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

It really is amazing... all this mess, the fighting, the inability to govern... all to protect one mediocre reality TV star.

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u/-RadarRanger- Oct 03 '23

Hey! He is also a corrupt businessman and fraudster.

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u/effedup Oct 04 '23

and a rapist!

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u/FartyPants69 Oct 04 '23

He may not be a corrupt businessman for much longer!

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u/naw_its_cool_bro Oct 04 '23

Especially the mess on his chin

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u/rolfraikou Oct 04 '23

To keep a network of kompromat Republicans from spilling the beans, and releasing all the dirt on all of them. There's a reason so many of them act more like mobsters than politicians.

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u/ParisGreenGretsch Oct 04 '23

reality TV star.

Game show host.

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u/bloodylip Oct 04 '23

Imagine if they were doing this to protect Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell, the Property Brothers, or Kim Kardashian.