Kevin McCarthy removed as House speaker in historic vote
Source: CBS News
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted from his leadership position in a historic vote on Tuesday after a far-right revolt over his reliance on Democrats to pass funding to avert a government shutdown earlier this month.
It's the first time a House speaker has been removed in a no-confidence vote.
Now someone from a secret backup list McCarthy created in January will likely serve as a temporary speaker overseeing a new election. It's not clear how extensive the power of any temporary speaker would be, but Republicans would likely push for that person to have more power than Democrats would want.
Read more: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-vote-matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-motion-to-vacate-watch-live-stream-today-2023-10-03/
Outgoing House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
McCarthy was ousted just hours after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) filed a resolution to vacate the Speakership - with the House voting to agree to the resolution by 216 to 210.
Nearly all Democrats voted with Gaetz and his allies to do so.
McCarthy, 58, thus becomes the shortest-serving Speaker in 147 years - since Rep. Michael Kerr (D-IN), who died in office after eight months in 1876.
Aviation Pro
(12,307 posts)Completely predictable.
japple
(9,892 posts)PatrickforB
(14,621 posts)Aay know! Let's have a spellin' contest!
gopiscrap
(23,772 posts)erronis
(15,635 posts)Not that mine would fit into a 12-pack.
bucolic_frolic
(43,720 posts)Gaetz has driven the bus as far as it will go. Now on to the next Speaker. This should take about .....45 days? Until the money runs out?
sinkingfeeling
(51,550 posts)dweller
(23,773 posts)From EmptyTraitor Greene ?
✌🏻
wasn't she just supporting Matt?
dweller
(23,773 posts)No
No more sugar daddy Kev
✌🏻
sinkingfeeling
(51,550 posts)GreenWave
(6,941 posts)JoseBalow
(2,817 posts)That dipshit doesn't have a clue
calimary
(81,746 posts)And nobody knows where they've been...
muriel_volestrangler
(101,486 posts)Per House rules, McCarthy submitted to the chambers clerk a list of lawmakers who would take over if his seat becomes vacant, of which McHenry was apparently first.
McHenry is the chair of the financial services committee, and voted against removing McCarthy. After picking up the gavel, he recessed the House.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/oct/03/mccarthy-speaker-republicans-trump-trial-biden-live-updates?page=with:block-651c7e098f0880e74add4856#block-651c7e098f0880e74add4856
peppertree
(21,867 posts)(such as he is)
Drum
(9,244 posts)peppertree
(21,867 posts)I hope they keep him until the next election. That runt and his bow-tie are a walking punch line.
Drum
(9,244 posts)🐍
JanMichael
(24,919 posts)And believe me I know.
ms liberty
(8,660 posts)Hard to decide which is worse.
Solly Mack
(90,841 posts)A full-blown shit-eating grin to be precise.
leftieNanner
(15,223 posts)Zippa De Doo Dah, Zippa De Yay!
Solly Mack
(90,841 posts)leftieNanner
(15,223 posts)Before he was elected.
Better bring back those moving boxes, Kev.
Live by the stupid, die by the stupid.
bdamomma
(64,028 posts)Boehner is making money in his new venture.
maxsolomon
(33,516 posts)GQP doesn't have a lot of other options that would get a majority of votes.
leftieNanner
(15,223 posts)She pretends to be both a moderate/sensible Republican and a complete fringe lunatic at the same time.
BigmanPigman
(51,747 posts)I am actually grateful for the shut down (delayed 45 days)
DJ Porkchop
(463 posts)bringthePaine
(1,758 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,869 posts)And you can bet that the Democrats have ulterior motives for voting along with Matt Gaetz.
House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries, anyone? Well, I can dream can't I?
twodogsbarking
(10,103 posts)liberalla
(9,304 posts)Something is brewing...
live love laugh
(13,277 posts)PortTack
(32,872 posts)The Grand Illuminist
(1,354 posts)For RWs, everything is done by their design.
iluvtennis
(19,948 posts)💩💩💩
FakeNoose
(33,081 posts)Things won't be any different next week or next month.
W T F
(1,151 posts)SergeStorms
(19,208 posts)He'd actually have to work for the first time in his life. It would certainly interfere with his golf game, and he wouldn't take that.
D23MIURG23
(2,857 posts)He thinks he's the "president for life" so he won't settle for anything less than that.
TheRickles
(2,129 posts)Though there's probably a loophole somewhere in there. Any Poli Sci/Con Law majors out there?
progressoid
(50,062 posts)The house of representatives is not, as the Senate, to have a president chosen for them from without their body, but are to elect their speaker from their own number....
In modern times, the Congressional Research Service and others have argued that a non-member is constitutionally eligible to become speaker. That view is predominant but not unanimous, and scholars having a different position include political scientist Diana Schaub, who argues by implication that, "A non-member Speaker would be the only office-holder in our system not bound by [the constitutionally-required] oath."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives#Eligibility_of_non-members
TheRickles
(2,129 posts)W T F
(1,151 posts)progressoid
(50,062 posts)SergeStorms
(19,208 posts)He gave everything up to become Speaker, and it all came back to bite him in the ass.
