{"id":2053164,"date":"2023-10-02T21:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T01:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-officially-files-motion-to-remove-mccarthy-as-speaker\/"},"modified":"2023-10-02T21:39:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T01:39:03","slug":"gaetz-officially-files-motion-to-remove-mccarthy-as-speaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-officially-files-motion-to-remove-mccarthy-as-speaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz files motion to oust McCarthy 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\">16<\/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%2Fgaetz-officially-files-motion-to-remove-mccarthy-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=2053164&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><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L) Rep. Matt \u2062Gaetz (R-FL) talks to reporters outside of the U.S. Capitol Building on October 02, 2023 in Washington, DC.  (R) WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 OCTOBER \u206402: U.S.\u2064 Speaker of\u200c the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) \u200dspeaks to\u2063 reporters outside of his office after arriving\u2062 at the U.S. Capitol Building on October 02,\u200c 2023\u200d in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>6:27 PM \u2013 \u2064Monday, October 2, 2023<\/p>\n<h2>Republican Representative Matt Gaetz Moves\u200c to Oust Speaker McCarthy<\/h2>\n<p>Republican Representative Matt Gaetz has taken a bold step by filing a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy from \u200dhis position as Speaker\u2064 of the House.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today I\u2019m filing a motion to vacate against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SpeakerMcCarthy<\/a>.\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/voGdX1Ky67\">pic.twitter.com\/voGdX1Ky67<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Matt Gaetz\u2062 (@RepMattGaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz\/status\/1708989862005678110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>On Monday evening, Gaetz (R-Fla.) \u200dintroduced \u2062a motion, which will now come down to the House of Representatives\u2019 \u2063vote on whether\u2063 or not the top House leadership post\u2064 should have a new\u2062 leader\u2063 in place. <\/p>\n<p>Due to House rules, the motion\u2062 must\u200c be \u2064voted on within the next \u200ctwo\u200c legislative\u2062 days.<\/p>\n<p>In order for him \u2063to retain his position, McCarthy (R-Calif.) must collect \u2062a majority of \u200dthe\u2064 votes. Currently,\u200c the \u2064House has a Republican majority. However, it is only a five-seat majority. It is\u2062 not \u200cyet known \u2063where the \u200bvotes will fall. <\/p>\n<p>At least one member \u2063of\u200d the \u200bHouse, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez \u2063(D-N.Y.), has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsroom\/aoc-says-she-plans-to-vote-out-mccarthy-pelosi-comments-raise-eyebrows\/\">voiced<\/a> that she plans to vote to\u2064 remove McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz has been very vocal \u200cregarding \u200dhis disapproval of McCarthy. <\/p>\n<p>He has consistently criticized the speaker\u2019s handing of spending and \u2062the budget and also \u2062stated that the California native has \u201cat\u2064 one point or another\u2026 lied to\u2062 all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cMembers of \u200cthe \u2062Republican Party might vote differently on \u200ba motion to vacate if they\u200d heard \u200dwhat the speaker had to share\u200b with us about his \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-group-is-poised-to-sue-the-biden-administration-to-stop-a-new-iran-nuclear-deal\/\" title=\"This Group Is Poised To Sue the Biden Administration To Stop a New Iran Nuclear Deal\">secret side deal<\/a> with Joe Biden on \u200cUkraine. I\u2019ll be listening,\u201d Gaetz said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the past two weeks, Gatez made it clear that if McCarthy passes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-releases-short-term-funding-bill-with-shutdown-less-than-2-weeks-away\/\" title=\"House Releases Short-Term Funding Bill With Shutdown Less Than 2 Weeks Away\">short-term government funding bill<\/a> to \u200bthe floor, he would try to\u2064 oust the speaker. <\/p>\n<p>The bill\u200b was passed \u2063on Saturday night with the help of Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>The Floridian stayed true to\u2064 his \u200cword and \u200dfiled the motion to vacate two days later.<\/p>\n<p>No Speaker of the \u2062House has ever successfully been \u200dremoved this way in the\u2063 past. Although, the motion has been\u2064 attempted\u200c a handful\u2062 of times.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u200dinformed! Receive breaking \u2064news \u2064blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oann.com%2Fnewsroom%2Fupdate-9-year-old-who-went-missing-at-n-y-campground-found-alive-suspect-detained%2F&#038;t=UPDATE%3A%209-Year-Old%20Who%20Went%20Missing%20At%20N.Y.