Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?

[Axtremus]

Also tempted to ask how many Democratic votes McCarthy would need to keep his Speakership, but don't know enough to set up an "over/under" question around this.

[LuFins Dad]

No, and Gaetz is about to be kicked out. Stay tuned.

[Doctor Phibes]

Gaetz should have been kicked out long ago. The guy's a total sleazeball. Allegedly.

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

No, and Gaetz is about to be kicked out. Stay tuned

[Renauda]

@Doctor-Phibes

Is that skank Boobert part his cockus caucus?

[Axtremus]

Politico “gaming out” where the votes will be if Rep. Gaetz moves to vacate McCarthy from Speakership:

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/01/mccarthy-gaetz-speakership-battle-00119355

[George K]

[taiwan_girl]

...expelling him from the House Republican Conference and eliminating all his committee assignments and all resources other than those an individual member is entitled to..

I think this is very possible. The few congressmen hold an outsize power, and the other 90% of the House of Representatives will have a long memory.

[Jolly]

No committees, no money for your district.

[taiwan_girl]

@Jolly said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

No committees, no money for your district.

Then I suppose the end conclusion is that the voters would elect a new congressman.

[Jolly]

Yep.

[George K]

"Matt Gaetz wants to punish Speaker McCarthy for daring to using Democratic votes to pass a CR .....by asking Democrats to provide the votes to remove the Speaker."

[Doctor Phibes]

McCarthy needs to ask himself the question, "What would Hitler do?"

[Axtremus]

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/01/mccarthy-speakership-mercy-democrats-00119359

McCarthy’s speakership now at the mercy of Dems

[George K]

Trump could be Speaker....

[George K]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/02/kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz/?utm_source=alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=wp_news_alert_revere&location=alert

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution Monday evening to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his seat, triggering an expected intraparty clash and setting up a showdown for the House to decide whether to depose McCarthy likely within 48 hours.
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Gaetz and a handful of hard-right Republicans have repeatedly threatened to go after McCarthy’s speakership if he relied on Democratic votes to pass any spending legislation, which happened Saturday after McCarthy could not get a majority of Republicans to support various proposals to fund the government with only GOP votes.

[Doctor Phibes]

@George-K said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

Trump could be Speaker....

Somewhere, in a parallel universe, this is undoubtedly happening right now. What I doubt about the many worlds theory is that there's one where he shuts up.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

Somewhere, in a parallel universe, this is undoubtedly happening right now. What I doubt about the many worlds theory is that there's one where he shuts up.

Now THAT'S funny.

Fortunately, I had just poured some (moderately-priced) Scotch and my keyboard is safe.

[Axtremus]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-vote-motion-to-vacate/

Looks like the Dems will not step in to "save" McCarthy. It will be up to the Republicans to decide whether they want McCarthy to continue as Speaker.

[George K]

Have to wonder: What is Gaetz's end game here?

More concessions? A run at speakership? Hakeem Jeffries as Speaker?

It reminds me of the dog that finally catches the car: "NOW what am I going to do with it?"