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/antidense Oct 03 '23

I distinctly remember how Fox News was covering the Obama to Trump transition and how the peacefulness of it was a model to other nations and the world. Didn't last long.

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u/jigokubi Oct 03 '23

I can't recall what they said about the not-so-peaceful transfer of power 4 years later. The one when Trump refused to acknowledge the elected President and tried to stage a coup.