{"id":2059220,"date":"2023-10-07T18:27:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T22:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/45-ashamed-republicans-pen-letter-backing-mccarthy-after-ousting-here-are-their-names\/"},"modified":"2023-10-07T18:28:52","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T22:28:52","slug":"45-ashamed-republicans-pen-letter-backing-mccarthy-after-ousting-here-are-their-names","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/45-ashamed-republicans-pen-letter-backing-mccarthy-after-ousting-here-are-their-names\/","title":{"rendered":"45 Republicans who ousted McCarthy have penned a letter supporting him, despite feeling ashamed."},"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\">28<\/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%2F45-ashamed-republicans-pen-letter-backing-mccarthy-after-ousting-here-are-their-names%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=2059220&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--><h2>45 &#8216;Ashamed&#8217; Republicans Pen Letter Backing McCarthy After Ousting -\u2064 Here Are\u200b Their Names<\/h2>\n<p>Forty-five Republican House members\u2063 signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/13-gop-lawmakers-join-letter-demanding-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-apologize-to-ted-cruz-over-attempted-murder-allegation\/\" title=\"13 GOP Lawmakers Join Letter Demanding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Apologize To Ted Cruz Over \u2018Attempted Murder\u2019 Allegation\">joint letter<\/a> on Thursday, expressing their outrage over the\u200b removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and calling for significant changes to the chamber&#8217;s rules to prevent such a situation from happening\u200c again.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans currently hold a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mitch-mcconnells-betrayal-hurts-the-nation-goodwin\/\" title=\"Mitch McConnell\u2019s betrayal hurts the nation\">slim majority<\/a> \u2062in the House, with 221 members compared to the Democrats&#8217; 212.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. \u200bMatt Gaetz of Florida, along with seven other Republicans, joined all the House Democrats in voting\u2062 to remove McCarthy as \u200dspeaker. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/45-ashamed-republicans-pen-letter-backing-mccarthy-after-ousting-here-are-their-names\/\" title=\"45 Republicans who ousted McCarthy have penned a letter supporting him, despite feeling ashamed.\">final vote \u200bcount<\/a> was 216-210.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz\u200d and his fellow Republicans were upset with McCarthy for pushing a continuing resolution \u2062through to\u200b fund the federal \u2063government with majority Democratic \u2063support.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Ashamed and embarrassed by what happened on the Floor this week, we \u2063refuse\u2062 to allow the eight members who abandoned and\u200b undermined our Conference\u200b to \u2063dictate every outcome in policy and personnel \u200dfor the remainder of this Congress,\u200b including \u2063the upcoming selection of the Speaker of the House,&#8221; the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/accounting-software-company-intuit-reverses-ban-on-gun-related-businesses\/\" title=\"Intuit, an accounting software company, lifts ban on gun-related businesses.\">letter\u2062 stated<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot\u2063 allow our \u2064majority to be dictated to by the alliance \u200bbetween the chaos caucus and the minority party that will do nothing more than guarantee \u2062the\u200c failure of our next Speaker,&#8221; they \u2063added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The letter was signed by 45 lawmakers, \u2063including Reps. Dan Crenshaw of\u200b Texas, Maria Elvira \u2062Salazar of Florida, and Jason Smith of Missouri. The full list of signatories can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdfjs-viewer-shortcode\/pdfjs\/web\/viewer.php?file=https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/23.10.05-Future-of-GOP-Majority-Letter.pdf&#038;attachment_id=1028359&#038;dButton=true&#038;pButton=true&#038;oButton=false&#038;sButton=true#zoom=auto&#038;pagemode=none&#038;_wpnonce=892d1bc13f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fury expressed\u2062 by \u200dthese House Republicans, it seems that\u200b Gaetz and those \u2062who voted to oust McCarthy would be satisfied with either\u2064 House Majority Leader Steve Scalise or House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan as the next speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Scalise and Jordan are currently the only two declared candidates for the position.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Gaetz stated, &#8220;If it&#8217;s Speaker \u200dJim Jordan or \u200cSpeaker\u200b Steve Scalise, there \u2064will be very few conservatives in the country\u2064 who don&#8217;t see that as a monumental upgrade over Speaker McCarthy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>&#8220;I know this, if it&#8217;s Speaker Jim Jordan or\u200d Speaker Steve Scalise there will be very\u2062 few \u2062conservatives in the \u200dcountry who don&#8217;t see that as a monumental upgrade over\u200c Speaker McCarthy.&#8221; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz?\">@RepMattGaetz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NEWSMAX\/status\/1709612824538808828?\">October 4, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scalise has expressed openness to changing the rule that allowed one member \u200bto bring a \u2063motion to vacate the chair, but \u2063emphasized the need for \u200cunity within the GOP caucus to achieve this\u2062 change.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the circumstances, it may be wise for the \u2063GOP caucus to require a significant faction within the party to support a motion to \u200bvacate the chair, ensuring\u200b that the next speaker has a strong mandate but also remains accountable.<\/p>\n<p>With\u2064 the possibility of a new speaker\u200b who inspires more confidence among conservatives, it is likely that a compromise can\u200b be reached\u200b that satisfies the\u200b various \u2064factions within the GOP.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note\u200b from \u200bOur Deputy Managing Editor:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>What\u200b if you woke up one morning and\u200c half of the people you count on had just vanished overnight?<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That happened to me recently. I got \u2062up, came to work here at The Western Journal,\u200d and when I got to my office, \u2062literally half of our readers had vanished. They \u200bwere just gone. We had been nuked by Facebook, and it \u2062had\u2062 happened almost instantly.