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<\/source><\/picture>A political earthquake happened Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
The fallout from Saturday\u2019s unsatisfying status quo budget deal came swiftly as the\u00a0House voted to oust the speaker<\/a>\u00a0in the middle of a term for the first time in U.S. history.<\/p>\n Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was deposed by eight Republicans who voted with Democrats to remove him. The vote was 216-210. My colleague, Virginia Allen,\u00a0wrote an excellent wrap-up\u00a0of\u00a0how the ouster<\/a>\u00a0went down and who was involved.<\/p>\n The question on everyone\u2019s mind is: what\u2019s going to happen now?<\/p>\n This is a chaotic and unprecedented situation, so it isn\u2019t exactly clear when there will be a new speaker or who that will be.<\/p>\n This ousting, using the motion to vacate the chair, was only possible because of the\u00a0negotiations between McCarthy and conservatives<\/a>\u00a0that put him in the speaker\u2019s role in January.<\/p>\n Since the speakership is now technically vacant, an\u00a0interim speaker has been\u00a0selected from a secret list of candidates selected by McCarthy. The man atop that list\u00a0was Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C<\/a>., who will act as the speaker pro tempore until the full House selects a new speaker.<\/p>\n There are no rules for how long McHenry can remain in that capacity, so his time could be brief. It really depends on what the members decide. McHenry\u00a0said following the ouster<\/a>\u00a0that \u201cprior to proceeding to the election of a speaker, it would be prudent to first recess for the relative caucus and conferences to meet and discuss the path forward.\u201d<\/p>\n According to NBC News<\/a>, a speaker election\u00a0will take place on Oct. 11.<\/p>\n Rep. Matt Gaetz., R-Fla., who originally filed the motion to vacate, said he isn\u2019t happy with this timeline.<\/p>\n \u201cI was very disappointed that Mr. McHenry said that we won\u2019t be engaging the people\u2019s work until next Tuesday,\u201d Gaetz\u00a0told CNN on Tuesday night. \u201cWe should stay, we should work, we should have the Speaker election this week.\u201d<\/p>\n Matt Gaetz frustrated that RINOs want to take a week off before electing a new Speaker:<\/p>\n “I was very disappointed that Mr. McHenry said that we won\u2019t be engaging the people\u2019s work until next Tuesday. We should stay, we should work, we should have the Speaker election this week.”\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/bWqSkEqWpp <\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres)\u00a0October 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It took\u00a0McCarthy\u00a015 rounds of voting<\/a>\u00a0over four days\u00a0to secure his speakership. Given the likely bad feelings among members right now, this could be an equally contentious negotiation.<\/p>\n There\u2019s certainly reason to hurry along the process. Congress must reach \u2014 and the president must sign \u2014 a budget deal by Nov. 17, or the government will shut down. That negotiation was likely to be contentious, but it\u2019s hard to imagine any kind of deal being hammered out without a speaker chosen well beforehand.<\/p>\n Amid all the uncertainty, one thing is sure:\u00a0McCarthy won\u2019t be running again<\/a>. He announced on X that he was frustrated with the process and will step aside.<\/p>\n So, who will become the speaker?<\/p>\n Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts weighed in and explained what the qualifications for the job must be. (The Daily Signal is the media organization of The Heritage Foundation.)<\/p>\n Americans are looking for leaders who know what time it is and are willing to fight. The next Speaker must unite Republicans around securing the border, cutting spending, reining in the woke and weaponized government, and putting American families at the center of our agenda.<\/p>\n \u2014 Kevin Roberts (@KevinRobertsTX)\u00a0October 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Another thing to keep in mind is that strange as it may seem, the speaker doesn\u2019t need to be a member of Congress. The House could conceivably choose someone from outside the body.<\/p>\n Rep. Troy E. Nehls, R-Texas, jumped into the fray and said he would nominate former President Donald Trump to be the next speaker of the House.<\/p>\n Kevin McCarthy will NOT be running again as Speaker.<\/p>\n I nominate Donald J. Trump for Speaker of the House.<\/p>\n \u2014 Congressman Troy E. Nehls (@RepTroyNehls)\u00a0October 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The United States had one former president become a member of the House. John Quincy Adams was elected to the House in 1830 after his defeat in the 1828 presidential election. A former president becoming the speaker of the House without even getting elected to the House would be again unprecedented.<\/p>\n But we\u2019re on untrodden ground here, so who knows?<\/p>\n Originally published at The Daily Signal.\u00a0<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Jarrett Stepman is a contributor to The Daily Signal and co-host of\u00a0The Right Side of History<\/a>\u00a0podcast.\u00a0He is also the author of the book\u00a0The War on History: The Conspiracy to Rewrite America’s Past.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Join thousands of others to get the FREEDOM POST<\/strong> newsletter for free, sent twice a week from The Christian Post.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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