Forty-five House Republicans condemned their eight colleagues who voted to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy from his speakership, saying that they are 'ashamed and embarrassed' by what transpired.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023, at the Capitol in Washington. Forty-five House Republicans condemned their eight colleagues who voted to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy from his speakership, saying that they are “ashamed and embarrassed” by what transpired.
The lawmakers called for a “fundamental change to the structure” of the majority because they don’t want the actions of “less than 4 percent of our Republican Conference” to dictate the decisions made. Eight Republicans joined with House Democrats to oust Mr. McCarthy from his speakership Tuesday. While they are not named in the letter, they are Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida, Andy Biggs of Arizona, Bob Good of Virginia, Matt Rosendale of Montana, Ken Buck of Colorado, Nancy Mace of South Carolina, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, and Eli Crane of Arizona.
They also said that when Mr. McCarthy tried to pass a more conservative stopgap measure including border security, seven of the eight hardline Republicans still weren’t happy and voted against it — leaving a clean stopgap measure, that included no Republican policies, to be the only bill that got passed.
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