"McCarthy's problem is, he can't get to 218 without Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar and Matt Gaetz," Schiff said. "And so he will do whatever they ask. And right now they're asking for me to be removed from our committees. And he's willing to do it. He's willing to do anything they ask. And that's the problem."
Schiff also said McCarthy of having no "set of beliefs," and warned that he would "misrepresent his record" and the records of other House members whose House seats he wants to remove, in order to maintain the number of votes needed.
"It's very hard not only to get to 218 that way. It's even more difficult to keep 218. That's his problem," Schiff said. "So he will misrepresent my record. He will misrepresent Eric Swalwell or Ilhan Omar, whatever he needs to do to get the votes of the QAnon caucus within his conference."
Other McCarthy critics, including outgoing Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney and his previous Democratic challenger , have stated a belief that McCarthy was willing to do anything to gain and maintain power among Republicans.
A representative for McCarthy did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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