin McCarty (R-Calif.) — with one audibly groaning on a hot mi…
A CNN staffer working late Friday night covering the House Speaker’s race seemed less than enthused by the new House speaker — audibly groaning on a hot mic after Rep. Kevin McCarthy spoke.
“We’ll back tonight. I believe at that time we’ll have the votes to finish this once and for all,” McCarthy told reporters Friday in coverage carried by the network. “It just reminds me of what my father always told me — it’s not how you start it’s how you finish. And now we have to finish for the American public to turn around,” McCarthy said as he was closing in on his“Oh, for Christ’s sake,” a female voice was heard saying on air — apparently unmoved by McCarthy’s homespun sentiments.
It’s unclear who the CNN staffer was who made the remark. A rep for the company did not respond to request for comment from The Post.
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