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Matt Gaetz says he will attempt to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership this week | CNN Politics

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Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.

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2y ago

Matt Gaetz says he will attempt to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership this week

www.cnn.com /2023/10/01/politics/house-republicans-infighting-matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-shutdown/index.html

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McCarthy is older than 18, right? Why is Matt Gaetz so interested in fucking him?
- So is the rest of the republican party.
I’m hoping the Republicans lose track of the counts, and Hakeem Jeffries becomes Speaker. If a few Reps miss a vote, or too many R’s vote “present”, there’s a chance it could happen.
- That would be beautiful but couldn’t they just immediately oust him again? Seems very unlikely.
  
  Well, they wouldn’t be in charge of the order of business, so there’s a chance that Jeffries, in his role as Speaker, could not recognize that motion.
  Also, as the other guy pointed out, McCarthy being oustable by a single person was only a part of the dumb deal he agreed to the first time round. But getting a majority of R’s to oust Jeffries won’t be hard.
  
  McCarthy getting it came with a clause that any single R can kick him out.
  I think normally it's a certain percentage. And the "moderate" Rs that vote for it would know that they'd be in this same place again.
Shouldn't Matt Gaetz be in prison by now? Did that all just blow over?
- We're not doing laws anymore. Just for the poors
- The attorney general of Florida dropped the case, probably because his DNA was in 17 year old prostitute also. Birds of a feather fuck kids together.
Gaetz handlers are probably pissed that they were so close to shutdown the government.
Remember: this is the TRUE goal of the GOP. A country in chaos is an easy target for attacks. From outside or within.
- Even if it did happen, the criteria to remove the Speaker has been lowered to the point that he’d be ousted almost immediately.
I disagree with Paul Ryan on many things, but I salute his foresight that this is where the republican party was headed.
Gaetz always looks like he’s trying to spell a four syllable word in his head.
Thoughts and prayers
Good. The extremists can't get the votes for one of their own, and they won't vote for a "moderate" R...
- It's not good for those who live in the US. A speaker needs to be elected before they can pass anymore funding.
- How is that good exactly?
  
  Well… when Teddy Roosevelt failed to gain the support of the Republican Party, he formed the Progressive party and republican voters were split between him and Taft, leading to Woodrow Wilson gaining the presidency.

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