Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s grip on the gavel was at serious risk Tuesday as the House appeared to have the votes needed to remove him from the speaker’s office. The dramatic showdown forced by McCarthy’s chief rival, Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, brought together more than a handful of conservative Republican critics of the speaker and many Democrats who say he…
By Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri | The Associated PressSpeaker Kevin McCarthy’s grip on the gavel was at serious risk Tuesday as the House appeared to have the votes needed to remove him from the speaker's office.
The House then opened an extraordinary floor debate, unseen in modern times, ahead of the next round of voting on what could be a motion to “vacate the chair” — something that has not happened in Congress in a century. As the House fell silent, Gaetz, a top ally of Donald Trump, rose to offer his motion. Gaetz is a leader of the hard-right Republicans who fought in January against McCarthy in his prolonged battle to gain the gavel.
At the Capitol, both Republicans and Democrats met privately ahead of what would be a historic afternoon vote.“If I counted how many times someone wanted to knock me out, I would have been gone a long time ago,” McCarthy said at the Capitol after the morning meeting. At one point, there was a show of hands in support of McCarthy and it was “overwhelming,” said Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., a member of the House Freedom Caucus.Across the way in the Capitol, Democrats lined up for a long discussion and unified around one common point: McCarthy cannot be trusted, several lawmakers in the room said.
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