Minutes after the Kevin McCarthy left a hurried press conference announcing his unexpected departure from the race to replace John Boehner as Speaker of the House on Thursday, Fox News' Gretchen Carlson asked his Republican colleagues about an ominous note sent to the GOP House caucus, urging candidates to drop out if "there are any misdeeds he has committed since joining Congress that will embarrass himself." North Carolina Republican and 20-year veteran of the House Walter Jones wrote a letter on Tuesday calling on any candidate for leadership to "withdraw" if such unspecified "misdeeds" could cause further distrust of Republicans among the American electorate. "With all the voter distrust of Washington felt around the country, I am asking that any candidate for Speaker of the House, majority leader, and majority whip withdraw himself from the leadership election if there are any misdeeds he has committed since joining Congress that will embarrass himself, the Republican Conference and the House of Representatives if they become public," Jones wrote in a letter to Rep.

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