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House Republicans make history by decapitating themselves. Now what?
Hot Air ^ | October 3, 2023 | Ed Morrisey

Posted on 10/03/2023 3:44:10 PM PDT by Timber Rattler

Now things will really change! Eight members of the House Republican caucus combined with House Democrats to remove a Republican Speaker for the crime of … [checks notes] … allegedly working with Democrats.

And now, the House will grind to a halt while Republicans pick the next Speaker, who will still have to work with a Senate run by Democrats and a Democrat in the White House to accomplish anything other than investigations. Which, by the way, Kevin McCarthy already had operating.

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So what comes next? Probably more epic faceplanting.

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The most likely way out of this impasse will be to find someone acceptable to enough Democrats to overcome the Rebel Alliance in the GOP. That’s what McClintock means, and that will be precisely where Gaetz et al will have led the Republican majority. And to get there, the GOP will likely have to give up its investigations into Biden Inc in order to get the House back underway.

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TOPICS: Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: boohoo; edmorrisey; gaetz; hotair; hotairrinoblog; housespeaker; mccarthy; mccarthyout; rinoblog; sadrinos; selfdefeating; speaker; thestupidparty; uniparty; unipartyisangry
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To: Timber Rattler
Not exactly true: Speaker Joseph Cannon Dethroned

When Representative George Norris of Nebraska came to the House of Representatives to serve his first term in 1903, he was already something of a fish out of water. A progressive Republican, he disagreed with party leaders on a variety of issues, from railroad regulation to tariffs to support for labor unions. The problem for Norris was that his party had the power to thwart him at every turn.

Norris was the one to weaken party control over Congress. He bided his time for years until the opportunity finally arrived: St. Patrick’s Day, 1910. Cannon was present in the House, but many of the Republican “regulars,” as the defenders of party loyalty were called, were out, celebrating the day in the streets of Washington. Norris saw that enough of them were absent to swing a vote on the Speaker’s powers in favor of Cannon’s opponents. Progressive Republicans, with the support of Democrats who relished the opportunity to embarrass Cannon, could finally end the reign of “czar” Speakers.

Norris rose to introduce his resolution as the celebrations flowed outside the Capitol. He moved to take the Speaker off the Rules Committee and strip him of his power to appoint the Committee’s members. This would put the entire House, not the party leaders, in charge of deciding which bills were up for debate and passage. But the difficulty was getting the Speaker to agree even to debate Norris’s resolution. Because the Speaker controlled the flow of business in the House, he could simply refuse to entertain Norris’s motion. Norris contended that his resolution was privileged under the Constitution and so took precedence over other matters according to the rules of the House. Cannon had to make a ruling on Norris’s contention, so he allowed a lengthy debate to take place, stalling while his supporters rushed into the streets and barrooms to find reinforcements.

101 posted on 10/03/2023 5:52:35 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: tlozo; GaryCrow
LOL, sure because beheading your own leadership makes you stronger. Its what the democrats do all the time, not

When your so-called leadership refuses to lead and is a bona-fide member of the Uni-Party, punishment is in order!

McCarthy could no care one whit about your inalienable God-Give rights, the Constitution, the J6 Prisoners and the list goes one.

He was there for one reason, to pretend enough to placate you and manipulate you to vote for the GOP while doing the bidding of the Globalists, GOP-E, etc.

I don't believe you are stupid, so, I place you as part of the Uni-Party, Globalists, GOP-e etc. because of your loud-mouth support for McCarthy.
102 posted on 10/03/2023 5:53:07 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: dfwgator; tlozo
For years the Republican Party has stood for nothing, and has been rudderless.

This is the inevitable result of that.

That is correct.

103 posted on 10/03/2023 5:55:17 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: SoConPubbie

I don’t care for McCarthy, but the 8 Republicans better have a better Speaker lined up.


104 posted on 10/03/2023 6:05:31 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

That would be earth shattering, to do something right for America for a change. I don’t know if it could be handled.


105 posted on 10/03/2023 6:07:11 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

10% for the big guy.


106 posted on 10/03/2023 6:12:22 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: Timber Rattler

107 posted on 10/03/2023 6:27:45 PM PDT by Pollard (The US government has US citizens as political prisoners!)
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To: Timber Rattler
Who replaces McCarthy

Who ever offers the most for the votes, same as always.

108 posted on 10/03/2023 6:40:49 PM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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To: odawg

If Republicans decapitated themselves by getting rid of McCarthy, then the nation is more imperiled than I thought.


That implies there was actually a mind in that head that was working towards responsible government.

Cutting off an empty head is fine with me.


109 posted on 10/03/2023 7:17:53 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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To: Fledermaus
Make me punk. You fake conservatives disgust me.

Brainless dimwits like you disgust me - tossing a Speaker with no plan for a better replacement is the act of an absolute moron, cheered on by other witless, drooling morons like you.

Again, STFU. Idiot.
110 posted on 10/03/2023 7:26:09 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Timber Rattler

Okay every patriot line up so we can apologize to our betters for daring to fight their uniparty
Hey Ed F*”k you.


111 posted on 10/03/2023 7:33:34 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: AnotherUnixGeek

Take your meds


112 posted on 10/03/2023 7:37:07 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: Fledermaus
Take your meds

Grow a brain.
113 posted on 10/03/2023 7:41:01 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Timber Rattler
So, here we have a notorious Zeeper whining about McCarthy's ouster.

I wonder why? Could it because McCarthy made a deal with Biden to continue funding the proxy war in Ukraine but now can't go through with it?

114 posted on 10/03/2023 8:32:17 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: joshua c

the Party leadership is hand in hand with the LEFTISTs leading us to the abyss

there is no “Party leadership”; it just cut of its own head, proving they are just children in a room full of adult America Haters. And so lost the House in 2024, likely the Senate, and even if DJT wins the Presidency, he will be a powerless lame duck.

All thanks to the hypocritical, vindictive, vengeful brats who scorned their leadership for using Dem votes to pass legislation, and then turned around and cut off their leader’s head by using those same Dems votes.


115 posted on 10/04/2023 3:44:53 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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