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

[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?"

[George K]

And, he's out.

Now what, you morons?

[LuFins Dad]

Gaetz called for the motion to vacate because McCarthy had recruited Dem votes for the Continuing Resolution. In order to vacate, Gaetz voted along with over 200 Democrats. That may not be irony, but it’s something…

[jon-nyc]

A dozen firebrands can run the Republican caucus but they can’t run the house. Where do they think this leads?

[George K]

@jon-nyc said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

A dozen firebrands can run the Republican caucus but they can’t run the house. Where do they think this leads?

More skillfully described than my question.

I assume this won't be on your bookshelf, right @jon-nyc ?

[LuFins Dad]

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said before the vote that Democrats "are ready to find bipartisan common ground. Our extreme colleagues have shown no willingness to do the same.

And then he voted with the 11 extremists to vacate the moderate Speaker that was willing to compromise. There’s more of that non-irony again.

[George K]

From the RWEC:

"Who was it who said of the Palestinians that they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity? You could say the same of the Republican Party. Then there is the adage, attributed to Napoleon, that you should never interrupt an enemy when he is making a mistake. The Republicans violated that one today, too...

Once again, Republicans with no plan and no strategy for success have given the Democrats a badly-needed win."