The rule that allowed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) to single-handedly call for a vote ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has become a key issue for Republicans as they grapple over who should replace him.
Some are intent on changing the rule, known as a “motion to vacate,” so a handful of House Republicans can never again join with the minority to force a Speaker out and throw the House into chaos. But others who fought for the single-member threshold are defending it.
A group of 45 House Republicans — just over a fifth of the GOP conference — signed on to an open letter last week calling for changes to the “motion to vacate” rule, expressing frustration with the eight GOP lawmakers who joined with Democrats to remove McCarthy.
If Chip Roy is in favor of something, my immediate response is to be against it.
If the House was a place full of rational adults, the number of initial proponents wouldn’t matter.
But we seem to have put clowns in charge of the circus and we’ll keep watching this shit show instead of having meaningful legislation to help all of our citizens.
Or meaningful legislation to hurt our citizens, considering who’s in the majority.