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But it was\u200c even worse. Facebook hit\u2063 us at\u2063 the \u200dsame time 90 percent of advertisers\u2063 had\u200b essentially boycotted \u200cus. &#8220;Brutal&#8221; is a\u200c word I\u2019ve used a lot lately.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The fight for the\u200b truth is brutal. The fight for America\u2019s \u200csoul is brutal. What the government is doing\u2063 to Jan. 6 detainees \u200dis brutal. What\u200d surgeons are doing to confused children is brutal.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>It\u2019s\u200c a fight we must win. But\u200c we\u2063 can\u2019t win \u2062without you.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A \u200b <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">subscription to The Western\u2064 Journal<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  will go much farther than you think. It costs less than \u200ca cup \u2064of Starbucks coffee, and\u200c for that\u2062 small price you get access to ALL of our \u2062content <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  news, commentary, and\u200d premium articles <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  you\u2019ll experience a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/making-a-dent-liability-fears-are-driving-providers-to-drop-gender-affirming-care-for-kids-even-where-its-legal\/\" title=\"Liability fears force providers to abandon 'Gender-Affirming Care' for kids, despite legality.\">radically reduced number<\/a> of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight against leftism.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Can I count on you to <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>subscribe \u2062today<\/b><\/a><b>?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  We need your help. Benjamin Franklin summed up the situation\u200d we&#8217;re all facing \u200bwhen he said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or, most assuredly, \u200dwe shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We plan to\u200d hang in \u200cand fight. Please help us. Please <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/join-monthly\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">subscribe today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sincerely,<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Josh\u200d Manning<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/45-ashamed-republicans-pen-letter-backing-mccarthy-ousting-names\/\">45 &#8216;Ashamed&#8217; Republicans Pen\u200d Letter Backing McCarthy After Ousting &#8211; Here Are Their Names<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062How many Republican House members\u200c signed the joint letter expressing their outrage over\u200c the \u200cremoval of House Speaker \u2062Kevin \u2063McCarthy?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  45 &#8216;Ashamed&#8217;\u2063 Republicans Pen Letter Backing \u200dMcCarthy After \u2062Ousting -\u2064 Here\u200b Are\u200b Their\u2064 Names<\/p>\n<p>Forty-five Republican House members\u2063 signed a joint letter on Thursday, \u200cexpressing their outrage over the\u200b\u2062 removal of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and \u200bcalling for significant changes to the chamber&#8217;s rules to prevent such a situation from happening\u200c again.<\/p>\n<p>The Republicans currently hold a slim majority \u2062in the House, with 221 members compared to the Democrats&#8217; 212.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. \u200bMatt Gaetz\u200b of \u2063Florida, along with \u200dseven other Republicans, joined all the House Democrats in voting\u2062 to remove McCarthy as \u200dspeaker. The final vote \u200bcount \u2064was 216-210.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz\u200d and his fellow Republicans were upset with McCarthy for pushing a \u2062continuing resolution \u2062through to\u200b fund the federal \u2063government with majority Democratic \u2063support.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ashamed and embarrassed by what happened on the Floor this week, we \u2063refuse\u2062 to allow the eight members\u2062 who \u2063abandoned and\u200b undermined our Conference\u200b to \u2063dictate every outcome in policy and personnel \u200dfor\u200d the\u200b remainder of\u2062 this Congress,\u200b including \u2063the upcoming selection of the Speaker of the House,&#8221; the \u200cletter\u2062 stated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We cannot\u2063 allow our \u2064majority to \u200dbe dictated to by the \u2063alliance \u200bbetween the \u200dchaos caucus and the minority party that will do nothing more than guarantee \u2062the\u200c failure of our \u200bnext Speaker,&#8221; they \u2063added.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063letter was \u200dsigned by 45 lawmakers, \u2063including Reps. Dan Crenshaw of\u200b Texas, Maria Elvira \u2062Salazar \u2062of Florida, and Jason Smith of Missouri. The full list of signatories\u2062 can be found here.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the fury expressed\u2062 by \u200dthese House Republicans, it \u200dseems that\u200b Gaetz and \u2062those\u200b \u2062who voted to oust McCarthy would be satisfied with either\u2064 House Majority Leader Steve Scalise or \u200bHouse Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan\u2063 as\u2062 the next speaker.<\/p>\n<p>Scalise and Jordan are currently the \u200donly two \u2062declared\u200c candidates for the position.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Gaetz stated, &#8220;If it&#8217;s Speaker \u200dJim Jordan or \u200cSpeaker\u200b Steve Scalise, there \u2064will\u2064 be\u200c very few conservatives in the country\u2064 who don&#8217;t\u200d see that as a monumental upgrade over Speaker McCarthy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Scalise has expressed openness \u2063to changing the rule that allowed one member \u200bto bring a \u2063motion to vacate\u2064 the chair, but \u2063emphasized the\u2064 need for \u200cunity within the GOP caucus to achieve this\u2062 change.<\/p>\n<p>Considering\u2063 the circumstances, it may be wise for the \u2063GOP caucus to require a significant \u200bfaction within the party to \u200bsupport a motion to \u200bvacate the chair,\u2063 ensuring\u200b that \u200bthe next speaker has a\u200b strong mandate but \u2063also remains accountable.<\/p>\n<p>With\u2064 the possibility of a new speaker\u200b who inspires more confidence among conservatives, it is likely that a compromise can\u200b\u2062 be\u200b reached\u200b that satisfies the\u200b \u200dvarious \u2064factions within the GOP.<\/p>\n<p>A Note\u200b from \u200bOur Deputy Managing Editor:<\/p>\n<p>What\u200b if you woke up one morning and\u200c<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-five GOP House members penned a letter condemning the removal of Speaker Kevin McCarthy as disgraceful. 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