Kevin McCarthy Out As Speaker
(Chaz Anon) Ruling class stooge Kevin McCarthy has been removed as Speaker of the House for the first time in US history.
The final vote was 216-210.
🚨 “The office of Speaker of the House of the United States House of Representatives is hereby declared vacant”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) October 3, 2023
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Here is Matt Gaetz blasting members of Congress for being owned by “lobbyists and special interests” right before McCarthy was ousted. “I take no lecture on asking patriotic Americans to weigh in and contribute to this fight from those who would grovel and bend knee for the lobbyists and special interests who own our leadership.”
BREAKING: Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy has been removed as House Speaker.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 3, 2023
Here is Matt Gaetz blasting members of Congress for being owned by “lobbyists and special interests” right before McCarthy was ousted.
“I take no lecture on asking patriotic Americans to weigh… pic.twitter.com/bk1jzGCEOR
The last time the House tried to evict a speaker was 1910, which failed.
Rep. Patrick McHenry is now the acting speaker, as announced by the House Clerk. The next step is for the chamber to begin rounds of voting to elect a new Speaker, as we saw eight months ago.
He's just recessed the House so that the parties can meet and confer on a "way forward." It was quite the tantrum...
The Rep. Patrick McHenry gavel slam .... pic.twitter.com/TV1VGbkT7Y
— Howard Mortman (@HowardMortman) October 3, 2023
The speaker pro tempore is imbued with all the powers of an elected speaker of the House. McCarthy hand-picked McHenry (R-N.C.) for this role when he was elected speaker in January. The pro tempore is kept as a secret, held by the clerk of the House, until a speaker is removed or incapacitated, a process designed after Sept. 11, 2001, to ensure continuity of government. -Politico
BREAKING: Kevin McCarthy removed as 🇺🇸 US House Speaker, making him the shortest-serving since 1876. pic.twitter.com/yM8nxnvvnx
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) October 3, 2023
OK -- here's what @bresreports and i expect
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 3, 2023
everyone will be looking to see if McCarthy tries to run for speaker again.
eight no votes may be too much to overcome -- and even if he could, he may not want the job anymore. we'll see.
once mccarthy is out, the real jockeying…
Washington must change. We must put the House of Representatives on a better course.@SpeakerMcCarthy has failed to take a stand where it matters. So if he won’t, I will.#MotionToVacate pic.twitter.com/hTW2e6bxtW
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) October 3, 2023
A “Fuck Around, Find Out” award winner in the U.S. House: the smack talk last night on X between @MattGaetz & @SpeakerMcCarthy before the former successfully engineered the latter’s ouster as House Speaker pic.twitter.com/bBD4QmeSI7
— Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) October 3, 2023