%20Campground%20Found%20Alive%2C%20Suspect%20Detained\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>AG\u2063 James continues\u2062 her witchhunt to \u2064get Trump, while a\u2064 Maryland resident is \u2064appointed to California\u2019s Senate seat.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California has quietly repealed the controversial medical misinformation\u200d law that targeted\u2062 doctors, disciplining them for contradicting the state\u2019s COVID-19 narrative and deeming it as misinformation. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Arizona Congressman Andy \u2062Biggs warns House \u200cSpeaker Kevin McCarthy\u2019s support \u200din the GOP is weakening.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Heritage Foundation is suing\u2063 the Biden Administration\u00a0 on \u2062behalf of Moms for Liberty. The lawsuit demands the DOJ, Homeland Security ,\u2063 HHS \u200dand FBI hand over all records concerning their communication with \u200dthe \u2063Southern Poverty \u200cLaw Center about Moms For Liberty.\u200b <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A California federal judge has ruled people who own Tesla cars must pursue autopilot claims\u2062 in individual arbitration rather than \u2063court.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Avio\u200d said its \u2062Vega\u200d C rockets would return to \u2062flight in late 2024 after\u200b implementing fixes\u200c following a failed satellite\u200d launch.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella \u2063called the idea \u2063that it is easy to change defaults on computers and smartphones as \u201cbogus\u201d in the U.S. Justice\u2064 Department\u2019s antitrust fight with Google.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Andrew Chung September 29, 2023 \u2013 \u20628:04 AM PDT Advertisement Sept 29 (Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. Supreme Court on \u2064Friday agreed to\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200brnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What is the likelihood of\u2063 the \u200cmotion to remove Speaker McCarthy being successful, considering the current\u200d Republican majority and the uncertainty surrounding votes?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Republican Representative Matt Gaetz Moves to Oust Speaker McCarthy<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>Republican Representative Matt Gaetz has made a bold move by filing a motion to remove Kevin McCarthy from his \u2063position as \u2063Speaker of the House. This development has raised\u200d significant interest and speculation about the potential change in House leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Motion to Remove McCarthy:<\/p>\n<p>On Monday evening, Gaetz introduced a motion that will now be\u2063 put up for a vote\u2062 in the House of \u2063Representatives. \u2063The outcome of \u2064this vote will determine whether or not the House will have a new leader \u200bin place. As per House rules, the motion must be voted on\u200b within the next two \u200blegislative days.<\/p>\n<p>Majority Vote Needed:<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy, in order to retain his\u200c position, must collect a majority of the votes. The House \u2063currently has a Republican majority, but \u200cit is only a five-seat majority. The voting outcome remains uncertain at\u2063 this point, and it \u2064is unclear where the votes will fall. Notably, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York has voiced\u200c her intention to \u200cvote against McCarthy.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism Towards McCarthy:<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz \u2062has been vocal about\u200c his disapproval\u200b of \u200bMcCarthy&#8217;s leadership. He has consistently criticized the\u2063 Speaker&#8217;s handling of spending and\u200b the budget, stating that\u2064 McCarthy has\u200b &#8220;lied to all of us.&#8221; Gaetz has also mentioned \u2062a secret side deal between\u200b McCarthy \u2063and President Joe Biden regarding Ukraine, suggesting that this information might affect the Republican Party&#8217;s voting choices.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz \u200bfollows \u2062through on his Promise:<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz had previously stated that if McCarthy passes a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaetz-officially-files-motion-to-remove-mccarthy-as-speaker\/\" title=\"Gaetz files motion to oust McCarthy as Speaker.\">short-term government\u200c funding bill<\/a>, he\u2062 would try to oust the \u2063Speaker. The bill was ultimately passed with the help of Democrats on Saturday night. True to his word, Gaetz filed the motion to remove McCarthy two days later.<\/p>\n<p>Historical Context:<\/p>\n<p>While this motion has been\u2063 attempted in the past,\u200c no Speaker of the House has ever been successfully\u200c removed this way. \u200cNevertheless, the filing\u2063 of this motion marks \u200ba significant \u200cdevelopment, highlighting the divide within the Republican Party and\u200b the \u200dpotential for a change in leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>The motion to remove Kevin McCarthy as Speaker\u200c of the House, \u200bfiled<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 2, 2023, Rep. 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