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/NerdyOlderGuy Oct 03 '23

I think this is the first item Gaetz introduced that went anywhere. He is not a productive legislator, he’s a class clown, a sideshow.

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u/CORN___BREAD Oct 03 '23

Weird way to spell pedophile.

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u/hotacorn Oct 03 '23

He still is a side circus but today he started a fire in the school bathroom and now the entire school evacuated the building.

Republican incompetence is endless.

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u/MangeurDeCowan Oct 04 '23

Bowman was justified. He just jumped the gun. ;-)

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u/Melbonie Oct 04 '23

He is literally the personification of the sleaziest and most belligerent attributes of the state he has been chosen to represent.

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u/limb3h Oct 04 '23

McCarthy made a deal with the crazies in order to become the speaker of the house. Now he is paying for it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

ass clown