A small group of rebellious Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives succeeded in ousting their leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, on Tuesday in a historic first.
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy walks back to his office from the House Chamber surrounded by reporters and cameras hours before a House vote that could determine his future as Speaker of the House, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. October 3, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstRepresentative Matt Gaetz, the lawmaker who spearheaded the push to oust McCarthy, has said he would support Steve Scalise taking over the role. Scalise is the No.
Gaetz voted for Trump to be the speaker during multiple rounds of the January vote and noted to reporters on Monday that the speaker does not need to be a member of Congress. Representative Andy Ogles polled his followers on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, on Tuesday to ask who should be the speaker, and included Trump as one of the options.House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries is the Democratic leader and garnered more votes than McCarthy during 11 rounds of voting in the speaker's election.Allies of Representative Kevin McCarthy could vote for him to be speaker again. McCarthy is no stranger to threats to his job.
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