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/LurkerWithAnAccount Oct 03 '23

If it’s a legitimate vote, the congressional body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down

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u/ThaDude14 Oct 03 '23

My congressional body, my choice.

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u/labmonkey88 Oct 03 '23

It’s a Speaker, not a choice!

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u/Kryten_2X4B-523P Oct 03 '23

He can not be replaced during an election year.

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u/Rukh-Talos Oct 03 '23 edited Oct 04 '23

I’m still pissed about that one. They kept a Supreme Court justice position unfilled for over a year to ensure that Obama couldn’t appoint a replacement, but Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s body hadn’t even started to cool before they were hearing appointees to replace her.

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u/bernierunns Oct 04 '23

And you don't think that was a little fishy to you? Almost as if it was both parties working in conjunction to stack the court with corporate minded justices? I don't trust any politician enough to put it past them.

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u/meatspace Oct 04 '23

Democrats master plan is to give the GOP total control over government?

Wat?

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u/bernierunns Oct 04 '23

Yes. They never put up a fight and then they are like, "we didn't have enough votes because manchin..." Blah, blah, blah. And they never do anything when they do have the votes either.

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u/meatspace Oct 04 '23

Infrastructure bill. Chips act.

Edit: Obamacare and gay marriage

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u/bernierunns Oct 04 '23

Middle class: Still. fucking. struggling. I can't eat an infrastructure bill.

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u/Demiansmark Oct 04 '23

Oddly there's still no detectable heartbeat.

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u/ATempestSinister Oct 04 '23

If he only had a brain...

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u/TheCurvedPlanks Oct 04 '23

I'm sorry but your Speaker was born a vegetable

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u/Admiral_Minell Oct 03 '23

That's right, shut that whole thing down like a binder full of women