House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
  • House Speaker Kevin McCarthy avoided specific questions about Rep. George Santos on CBS News on Sunday.
  • "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan called McCarthy out on repeatedly avoiding questions on Santos.
  • McCarthy granted Santos two committee seats, despite Santos being caught in lies about his work and life history.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy side-stepped a question – and got called out for it – about the credibility of embattled Rep. George Santos, instead detailing to CBS News all the ways in which Congress is "broken."