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Rep. Gaetz Appears to Have Enough GOP Votes to Oust McCarthy—Will Enough Democrats Join Him?

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could lose the gavel on Oct. 3 after Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a motion to oust him from that role.
Rep. Gaetz Appears to Have Enough GOP Votes to Oust McCarthy—Will Enough Democrats Join Him?
U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 19, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
Jackson Richman
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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) could lose the gavel on Oct. 3 after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) filed the previous day a motion to oust him from that role.

If it succeeds, it will be the first time a speaker was removed through the motion to vacate. Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) resigned as speaker and from Congress in 2015 before such a motion could be brought up. The last time there was a vote on such a motion was over 100 years ago, which was unsuccessful.

Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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