No House Speaker has ever been ousted until Kevin McCarthy was voted out of his job today.
The weakest speaker of the house in history has been humiliated.
The vote was 216-210 with eight Republicans joining Democrats to remove McCarthy from his leadership of the party.
Now the House will need to elect a new speaker. The irony is there's no clear alternative to McCarthy. That will guarantee chaos.
House Republicans have shut down any chance at passing legislation until they decide who they want to lead them. Based upon their election performance in January for speaker, we can expect a protracted fight ahead.
And time is running out.
If the GOP House members don't stop their infighting, they'll end up shutting down the government on November 17.
The country is in peril while MAGA minorities continue to rule the GOP.
As it stands, this is just another example of the challenges America faces today in defending democracy.
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