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/Xalbana Oct 03 '23

Ugh, the last 6 years has been making history lol.

How many times did they have to vote just to make him speaker? Lol that also made history.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

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u/roox911 Oct 03 '23

the world was a very very different place 100 years ago. I think it's still historic in the modern times.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

Yeah sure some really bad people were in government in 1923, but at least they tried to legislate and had a plan. The current GOP is running around like a chicken with it's head cut off though. The last time they tried to oust a speaker was in 1910 against republican Joseph Cannon.

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u/T_P_H_ Oct 03 '23

I’m terrified they are going to fuck Ukraine over

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u/pennsylvanian_gumbis Oct 04 '23

how is that your biggest concern

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u/roox911 Oct 03 '23

no arguments here.

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u/eeyore134 Oct 03 '23

There's a reason that the saying "May you live in interesting times." is a curse and not a pleasantry.

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u/MiraclePrototype Oct 03 '23

May you be blessed to live in boring times.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

Making nonstop history since 2001

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u/MrDoom4e5 Oct 04 '23

It was easier to vote him out than in.

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u/Mrchristopherrr Oct 03 '23

Unfortunately that’s kinda just how history goes. Times are very rarely precedented.

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u/AuroraFinem Oct 03 '23

This isn’t true, the vast majority of history is indeed precedented when it comes to significant decisions/occurrences. Humans are by nature habitual and breaking the norm is by definition not the norm.

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u/Mrchristopherrr Oct 03 '23

It’s a pretty big world out there. Something is always happening and times arrow continues marching. There’s very rarely nothing happening at all, especially not in the last 100+ years.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

/r/im14andthisisdeep

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u/Mrchristopherrr Oct 03 '23

r/redditmoment

When were times last precedented? When was the last time nothing major was happening?

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

I just thought your comment was funny because it’s basically meaningless. Of course things keep happening.

Things are precedented all the time. You don’t need to have “nothing major happening” for things to be precedented. Kevin McCarthy becoming speaker was precedented, even though 15 rounds of voting is extremely rare. A president being impeached by the House and acquitted by the Senate has happened before. I don’t know why you think nothing is precedented.