And good riddance. All he wanted was to be Speaker. He sold his soul to get it. What soul he had. He can leave in ignominy.
They're going to have to vote in a new Speaker. Let's hope it's not the fiasco electing McCarthy was. But don't hold your breath.
He CAN claim a first. No other Speaker in history has been voted out, and this is the first time the office has been declared vacant.
And Nancy Pelosi wasn't there for the vote. Where's Nancy?
UPDATE 04:01 pm:
North Carolina Republican Patrick McHenry has taken over as House speaker pro tempore following Kevin McCarthy’s removal from the leadership role in Congress’s lower chamber moments ago.
Per House rules, McCarthy submitted to the chamber’s clerk a list of lawmakers who would take over if his seat becomes vacant, of which McHenry was apparently first.
McHenry is the chair of the financial services committee.
Guardian
He knew this could happen, and he chose to wear that bow tie anyway.
UPDATE 10/04/2023:
LOL. Pathetic and desperate.
"Hideaway office"?As one of his first acts as the acting speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry ordered former Speaker Nancy Pelosi to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday, according to an email sent to her office viewed by POLITICO.
“Please vacate the space tomorrow, the room will be re-keyed,” wrote a top aide on the Republican-controlled House Administration Committee. The room was being reassigned by the acting speaker “for speaker office use,” the email said.
[...]
Pelosi had missed the vote to boot McCarthy to stay in San Francisco to attend memorial services for the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein, a longtime friend of the former speaker.
“Sadly, because I am in California to mourn the loss of and pay tribute to my dear friend Dianne Feinstein, I am unable to retrieve my belongings at this time,” she said.
[...]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries’ staff helped Pelosi’s office make the move, according to a spokesperson for the former speaker.
Politico
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