Kevin McCarthy hinted at his next steps in a video released after he announced his resignation from his congressional seat in California on Wednesday, 6 December. “I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways,” he wrote in an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal two months after he was ousted as House speaker. In a video posted to X/Twitter, Mr McCarthy said: "Now it is time for me to pursue my passion in a new arena."