House speaker contender California Congressmember Kevin McCarthy is facing criticism after he suggested the Benghazi oversight House committee had been set up to discredit former secretary of state and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. McCarthy made the comments in an interview with Sean Hannity of Fox News Tuesday.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy: “Everybody thought Hillary Clinton was unbeatable, right? But we put together a Benghazi special committee, a select committee. What are her numbers today? Her numbers are dropping. Why? Because she’s untrustable. But no one would have known any of that had happened, had we not fought and made that happen.”

McCarthy has been vying to become the next speaker of the House, following John Boehner’s announcement he would resign, but House Republicans are questioning McCarthy’s abilities following these statements.