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

[kluurs]

Seems like he's a bit like Jim Jordan but w/o Jim Jordan's baggage.

[Copper]

https://www.cnn.com/

A key figure in failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election

Trump ally Mike Johnson elected speaker three weeks after McCarthy ouster

New speaker of the House Mike Johnson once wrote in support of the criminalization of gay sex

We could be witnessing the GOP break apart in real time

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https://www.foxnews.com/

From humble roots to the biggest job in the House, meet Speaker Johnson

Speaker-elect Mike Johnson says that becoming the next speaker of the House is the "honor of a lifetime."

He promised to "ensure the House delivers results and inspires change for the American people."

[89th]

That's a big job for Johnson. You know, it's better than electing Mike Hunt.

[George K]

@89th said in Will McCarthy be Vacated from Speakership? Who Will Succeed McCarthy?:

You know, it's better than electing Mike Hunt.

I hear that Richard Gaziña dropped out early.

And Phillip McCracken wasn't interested.

[jon-nyc]

And Barry McCockiner was, ah, predisposed.

[George K]

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

And Barry McCockiner was, ah, predisposed.

Even though you're not 13 years old, it's fun to pretend, isn't it?

[xenon]

Who the hell is this guy?

[89th]

Total noob. Of course, early headlines talk about how he doesn’t believe in dinosaurs. Who knows, it’s hard for me to care less about the Speaker tomfoolery.

[George K]

There’s a Beetlejuice joke there somewhere, right?

[Jolly]

Mike's wife is better looking.

[taiwan_girl]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/11/09/mccarthy-blasts-gaetz-and-mace-gop-would-benefit-tremendously-without-gaetz/?sh=654782ac12fb

Just over one month after his unprecedented ouster, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) unloaded on far-right Republicans who voted to remove him from the speakership, telling CNN the GOP would benefit “tremendously” without Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in the House and excoriating Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.).