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Kevin McCarthy ousted as House Speaker in historic vote (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by very_well_lost@lemmy.world to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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[–] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You fucking know they are going to nominate der Gopenfuhrer

[–] ZhaoYadang@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Or his preferred candidate. The GOP majority is too small for anyone to get elected speaker without his approval. He has enough sock puppets in the House to block anyone he doesn’t like. That’s why it took more than a dozen votes to confirm McCarthy, and why McCarthy was removed. Gaetz didn’t make that call himself.

The only way anyone else could become speaker is if a few Republicans did what’s best for the country and voted for Jeffries. But that ain’t happening.