It's Official: McCarthy Ousted. America a Shitshow.

[kitler53]

I'm watching it live.  Probably best I keep this out of that other thread.   But it's official now.  McCarthy is out and only a few weeks to find a new one and pass something to keep the government running.   We truely are a shitshow of a democracy right now.
 

[kitler53]

the USA is nearly 250 years old.  This has never happened before.

[Legend]

the USA is nearly 150 years old.  This has never happened before.

The house speaker has never been ousted before?

[kitler53]

The house speaker has never been ousted before?

Never. 

John Boehner was threatened (again but the extremists portion of republicans) but he stepped down before a vote could take place. I've lost track of the article i read about it in but in something like 1901 there was a vote but the guy survived the vote. 

[the-pi-guy]

the USA is nearly 150 years old.  This has never happened before.

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The house speaker has never been ousted before?

CNN says this:

No House speaker has ever before been ousted through the passage of a resolution to remove them.

Now I'm wondering if there are some weird scenarios that happened in the past, where they were ousted in other ways.

[kitler53]

Patrick T. McHenry (R-N.C.) was appointed speaker pro-tempore to preside over the chamber until a new speaker is elected.


...I wonder how long the process will take this time to elect a new speaker.  i feel like the 8 republicans that voted against McCarthy are going to be even more dug in than last time.  how many votes until McCarthy conceeds defeat and someone else is choosen.   (...and as a liberal) is the new guy even worse??   

i can't say i've very opinionated on whether democrats are making the right move to help oust McCarthy or not.   huge gamble imo.

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lol, oops.   i specifically googled it to make sure i got the right number and then fat fingered the wrong one in.   

CNN says this:Now I'm wondering if there are some weird scenarios that happened in the past, where they were ousted in other ways.

maybe there are other stories in our history but i feel like John Boehner is like the prime example to point too for CNN's very crafted statement.