Kevin McCarthy sideswipes Mike Johnson in tense interview as midterm pressure mounts

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy predicted Republicans will lose the House and blamed House Republican leaders under his successor, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), of letting Democrats “dictate.”McCarthy made the prediction in a Bloomberg Television interview with anchor Haslinda Amin two weeks before the Nov. 3 midterm elections.McCarthy did not name Johnson, but the speaker sets the House floor schedule, and Johnson canceled votes for the last two weeks of September, ABC News reported. That left the House just four days of legislative business before the midterms.“I think chances are the Democrats will win over the House, and it’s a 100% chance of that happening,” Amin told McCarthy.“They’ll get a majority,” McCarthy replied, referring to Democrats. “I’m not quite sure how big it is, but they will probably win the majority.”“The real battle is for the Senate,” he said, adding that “the real part Democrats are gonna have a victory in...