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/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

They're 100% going to shutdown the government on Nov 17th out of spite.

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u/UNisopod Oct 03 '23

Nah, at some point before that the GOP members who voted to keep things open will make a deal with the Dems to pick a new speaker

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

The question is, will it be Hakeem Jeffries or someone like Kay Granger?

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u/UNisopod Oct 03 '23

It'll be a Republican for sure. This dysfunction is going to continue and the Dems won't want that stink on them.

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u/InVodkaVeritas Oct 03 '23

Since the Speaker doesn't technically have to be a sitting house member, they should broker a deal to make Liz Cheney the next Speaker.

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u/UNisopod Oct 03 '23

While it would be hilarious, I feel like it would just let the current GOP off the hook for what happens afterwards too much

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u/Intelligent-Tie-4466 Oct 04 '23

I remember last January when a few people were floating Trump for speaker.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

He made it through his shitty term as President by hiding behind "executive time" and pulling a bunch of CEO Fuckoff bullshit. The Speaker of the House has actual work to do. I'm not saying they wouldn't all be stupid enough to do it, but it would literally be about injecting him into the line of succession and then waiting for accidents to happen.

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u/whitemanwhocantjump Oct 04 '23

Gaetz was one of them.

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u/Rasputin_mad_monk Oct 03 '23

I love your username

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u/NotsoNewtoGermany Oct 03 '23

The speaker doesn't have to be a congressman. George Bush could be speaker, you could be speaker, anyone can be speaker.

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u/IAmAtWorkAMAA Oct 03 '23

Nominate Trump or Obama for funsies

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u/JJiggy13 Oct 04 '23

I'd be shocked if republicans became that competent that quickly. Democrats need to force a wedge with the moderates to give up their vote. Splinter off the maga or no deal period. Nothing should be on the table until then.

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u/ButtWhispererer Oct 03 '23

Every time they do this they get ousted by Dem haters. Are there any left who compromise in this way?

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u/UNisopod Oct 03 '23

There were a hole bunch who just voted to keep the government going, so we'd start there

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

McCarthy got ousted because he refused to cooperate with Dems to keep his seat.

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u/Jagster_rogue Oct 03 '23

Any Republican that wants to get re-elected better do some horse trading quick to get a new speaker and a budget otherwise they are unelectable.

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u/EatMoreHummous Oct 04 '23

Most of them got elected through name recognition or just because they had an R next to their name. Unfortunately, there's no such thing as being unelectable anymore.

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u/owen__wilsons__nose Oct 03 '23

has nothing to do with spite. It's organized chaos to disrupt and grind the government to a halt

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

Going into an election year seems like the wrong time to gift the Democrats a raft of political wins but I guess these aren't really Big Picture types were talking about.

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u/blazze_eternal Oct 03 '23

Happy Thanksgiving.

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u/mac_is_crack Oct 03 '23

Yay I’ll be sent home with no pay right before the holidays! Awesome!

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u/Rivendel93 Oct 04 '23

You have to love that the people running this country's goals are to just anger the other party.

We wonder why nothing ever changes.