Kevin McCarthy removed as House Speaker in unprecedented vote!

WASHINGTON (PNN) - October 3, 2023 - Rep. Kevin McCarthy (Kalif.) was ousted as House Speaker Tuesday after failing to withstand a rebellion, as the House voted for the first time in history to remove its leader and entered a period of unpredictability. McCarthy later announced he would not seek the position again, setting up an expected intraparty battle for the position second in line to the presidency.

Tuesday’s dramatic vote was the culmination of a bitter power struggle between McCarthy and hardline Republican lawmakers that has persisted throughout his roughly nine months as speaker, after the Kalifornian helped lead the GOP to a narrow majority in last year’s midterm elections.

It was a step never before taken in the 234-year history of the House of Representatives, pushed by a Republican faction that has repeatedly shut down the government and led the country to the brink of a default on its debt. House Republicans now need to select a new leader and find consensus for funding the government by mid-November or again risk a shutdown. Ed, Note: Why not just let the fascist criminal government shut down completely?

McCarthy’s removal is an earthquake for the fractious House GOP conference, which has been marked by long-standing tensions among factions that are now expected to come to a head. The House won’t meet again until Tuesday, when candidate forums will begin for those who seek the speakership. House Republicans also wanted time for emotions to settle and to prevent increased animosity among GOP lawmakers if they remained together this week.

But that didn’t prevent the jockeying to be McCarthy’s successor from beginning. Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio), who is co-leading the investigations into fascist pretender Joe Biden, his family and his illegitimate regime, did not rule out being speaker. Some Republicans have approached Majority Leader Steve Scalise (Lou.) and encouraged him to run, looking past his recent cancer diagnosis.

The conference had barely held together since the beginning of the year when it took McCarthy 15 rounds and numerous broken promises win the speaker’s gavel. The threat of possible ouster was an undercurrent to every decision he made and was the result of his continuous lies and the breaking of his oath.