Cami Mondeaux is a congressional reporter. She started with the Washington Examiner as a copy editor, later joining the breaking news team and eventually settling on the Congress beat. A Utah native, Cami graduated from Westminster College in Salt Lake City in 2021 and covered state government as a breaking news reporter for KSL News Radio. Follow her on X for the latest updates on news in the D.C. area and beyond: @cami_mondeaux.
As the House sits at a standstill due to the absence of a permanent speaker, Republicans are seeking to shift some of the blame to their Democratic counterparts for voting to remove former Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership position.
McCarthy also sought to shift some of the blame over to Democrats in the hours after his ouster, calling the vote a “political decision” to remove him as speaker. “He was totally manipulated into doing this,” said Rep. Garret Graves , a close ally of McCarthy. “I mean, I can’t believe he’s that stupid to be manipulated by [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ] and others to create this outcome.”
“The fact is: The blame rests not just with the eight Republicans who voted to oust him, but also with both party’s leaders — McCarthy and Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries — for failing to reach across the aisle to save the country from this mess,” Bloomberg wrote in an op-ed for the Washington Post. “Jeffries should’ve been willing to take the same risk, by rising above partisanship to save McCarthy’s job — if not for the good of the country, then for the good of the Democratic Party.
Malaysia Latest News, Malaysia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
House Republicans Take Revenge on Democrats for Ousting McCarthyHouse Republicans took revenge on their Democrat colleagues for voting to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker of the house.
Read more »
House Republicans Take Revenge on Democrats for Helping Oust Kevin McCarthy as SpeakerSource of breaking news and analysis, insightful commentary and original reporting, curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.
Read more »
11 House Republicans join Democrats to move ahead in bid to remove McCarthy as speakerThe House is expected to vote soon on a motion that could remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, Democrats say they will not vote to help him.
Read more »
LIVE: House ousts Kevin McCarthy as speaker, 8 Republicans join Democrats in voteRep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., was named as speaker pro tempore, an interim role to lead the chamber until another speaker is elected at a future point.
Read more »
Pa. Republicans, Democrats split over vote to oust McCarthy as U.S. House SpeakerPa. Republicans held firm in support of McCarthy while Democrats joined his critics to oust him.
Read more »