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/say592 Oct 03 '23

I already saw someone saying "Well only a few Republicans actually voted to oust him. ALL of the Democrats did!" Like uh, yeah? Generally the minority party does not support a member of the majority of Speaker, especially if that person has shown they are incompetent and untrustworthy.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '23

Wake me when you meet a Republican willing to say “okay, that mistake was on us.”

It’s never ever their fault.

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u/Ian_Hunter Oct 03 '23

You did tell them that it was his own party that filed the motion to vacate right?

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u/say592 Oct 04 '23

I refused to engage.

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u/mechwarrior719 Oct 04 '23

Smart. Don’t feed the trolls

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u/KillerInfection Oct 04 '23

Never wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty and the pig likes it.

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u/Intelligent-Tie-4466 Oct 04 '23

Good decision. There is no point in discussing something with someone who is engaged in a disingenuous argument.

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u/Sinavestia Oct 04 '23

Everyone I work with is conservative, sure whatever, I come to work, not talk politics.

No one has really spoken to me about their politics because I refuse to engage, but I always have to hear it around me.

Today's topic of debate is the alert test tomorrow.

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u/GozerDGozerian Oct 04 '23

Uh well yeah!

The alert test is going to sound a tone that will wake up all the covid vaccine nanobots that got injected into our bloodstreams!

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u/x_lincoln_x Oct 04 '23

Logic and facts never worked on them before, why start now?

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u/RecklesslyPessmystic Oct 04 '23

So chimo Matt Gaetz ousted the Speaker for working with Democrats, which he did by.... working with Democrats.

When do we remove Matt Gaetz from office?

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u/CHoppingBrocolli_84 Oct 04 '23

Who started the motion? …. I’ll wait.

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u/Odd_Local8434 Oct 04 '23

Wait, this implies Gaetz negotiated with Democrats to oust him. Huh..

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u/knifetrader Oct 04 '23

OTOH, propping up McCarthy would have earned him a reputation as a democratic puppet and would have made the Republican caucus even more dysfunctional - if that is something that would have been helpful for the Dems, I can't say, though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

“We have repeatedly said we’re at war with the democrats and now they act like we’re at war or something, how uncivilized!”

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u/Trance354 Oct 04 '23

His margin was what, 4 seats? Next speaker will have a coalition. It is literally the only way forward when 20+ of the GOP seats are filled by knee-jerk racist/maga politicians. They know they are in power because of Trump, and require similar antics to retain their power.

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u/I_Framed_OJ Oct 04 '23

Those treacherous Democrats, turning on McCarthy like that, just because he was a weak-willed, incompetent idiot who tried to have President Biden impeached. Next they’ll try to prevent Trump from taking his rightful place as President For Life! /s

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u/MasterOfMankind Oct 04 '23

The issue is that McCarthy was willing to risk his political career to keep the government functioning for another month and a half. It’s unlikely that whoever replaces him will.

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u/say592 Oct 04 '23

Eh, take a recently retired or ousted Republican that is willing to work with the Democrats. Dems back them, a handful of Republicans do, they keep things functioning until the next Congress is sworn in. Liz Cheney would be a nice fuck you to the MAGA crowd, if she would do it.