Kevin McCarthy is ousted as House speaker in a historic vote pushed by conservatives

West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin called today’s vote to oust McCarthy a “sad day for our country” that sends a negative message to the rest of the world about American democracy.

-Said a douchebag who spent years obstructing progress.

Democrats this morning were shown a clip of McCarthy on CBS over the weekend trying to blame them for shutdown chaos, Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., said, calling that a clarifying moment for those in the party who might have voted to save him. McCarthy's decision to blame Democrats on TV this weekend was "one of the most crushingly stupid things somebody could do on the eve of your survival vote," he told NBC News this afternoon.

I saw that interview clip - the reporter actually started laughing when he tried to blame the Democrats. It really was a stupid thing to say.

I want to keep this as civil as possible. The world would be a better place without Republicans in it.

Remember this is the same McQarthy who chose to kiss orange ass at every opportunity he got. He was given so many opportunities to do the right thing but deliberately chose to be an asshole and pack all the committees with Nazi caucus members. He did everything he could to push extreme right wing lunacy and kill bipartisanship.

Now the same Qevin turns around and makes a pikachu face why Dems didn’t save his sorry ass.

We gonna get a carousel like the Conservatives in the UK last year? Will our next speaker outlast a cabbage?

I get that Dems are enjoying seeing the Republicans seem to fail, but I get the feeling this is going to turn out horribly. We’re going to see Speaker Jim Jordan or Matt Gaetz and the country will suffer for it.

Man, the GOP have really let themselves be gutted by their most extreme members.

Elect a clown, expect a circus

Hahahahaha

Fucking clowns

Could we please stop calling these agents of destruction "conservative"? They don't want to conserve anything. "Destructives" would be better.

Now they're a complete set of failures!

As it stands the GOP seem unlikely to be able to elect a speaker. Speakers provide a list of people to become temporary speaker in case of emergency, so upon McCarthy's ouster rep. Patrick McHenry became speaker pro tempore. Speakers pro tempore have only the authority to gavel sessions in and out, and to conduct votes for a new speaker.

Basically McHenry's first act with the gavel was to order Pelosi out of her offices. What an asshole

Apparently some of the Republicans are talking about nominating Trump as speaker. The speaker doesn't technically need to be a member of congress. I wonder if there are enough anti-Trump republicans in the House to block that. If it's a close vote and certain congress people block Trump, they could get a mountain of hate.

Now wait a minute.......I thought they liked McCarthy SOOOO much, they were willing to vote for him as speaker 15 times in a row just this year?

What was McCarthy's plan?

He spent the last week daring Gaetz to file the motion, and once it happened, that was it? No political maneuvering or deal making? Just let the chips fall where they may?

I can't wait for a historic 16 rounds of voting to get a speaker this time.

Anyone know who are the 5 most liberal republicans in the house are and if they want to just come over to the side that wants to govern?

Edit: According to a list I found online, those would be: -Fitzpatrick, Brian (PA-1) -Van Drew, Jeff (NJ-2) -Lawler, Mike (NY-17) -Chavez-DeRemer, Lori (OR-5) -Smith, Chris (NJ-4)

I'm never heard of any of them.

Are those actual conservatives or ones which would be called extreme right-wingers or fascists in non-american politics?

Oh no.

Anyways...

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republicans are winning and winning and winning. maybe the biggest winners in history. they will keep on winning so much...like they will ask to stop the winning on weekends. else would just be too much winning.

I don't know about other people but I am hooked into this story and I don't totally understand why. Been much better about avoiding US politics but this and the indictments are occupying me.

Can't say that it's good for my wellbeing. tbd.

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Damn. I guess the gop speaker will never compromise with the dems ever again.

EDIT: I meant in the context of the bill that mccarthy passed on Saturday with the help of the dems. Any new speaker will be very wary of pissing off the gaetz crowd.

Thoughts and prayers

pulling every control knob they can find on the Titanic

The democrats voted to oust this guy and trust me you reap what you sew. The next will be worse.

I think the Democrats should have voted to keep him in