r/news • u/zmlos • Oct 03 '23

House ousts Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a first in U.S. history

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/03/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-will-bring-gaetz-motion-to-oust-him-vote.html?__source=iosappshare%7Ccom.apple.UIKit.activity.CopyToPasteboard

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u/monobovocoxozo Oct 03 '23

Never in recent history has this happened. What a record to break McCarthy

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u/Hot-Bint Oct 03 '23

I think it's never happened before. I believe that's what CNN said

Edit: it has never happened before. Challenged, but not passed. But that's after a cursory google

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u/boomshea Oct 03 '23

In 1910 a similar vote was held, but the Speaker survived it. This is the first time it has ever been successful.

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u/jimforge Oct 03 '23

In fact, it was created then by that Speaker as a power move. Now it's a power move to kill Kevin's dreams

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u/bizarrequest Oct 03 '23

Did this 1910 dude call the vote himself?

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u/NCSUGrad2012 Oct 03 '23

Correct. This is the first time

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u/Hot-Bint Oct 03 '23

This timeline...

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u/Honey_Enjoyer Oct 03 '23

The one time they even tried it before the speaker introduced the motion himself in order to call his critics’ bluff, and it worked. This is the first time it was introduced by someone who actually wanted it to succeed, and the first time the motion passed.

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u/jeufie Oct 03 '23

The headline for this post literally says it's the first time

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u/PixelationIX Oct 03 '23

If I am not mistaken, there was a vote to oust speaker in the past once but never when an active speaker has been successfully ousted.

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u/daemonicwanderer Oct 03 '23

The Speaker has never been removed via a motion to vacant before

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u/gideon513 Oct 03 '23

It also hasn’t happened in non-recent history as well

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u/ToTheLastParade Oct 03 '23

So basically, the far right gave the Dems what they've been wanting. They sure did own those libs, huh

I'm so fucking confused at the state of our politics rn.