🚨US House of Representatives Removes Kevin McCarthy as Speaker in Historic Vote🚨
BREAKING: Republican Kevin McCarthy has officially been ousted as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
He becomes the first speaker in history to be voted out of the position, lasting only 269 days. pic.twitter.com/eW2rKpLf0x
- Pop Crave (@PopCrave) October 3, 2023
"The Office of Speaker of the House of the United States House of Representative is hereby declared vacant." pic.twitter.com/mDkj3oOvdC
- CSPAN (@cspan) October 3, 2023
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to block an effort to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a major blow to the Republican leader that paves the way for a historic vote to remove him from the job.
McCarthy is now on the brink of potentially losing the speaker’s gavel as he faces the most significant challenge to his leadership to date. No House speaker has ever been ousted through the passage of a resolution to remove them.
The House is on track to vote Tuesday afternoon on a motion to oust McCarthy led by GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. It will take a majority vote to succeed. He can only afford to lose 4 Republican votes.
update: The US House of Representatives has voted to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy in a historic vote on Tuesday.
The House will now need to elect a new speaker, but there is no clear alternative who would have the support needed to win the gavel.
No House speaker has ever before been ousted through the passage of a resolution to remove them.
update 2: Kevin McCarthy says he will not run for speaker again.
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