Gaetz, a longtime McCarthy nemesis, said McCarthy was in “brazen, material breach” of agreements he made with House Republicans in January when he ran for Speaker. As a result, Gaetz said he would be filing a “motion to vacate the chair,” as House rules permit.
No Speaker has ever been removed from office through such a move. Procedural votes could be offered to halt the motion or it could trigger a House floor vote on whether McCarthy, a California Republican, should remain speaker.
“I think we need to rip off the Band-Aid,” Gaetz told CNN’s “State of the Union.” “I think we need to move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy.”
McCarthy has the support of a large majority of House Republicans, but because the GOP holds such a slim majority, he may need votes from some Democrats to keep his job.
“The only way Kevin McCarthy is speaker of the House at the end of this coming week is if Democrats bail him out,” Gaetz said.
The rules of the House allow for any single lawmaker — Democrat or Republican — to make a “motion to vacate the chair,” essentially an attempt to oust the speaker from that leadership post through a privileged resolution.
In January, McCarthy, hoping to appease some on the hard right as he fought to gain their vote for speaker, agreed to give as few as five Republican members the ability to initiate a vote to remove him. But when that was not good enough for his critics, he agreed to reduce that threshold to one — the system that historically has been the norm.
Proponents of allowing a lone lawmaker to file the motion said it promotes accountability, noting its long history in the House. The last use of the motion was in 2015, when then-Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a Republican who later became President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, introduced a resolution to declare the Speaker’s Office vacant. Two months later, John Boehner, an Ohio Republican, said he would be stepping down from the post.
Associated Press
6 comments
Joe
October 1, 2023 at 10:52 am
Gaetz is going to go down like he’s in the backseat with a 17-year-old girl… which will hopefully damage his gubernatorial aspirations and save Fla GQP voters from their worst impulses.
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Rick Whitaker
October 1, 2023 at 10:58 am
gaetz needs to watch his own back. both gaetz and desantis are despised by nearly everyone in the country. with that lack of support, all gaetz can do is run his maga mouth.
Michael K
October 1, 2023 at 11:42 am
What a moron. Instead of governing, he is solely focused on petty personal grievances, social media, and fealty to a failed former president (from whom he sought an open-ended pardon). Sadly, the Republican party equates shutting government down with governance. It’s like hiring an arsonist to run the fire department.
Matt and his radical far-right extremists represent about 2% of the American population. That is hardly a mandate – it’s more like extortion.
PeterH
October 1, 2023 at 12:31 pm
Watch out Florida voters ….. wingnut Matt Gaetz wants to be crowned Governor of Florida. Think deplorable Desantis times two! By any measure, this circus klown has never been a conservative …..he’s a bomb thrower!
Sonja Fitch
October 2, 2023 at 4:54 am
Omg pervert Gaetz trying again to
“Show Off”, To all the good and decent folks in Gaetz district ! Please vote this spoiled brat OUT! This liar IS NOT an example of good ole Panhandle Conservatives! Get him out. Thank you!
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