McCarthy faces a threat to oust him as speaker. Here's how that could work | CNN Politics
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The impending showdown on Capitol Hill over government funding represents a significant leadership test for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The road ahead is rocky as the speaker faces tough vote math, major challenges and the potential threat of a conservative revolt against his speakership.

Turns out constantly capitulating to the far right doesn’t earn you any loyalty from them – who’d have guessed? /s

    • DarkGamer@kbin.social
      22·
      10 months ago

      And give up all their supposed values doing so. Can’t be the “law and order” party while supporting protecting criminals from consequences; cops were killed as a result of their failed insurrection.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    10 months ago

    Isn’t it weird how the right did that Qanon thing, pretending to be worried about “groomers”, and here we are with Groomer Gaetz making threats and demands of their so-called “Speaker”.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    131·
    10 months ago

    There’s no actual requirement that the Speaker be a member of the House. Maybe they should just nominate Trump already. Or Alex Jones.

    Maybe Matt Gaetz should nominate Nestor.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The impending showdown on Capitol Hill over government funding represents a significant leadership test for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

    The road ahead is rocky as the speaker faces tough vote math, major challenges and the potential threat of a conservative revolt against his speakership.

    House Republicans control only a narrow majority, a dynamic that has left McCarthy with little room to maneuver and has given hardline conservatives outsized influence to exert pressure over the speaker.

    On Tuesday, Gaetz outlined a series of demands, including calling for passage of individual spending bills and not a short-term stopgap measure to fund the government, as he threatened a push to remove the speaker.

    In practical terms, a motion to vacate the chair takes the form of a resolution to remove the speaker by declaring the speakership to be vacant.

    If a member introduces a resolution, but does not announce it from the floor, that would not force a vote or have any immediate impact – making it more of a symbolic threat or warning shot to the speaker.

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