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And...Matt Gaetz... Human Sex Trafficker extraordinaire of all people... was what set this all in motion. And the GOP is usually the party that moves lock-step with one another. It's hilarious to finally see.
Wasn't he the one that insisted on the "I can oust you whenever I want" provision in the first place? It would have been more surprising if he hadn't done it...
It's always been that way. The speaker is elected by the house, if the house wants to replace him they can whenever they want.
Usually it requires more than one butthurt manchild throwing a hissy fit though.
In this case, McCarthy made the very smart decision to shit talk the Democrats before the vote, so all the dems votes in favor of removal
We have the best quality politicians, am I right? When you're Speaker they let you go on national TV and stuff your foot right in your mouth. Just open wide, stuff inside. Just like that! And the biased left wing media makes it sound bad by airing it.
Why thank you, SatansMaggotyCumFart.
Well it takes one person to propose it, then someone to second the motion. I can't find the specific historical floor proceedings from Oct 3rd. But the reality of what happened, and how it happened doesn't match your imagination.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/01/07/politics/kevin-mccarthy-path-to-speakership/index.html
“McCarthy’s concessions to the GOP dissidents are significant and could ultimately cut his tenure as speaker short. Among the rules changes: McCarthy agreed to restore a rule allowing a single Republican member to call for a vote to depose him as speaker, the same rule that led to John Boehner’s decision to resign as speaker in 2015.”
I'd like to see this rule. I can't find it in the official house rules. https://rules.house.gov/sites/republicans.rules118.house.gov/files/documents/Rules%20and%20Resources/118-House-Rules-Clerk.pdf
It’s referred to as privilege. It’s rule IX. The lingo they use can make things unintuitive.
Here’s a Wikipedia article: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_to_vacate_the_chair
It’s the first time in US history a motion to vacate has successfully removed the speaker of the house. The only function the interim speaker can conduct is to call for votes on a new speaker, I don’t believe the interim speaker can bring new legislation.
Thanks for this.
You’re welcome, it’s a mess trying to interpret. Watching the events live on CSPAN it comes across like a big made up kangaroo court cult. I’m fairly certain that part of being inducted as speaker involves updating the rules which is where all the negotiating to be elected speaker comes in. Unfortunately theirs like half a dozen or so extreme right republicans that are sending a message and without the democrat minority support they don’t have enough votes to elect a speaker without appeasing their extreme republicans (which is also why the vacate went through). That’s my understanding anyway, like I said, the whole thing seems like a clown show and is embarrassing to watch as a citizen.
It's great to watch. The GOP hate, and I mean really hate, each other. Up until now though they could hate the Democrats more and that would unite them. Not anymore. I don't think the Democrats are lovey dovey or anything but they can work together. The Republicans are going to rip themselves apart, especially if the Democrats become irrelevant.