House ousts Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a first in U.S. history
www.cnbc.com
It was not clear who would replace McCarthy, who was elected speaker in January after Republicans won control of the House in the 2022 mid-term elections.
    • marx_mentat [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      9 months ago

      Surely the Democratic party isn’t still running the same play they did in 2016 and hoping to boost their numbers by pushing the Republicans further right. Obviously that was bad, so they would never do that again right

      • Barabas [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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        9 months ago

        It is a pretty funny bit to plead for ‘respectable’ republicans and then help the right fringe of the republicans depose someone for compromising.