BREAKING: Kevin McCarthy Has Been Removed as Speaker of the House – The 8 Republicans Who Voted to Vacate

Matt Gaetz’s motion to vacate the chair against Kevin McCarthy was successful following a vote on the House Floor on Tuesday.

McCarthy shortest serving speaker since 1876

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed from his position due to a loss of support from a group of conservative colleagues. Several hardline Republicans had voiced their dissatisfaction with McCarthy’s leadership style and his stance on critical matters like Ukraine funding, leading to the vote that removed him from his position.

This marks the first time in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives where a Speaker has been successfully ousted through a motion to vacate the chair.

One House member motioned to table the vote on Gaetz’s motion to vacate, and eleven House Republicans voted “nay”, clearing a path for a likely success of Gaetz’s resolution.

Here are the eleven Republicans who voted nay to tabling the motion:

These are the 11 Republicans who voted to move forward the process to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the house:

"Good, Gaetz, Crane, Mace, Rosendale, Davidson, Spartz, Burchett, Biggs, Buck, and Corey Mills." pic.twitter.com/Foq7PAW4dk

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) October 3, 2023

This morning, McCarthy expressed concern over Gaetz’s motion, saying, “If five Republicans go with Democrats, then I’m out.”

Here are the eight brave Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy:

NEW: For the first time in American history, the House has voted to oust its own speaker.

8 Republicans joined every Democrat to boot McCarthy:

– Biggs
– Buck
– Burchett
– Crane
– Gaetz
– Good
– Mace
– Rosendale

Vote tally was 216-210.

Unclear what happens in the days ahead.

— bryan metzger (@metzgov) October 3, 2023

President Trump had recently commented on the infighting within the GOP, questioning the lack of Republican unity against Democrats.

Matt Gaetz, a staunch Trump supporter who wields considerable influence within the caucus, reaffirmed his criticisms of McCarthy and other establishment Republicans in a fiery speech prior to the vote.

Watch:

BREAKING: Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy has been removed as House Speaker.

Here is Matt Gaetz blasting members of Congress for being owned by “lobbyists and special interests” right before McCarthy was ousted.

“I take no lecture on asking patriotic Americans to weigh… pic.twitter.com/bk1jzGCEOR

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 3, 2023