• partial_accumen
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    511 year ago

    “Prior to McCarthy, no House speaker had ever been ousted through a motion to vacate.”

    So apparently McCarthy was a trailblazer in being voted out of the job as Speaker.

    • @jordanlundM
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      451 year ago

      Prior to McCarthy, the threshold to hold a vote to remove was 1/2 of one party or the other.

      McCarthy’s concession to become speaker was to reduce that from 1/2 a party to one, single, member.

      • @xantoxis
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        111 year ago

        Hang on, that means McCarthy himself can keep voting to remove Gaetz? This could get even more hilarious.

        • @jordanlundM
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          141 year ago

          Yes, if the rule isn’t removed, McCarthy (or anyone, really!) could start this all over again.