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

[Mik]

I’m warming up to the idea.

[Jolly]

Imagine the look on Kamalalamadingdong's face...

[Mik]

Now here comes blame the Democrats and hang bipartisanship. Why would they want to prevent the GOP from shooting itself in the foot going into an election cycle? The frog and the scorpion.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/republicans-warn-of-mass-exodus-from-bipartisan-group-over-dem-failure-to-back-mccarthy/ar-AA1hKxq2?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=0ce7402a866248c9a48d85653bd34d25&ei=12

[Mik]

[Mik]

WSJ not fond of Gaetz.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gaetz-co-a-tale-as-old-as-time/ar-AA1hLasR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2770893fa8934d32bbb290543b472cf4&ei=12

[George K]

[Mik]

Meme gold mine.

[jon-nyc]

I think that second one dates back to the interminable voting in January.

[Axtremus]

And survey says ...

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/10/08/poll-republicans-support-mccarthy-ouster-00120518

• 60% of adults in the U.S. backing [McCarthy's] removal
• 75% agreed with the sentiment that McCarthy wasn’t effective
• 54% of Americans who identified as conservative expressed approval for ousting McCarthy,
• 70% of Americans who called themselves liberals backed the move

Survey results: https://www.scribd.com/document/676024276/cbsnews-20231008-1-1#fullscreen=1

[Copper]

Trump as speaker?

I love it. Where do I sign-up?

[taiwan_girl]

House Republicans left their meeting Monday night still unclear on how quickly the chamber could elect a new speaker. Reps. Jim Jordan and Steve Scalise are vying for the position, but some members said they were holding out hope for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to be reinstated to his old job after his historic ouster last week.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/house-speaker-race-no-front-runner-israel-ukraine-aid/

[jon-nyc]

I think McCarthy returning is not out of the question. If neither Scalise nor Jordan can get 218, you could see him coming back. Potentially with a deal with a few dems.

I wouldn’t call it likely, just not out of the question.

[Axtremus]

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

Potentially with a deal with a few dems.

Could have saved himself and the country a lot of trouble had he cut a deal a few Democrats the first time around.

[taiwan_girl]

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

WSJ not fond of Gaetz.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/gaetz-co-a-tale-as-old-as-time/ar-AA1hLasR?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=2770893fa8934d32bbb290543b472cf4&ei=12

They are not the only one. Even a lot of his colleagues of his party agree.

“Matt Gaetz is frankly a vile person,” Representative Mike Lawler told CNN’s Manu Raju late Monday. “He’s not somebody who’s willing to work as a team. He stands up there, he grandstands, he lies directly to folks.”

Representative Derrick Van Orden told Raju that he won’t support either of the new candidates for speaker “until we deal with the fact that we have people in our conference who could shut this House down on a whim again.”

Representative Don Bacon accused the eight anti-McCarthy voters of having “kicked us in the shins really bad.”
“They don’t support our party, and it’s all about media clicks,” he told CNN.

Representative Tom Cole, who chairs the House Rules Committee, suggested raising the threshold for the motion to vacate. “I think it’s time to take the sharp knives away from the children,” he told Axios.

https://newrepublic.com/post/176102/house-republicans-plan-deal-with-matt-gaetz

[jon-nyc]

“I think it’s time to take the sharp knives away from the children,”

Hear, hear.

[George K]

Sealise wins nomination 113-99.

Now let's see if he can win the speakership.

[Axtremus]

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

Now let's see if he can win the speakership.

Let's see what kind of deal he's willing to cut with the Democrats.

[jon-nyc]

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

Sealise wins nomination 113-99.

Now let's see if he can win the speakership.

Yet another Trump pick goes on to lose.

[George K]

Gaetz says he supports Scalise.

[George K]

Jordan throws his support to Scalise as well.

Meanwhile the House recessed, presumably to allow vote-gathering to occur.