McCarthy dares GOP detractors to 'file the f---ing motion' if they want to remove him
McCarthy dares GOP detractors to 'file the f---ing motion' if they want to remove him
The remarks, confirmed to NBC News by two sources in a closed-door meeting, reflect renewed tension within the House Republican ranks as a government shutdown looms.
The remarks, confirmed to NBC News by two sources in a closed-door meeting, reflect renewed tension within the House Republican ranks as a government shutdown looms.
Frustration boiled over in a closed-door House GOP meeting Thursday morning when Speaker Kevin McCarthy all but dared his detractors to file the "motion to vacate" the speaker's chair and try to remove him.
In the meeting, McCarthy told House Republicans, “If you want to file a motion to vacate, then file the f---ing motion,” according to two sources in the room who confirmed the comments to NBC News.
It was a nod to members including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and others who are threatening to force him out of the speakership if he doesn’t comply with their demands, like putting certain bills on the floor and not passing a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month.
Oh yes. Please do.
Please show the world how fucking useless the GOP is.
We already know the outline of how this goes:
- McCarthy removed
- ??? votes for new speaker
- McCarthy elected Speaker of the House
The question is just how long the circus that is step 2 lasts.
They're trying to impeach Biden and can't even keep the government running. Priorities first McCarthy, this is not a good look.
You reap what you sow. The GOP embraced the MAGA lunatics because they wanted to win and didn’t care about the cost. Now they get to watch the party die because they have no way to control them and they are not reasonable.
Reports of the republican party's distress are greatly exaggerated.
They still have a death grip on a large large bloc of the country's most reliable and extreme voters.
Yeah they're bickering a little, but they own a) churches and b) cable and radio news.
We are quite literally watching the death of the party. That is why they have turned to policies like gerrymandering and voter suppression that limit people’s ability to vote. They are no longer growing and their ideas are become less popular as time goes on. They will either have to change their platform or continue to dwindle.
I wish it would implode faster, I'm tired of these guys being in control of any part of the government
“Kevin McCarthy does not let these things get underneath his skin.”
Pfft, if that were the case we wouldn't be here to begin with.
I’m honestly having a fantastic time watching the Republican Party implode :D
Me too, but also this is going to fuck a lot of people over if the government goes unfunded, and it doesn't look like they're going to figure it out. The only reasonable option currently seems to be any decent Republicans left side with democrats. I don't really see that happening, but who knows at this point?
At this point, I just assume the GOP will just do the most harmful thing possible. Sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised; otherwise, I’m prepared for the inevitable.
I don’t think they’re going to stop until they break something important enough that normal people start calling for blood.
The frogs have been boiled for too long for there to be any chance of that happening. If they wouldn't side with democrats and remove trump from office after Jan 6, they're not going to switch sides now, when doing so would tank their party for ages
Yeah, this seems suspiciously timed
Their goal is to weaken government, to make it as ineffectual as they believe it to already be. The circus is just part of their act, it’s a feature of the GOP, not a bug.
Right wing parties in general have a tendency to ultimately self-destruct under the groaning weight of their own ineptitude. It's just that in America they do it with so much more passion than anywhere else.
But don't get complacent. Their idiots still vote them into office regularly and we got Trump before. We are still at great risk no matter how funny it is.
GOP creates MAGA. MAGA eats GOP. MAGA destroys itself.
If Ouroboros was stupid and racist.
(ง ื▿ ื)_/¯ ⋮
Is this a spine?
People with spines usually don't need to say things behind closed doors.
No it’s not. This guy is and has always been a coward.
The meme this was taken from is based on the character misidentifying something.
No it sounds like a desperate cry for help from someone being held hostage. The Treason Caucus is complete control of this muppet.
The Treason Caucus is complete control of this muppet.
They actually don't, which is why McCarthy is in this quandary. They want some things he is not willing to do and he's telling them "No.". Predictably this is causing them to have a meltdown like the small children they are.
Feel free to despise McCarthy, I know I do, but he's battling the Freedom Caucus pretty hard to avoid a Government Shutdown. He's also doing exactly what I'd do in this situation which is call their bluff. If they do manage to oust him then oh well, good luck seating anyone else. If they don't manage to oust him them he's near fireproof until the next election cycle.
I bet they throw this at him 20 times a day and he always does what they say and afterwards they still say it again about something else, I think it's exasperation.
Force him out and let the Biden impeachment die or let him stay and be neutered for the rest of the session. Truly the greatest of choices for the MAGA caucus.
caucus
Circus* FTFY
Its quite telling how Modern Republicans act towards one another. If Thanos blipped everyone from politically communist to neoliberal tomorrow, they would find no peace. Their nature is to tear down others as its own end. They would eat each other.
There's a reason that when Democrats are in power they try like hell to avoid the subject of Republicans as they're trying to govern, yet when Republicans are in power all they can use their power pulpit to talk about is how evil the Democrats are.
There is no honor amongst thieves. They’ll cooperate with each other as enemies of my enemies until they suddenly aren’t getting what they want, then it’s ‘No True Republican’ with them.
LOL he knows that they might not be able to pick a new speaker willing to put up with their shit
Um, no other Speaker would have allowed themselves to be put in this position to begin with
Putin: "File the motion near the end of the month. Yes, right before any budget breakthrough."
Your proposal is acceptable.
Yea guys cmon let’s get this going we want to see what we waste our money on. If we ain’t getting shitty weak displays from dick pill lovers in the GOP then I am not getting my money’s worth.
And the bag of rats continues to writhe. Fucking eat each other you monsters.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
It was a nod to members including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and others who are threatening to force him out of the speakership if he doesn’t comply with their demands, like putting certain bills on the floor and not passing a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month.
Under current House rules, any one member can force a vote to vacate the speaker's chair, and it would take a majority of the chamber to remove him.
McCarthy oversees a narrow GOP majority, with only four defections to spare before needing Democratic help to pass legislation.
He added of the motion to vacate threats: “Kevin McCarthy does not let these things get underneath his skin.”
The root of the tension is aggressive demands by right-wing members who are insisting on spending cuts and policy add-ons to must-pass government funding legislation, which have no realistic chance of passing the Democratic-led Senate.
McCarthy was forced to punt Wednesday on a House vote to advance a defense funding bill, facing demands from right-wing members to show them a plan to satisfy their wishes.
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Any one member of congress can force him out? Even a Democrat?
Not force him out, they can force a vote for him to vacate the speaker's chair. The GOP made this new rule back in January. I suspect they thought they'd be able to use it bring the House to its knees if the Democrats regained power or some such nonsense. Or to keep Pelosi from getting it back if the Dems got a majority in 2024. Or just harass a Democrat speaker.
Among the things I don't usually say, "I agree with Kevin McCarthy" is the one I least expected today.
So we saw the hilarious attempt to nominate McCarthy last time, but what happens if they boot him out and refuse to vote in a speaker for a much longer time? Is there any kind of mechanism in case it's deadlocked indefinitely?
Either enough Republicans get fed up that they vote a dem into the seat, or congress starves to death. Win-win, really.
Oh, wouldn't it be wonderful...
if Loren Bobert, George Santos, or MTG filed the motion?[listening to my Julie Andrews in my OCR of MY FAIR LADY]
George is 100% behind Kevin. He made that choice on purpose, because he knows Kevin won't take any action at all against him as long as he is a reliable Speaker vote.
Reporters need to just fucking report. What's with "all but dared them"? He told them to file it. Id say he dared them to do it.
Or, OR, don't put that in the story at all and just report what happened.