{"id":2031920,"date":"2023-09-14T14:45:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T18:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031920"},"modified":"2023-09-14T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T19:16:09","slug":"mccarthy-responds-to-threats-to-oust-him-as-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-responds-to-threats-to-oust-him-as-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy Responds To Threats To Oust Him As Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccarthy-responds-to-threats-to-oust-him-as-speaker%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2031920&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?--><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> (R-CA) signaled on Thursday that he is ready to take on any effort to remove him as speaker brought by members of his own party.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cthreats don\u2019t matter,\u201d McCarthy insisted during a news conference when a reporter asked him to share his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meidastouch.com\/news\/file-the-f-king-motion-mccarthy-explodes-at-colleagues-over-attempt-to-remove-him-as-speaker\">message to GOP colleagues<\/a> during a closed-door meeting about the challenge to his leadership. \u201cSometimes people do those things because of personal things, and that\u2019s all fine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost people get to speaker on the first round \u2014 [it] took me 15,\u201d McCarthy added. \u201cI\u2019m a little Irish, okay? I don\u2019t walk away from a battle. I knew changing Washington would not be easy. I knew people would fight or try to hold leverage for other things. I\u2019m going to continue just to focus on what\u2019s the right thing to do for the American people. And you know what? If it takes a fight, I\u2019ll have a fight.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Speaker Kevin McCarthy is asked what his message is to members who have threatened to try to oust him after a testy House GOP meeting:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes people do those things because of personal things \u2026 I don\u2019t walk away from a battle \u2026 If it takes a fight, I\u2019ll have a fight.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/347fOUBpHg\">pic.twitter.com\/347fOUBpHg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Recount (@therecount) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1702331915167228258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A member of McCarthy\u2019s conference, Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/matt-gaetz\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> (R-FL), warned this week that McCarthy would face a \u201cmotion to vacate\u201d that could pave the way to a no-confidence vote to remove him as speaker without a change in direction.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL): &#8220;Mr. Speaker you are out of compliance with agreement that allowed you to assume this role. The path forward for the House of Representatives is to either bring you into immediate total compliance, or remove you pursuant to a motion to vacate the chair.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TXcrrsRuiF\">pic.twitter.com\/TXcrrsRuiF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1701643335520137372?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Gaetz claimed McCarthy is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5083762\/rep-matt-gaetz-warns-speaker-mccarthy-out-compliance-calls-impeachment-inquiry-baby-step\">\u201cout of compliance\u201d<\/a> with a deal struck in January that allowed him to become speaker after 15 rounds of voting, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kylenabecker\/status\/1701656325376127419\">citing<\/a> a lack of action on reining in spending, balancing the budget, releasing the January 6 tapes, term limits, and sending out subpoenas to members of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2018s family.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A formal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/impeachment\">impeachment<\/a> inquiry into Biden over allegations of corruption, which McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mccarthy-announces-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-biden\">announced<\/a> on Tuesday, was only a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1701634505709129790\">\u201cbaby step,\u201d<\/a> Gaetz argued. The Florida Republican also conceded votes on his priority issues may not go his way but still wants them on the record so the American people can see the tallies.<\/p>\n<p>Under the House rules package approved for this session of Congress, only a single member is needed to trigger <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/motion-vacate-key-sticking-point-gop-speaker-battle\/story?id=96241364\">the process<\/a> that could lead to a no-confidence vote in the speaker. For such a vote to succeed, a simple majority is required, meaning Democrats could join with a few disaffected Republicans to secure McCarthy\u2019s ouster. At least one other Republican, Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), has said he <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/house\/4203244-gop-threats-to-mccarthy-come-into-sharper-focus\/\">would be \u201cwilling to entertain<\/a>\u201d the effort to remove McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) criticized House Republicans on Thursday for what he said was their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/therecount\/status\/1702343072380502175\">\u201cthree-ring circus\u201d<\/a> that involves the prospect of a government shutdown at the end of September, impeachment, and forcing a \u201cright-wing ideology\u201d on the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) signaled on Thursday that he is ready to take on any effort to remove him as speaker brought by members of his own party. The \u201cthreats don\u2019t matter,\u201d McCarthy insisted during a news conference when a reporter asked him to share his message to GOP colleagues during a closed-door meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2031921,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"McCarthy Responds To Threats To Oust Him As Speaker","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2031920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"McCarthy Responds To Threats To Oust Him As Speaker","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}