The vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker -- launched by Republican hard-line Rep. Matt Gaetz -- was a long time coming
The dramatic ouster was a long time coming -- for the speaker and his party.House Speaker Kevin McCarthy listens to a question as he talks to reporters in the U.S. Capitol after the House of Representatives passed a stopgap government funding bill to avert an immediate government shutdown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 30, 2023.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy walks back to the Speaker's office after a motion to vacate the chair of Speaker of the House passed by a vote of 216-210, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Oct. 3, 2023.After spending solid chunks of the last eight years attacking the GOP establishment, Trump largely stayed out of this week's fight on Capitol Hill. He posted on social media Tuesday, a day consumed by yet another, to ask why Republicans "are always fighting among themselves.
Another McCarthy ally, Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., predicted "week after week of fruitless ballots" to replace the deposed speaker. McClintock warned that the vote would "effectively end" Republican control of Congress -- something Democrats are looking to make happen, with quick fundraising appeals capitalizing on the chaos.
"Chaos is never America's friend. And it's never a friend to American families that are struggling," Pence said Tuesday at an event across town in Washington. DeSantis also said he opposed McCarthy back when "it wasn't cool" -- and that McCarthy was arguably only speaker in the first place because Trump weighed in on his behalf back in January.
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