House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted Tuesday by a handful of rebel Republicans, throwing the chamber into chaos and escalating the GOP’s battle over the future of the party.
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. Matt Gaetz is facing the wrath of Republicans who want to see him punished for leading the successful effort to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership post on Tuesday. House Republican lawmakers are sniping at one another over whether to keep the rule that allowed eight GOP lawmakers to eject Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy was the man behind the move to get former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Steny H. Hoyer out of their offices in the U.S. Capitol, two Republican sources told CNN. Rep. Kevin Hern, the chair of the largest conservative caucus in the House, will likely jump into the race for the speaker’s gavel.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is shoring up votes behind the scenes to become the next speaker of the House, sources familiar with the situation told The Washington Times. The House adjourned for the week on Tuesday following a historic vote that ejected Kevin McCarthy as speaker and left GOP leadership in limbo.
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