Couldn't happen to more deserving asshat. 👏
Warpy
(111,587 posts)because it was announced a few days ago that McCarthy would likely expel Gaetz if a pending ethics probe showed significant violations, and of course any honest report would.
I just wonder which horror will be visited upon this country next.
hadEnuf
(2,248 posts)And this shit sticks?
Welcome to Republican Amerikka.
Warpy
(111,587 posts)The Klown Kaucus will want one of their own, someone who refuses to work with Democrats on a single thing.
hadEnuf
(2,248 posts)And Democrats need to make them own every inch of what they block and screw up. Every inch.
Marthe48
(17,234 posts)for rwnj
Looks like traitor and kev hit the skids neck and neck. Yay!
Marthe48
(17,234 posts)hitler's gaining power in Germany.
At any time, did hitler's machine fall to pieces as he attacked the German Republic in the 1930s? Are the U.S. traitors here in new territory?
Is this going to hamper traitor's desire to hand the U.S. over to putin?
JCMach1
(27,596 posts)2live is 2fly
(336 posts)riversedge
(70,688 posts)🚨🚨BREAKING:
Kevin McCarthy was just REMOVED as Speaker of the House, becoming the first Speaker in history to be removed by his colleagues.
McCarthy brought it on himself and the country. https://pic.twitter.com/eixfT9dBOe
Replying to @RpsAgainstTrump
progressoid
(50,062 posts)riversedge
(70,688 posts)twodogsbarking
(10,103 posts)mcar
(42,536 posts)ArizonaLib
(1,242 posts)BYE FELICIA!
mountain grammy
(26,717 posts)will republicans kill him?
peppertree
(21,867 posts)It puts Gaetz in quite a pickle.
Then again, the radicalized GOP/Magat base - to a person - views McCarthy as a "spineless sellout."
Which, of course, he is - just not the way they see it.
The Grand Illuminist
(1,354 posts)I smell a sinister trap.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,799 posts)Probatim
(2,581 posts)We really should look on the bright side of things.
peppertree
(21,867 posts)As you know - they're doing their damnedest to create 1876 plutocracy, child labor and women's rights conditions.
Probatim
(2,581 posts)At least ole Kev wasn't kicking Democrats straight in the balls on live TV. McHenry seems like he's ready to take flamethrower to everything.
peppertree
(21,867 posts)The more tantrums that little thing throws (none of which will lead to anything), the better for Democrats.
Probatim
(2,581 posts)Maybe Matty G will pull the plug on McHenry too.
Montauk6
(8,132 posts)Egads, what a stench from that side of the aisle...
Owens
(215 posts)Why would the Democrats vote in align with Gaetz? He's worse.
Oopsie Daisy
(2,975 posts)Or is he out forever?
LudwigPastorius
(9,369 posts)Fucking Republicans always say government doesnt work, then they get elected and make sure of it.
cstanleytech
(26,400 posts)SoFlaBro
(2,126 posts)shit
AnrothElf
(781 posts)Anyway ...
TNNurse
(6,940 posts)And JFC, how did they let Gaetz get his way??? He is as worthless as possible,
BumRushDaShow
(130,797 posts)Elessar Zappa
(14,190 posts)that Republicans own this mess and that Democrats wouldnt save him. Apparently hes burned his bridges with the Democrats over the past ten months. Im thinking that Jeffries thought this through and probably consulted Pelosi over this whole issue.
Snackshack
(2,541 posts)Did the Dems do this.
"Nearly all Democrats voted with Gaetz and his allies to do so."
Why give them the legitimacy and power previously unobtainable this does...
I know it sounds counter intuitive but there is wisdom when given a choice to stay with the POS Speaker you know instead of jumping off the cliff w/ "gaetz and his allies".
Especially after one of those allies had mentioned this very act in discussion on how to get DT back into a position to act with impact on the system that stole his election from him. That the Speaker of the House does not need to be in government to be Speaker. I would imagine this is not a good a confidence builder in our allies around the globe as well.
I think the Dems have made an ill advised decision here. I hope I am wrong but I do not see a return that warrants this investment.
D23MIURG23
(2,857 posts)To me it's an ominous sign that he got ousted for funding the government. It also seems likely that we'll end up with someone even worse than McCarthy.
The reporting is that McCarthy just expected to be bailed out by Dems without cutting a deal, though, while at the same time trying to blame them for a near shutdown miss. Given that, I think it's understandable that they voted to oust. The fact is he's a dirtbag with very few selling points. I'm flabbergasted that he didn't even try to cut a deal.
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quakerboy
(13,928 posts)Is it like at the beginning where everything else has to go on hold till that's resolved?
Ie, does it pause the ethics thing and Gaetz potential expulsion?
Also.. I guess that answers whether there was a deal on Ukraine aid and such.
211 democrats, 218 votes needed to elect a speaker. I wonder if there's a powersharing agreement that would bring 10-20 Republicans on board for a bipartisan house majority
SunDrop23
(2,109 posts)Good riddance.
Vogon_Glory
(9,144 posts)BumRushDaShow
(130,797 posts)Polybius
(15,598 posts)I would have thought voting "present" would be the way they voted, but so few did.
SunSeeker
(51,976 posts)Oh the irony.