Steve Herman"Chaos is Speaker McCarthy," says Rep. Matt Gaetz on the House floor rebutting GOP colleagues' concern his move to vacate (oust the speaker), if successfull, will send the chamber into chaos.
“It’s disgusting, it’s what’s disgusting about Washington,” says Rep. Garret Graves (R-#Louisiana) about Republican colleagues immediately sending out fundraising text messages and e-mails about their support of the motion to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) quickly defends raising money off the move to oust McCarthy, telling the speaker's supporters: "You all keep showing up for lobbyist fundraisers and see how that goes for you."
"We have to rip off the Band-Aid," says Rep. Gaetz, adding he doesn't know how the vote will go to oust Speaker McCarthy, which he has instigated. "Let's vacate the chair. Let's get a better speaker."
A roll call vote now begins on the move to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House.
Kevin McCarthy removed as speaker of the US House of Representatives on a vote of 216-210.
"This is a solemn moment for our country," says House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a statement following the removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
Edelruth, PBS Passport HolderBut putting people over politics, and working in a bipartisan way, is exactly what Jeffries failed to do today. I am utterly disappointed in the Dem party right now.
Nathan Lorenz@Edelruth @w7voa McCarthy was the guy who just green lit a completely frivolous impeachment committee against Biden. He has been partisan in the extreme his entire tenure. He was hardly a bipartisan speaker. The Dems absolutely had no reason to support him. The fact that the Republicans might try to get someone even worse is all to blame the GOP, not the minority party.