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Deposing the Speaker

Truth Matters: Deposing the Speaker

By Tom HaugheyRep. Matt Gaetz of Florida has led a successful uprising against Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. He, along with seven other Republicans, voted to vacate the speakership. Democrats were more than willing to back the move, and the total number of yes votes was sufficient to oust McCarthy from his position. McCarthy claims Gaetz was acting in retaliation for an assumption that McCarthy had set him up to be investigated by the House Ethics Committee for supposed sexual impropriety (which the Ethics Committee ultimately refused to do). McCarthy denied he had ever had anything to do with proposing ...

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