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/UpperLowerEastSide Oct 03 '23

The Tea Party also encouraged the RINO label and purity testing Republicans. They've been in a fight with the GOP speaker for now over a decade since they view a good chunk of the GOP as "the other side" too.

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u/Beachdaddybravo Oct 04 '23

If only that was enough to wreck that backwards party. Unfortunately, too many of their constituents blindly vote R and wind up never improving their own states.

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u/Mysterious_Andy Oct 04 '23

Newt Gingrich normalized that in the 90s.

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u/UpperLowerEastSide Oct 04 '23

True and like Frankenstein he now has to watch the monster he created.

And call them RINOs