2023-10-01 14:01:32
After US House Speaker McCarthy (R) moved to compromise with Democrats to avoid a federal government shutdown, hard-line conservatives within the Republican Party began to seek to remove him from the House of Representatives.
Congressman Gaetz (R) said on the 1st that he would introduce a motion to remove the Speaker within the week. In response, Chairman McCarthy said in an interview with CBS News that he would survive the move to remove him.
Gaetz said on CNN’s “State of the Union”, “I intend to introduce a motion to remove Speaker McCarthy this week.” “I think we have to take drastic action. We need to move forward with new leadership that we have confidence in,” he said.
Congressman Gaetz arrives at the U.S. Congress (September 30)
Photographer: Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg
Gaetz’s announcement comes just hours following the House and Senate passed a bridge budget bill.
The congressman pointed out that the bipartisan bridge budget bill promoted by McCarthy did not include the deep spending cuts that conservative hardliners in the Republican Party had been demanding, which led him to submit the motion to remove him. . He said it was the latest example of McCarthy breaking a series of promises he made in electing him speaker.
“This is not a personal issue. This is a spending issue,” Gaetz said. “It’s regarding a deal that Kevin McCarthy put together,” he said.
Meanwhile, McCarthy said in an interview with CBS’ “Face the Nation” that he was ready to fight. If Gaetz “is trying to shut down the government and he’s angry because I stopped him from doing so, then let’s fight.”
McCarthy needs a simple majority vote of House members to avoid removal. The Republican Party has a narrow majority, and if the Democratic Party supports the removal and five Republican members vote once morest it, the candidate can be removed.
“Frankly, there are a lot of trust issues in the House right now,” Rep. Donalds, a Republican who opposed the bridge budget, said on Fox. Ta.
Even if McCarthy is able to avoid being removed from office, his Republican opponents can always seek a new vote or block the bill from proceeding. Mr. McCarthy will therefore need to either maintain ties with the Democratic Party or bridge the gap with conservative hardliners.
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