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Kevin McCarthy Ousted as House Speaker in Historic Vote (www.wsj.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Wilshire@lemmy.ml to c/politics@lemmy.ml

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[–] BolexForSoup@kbin.social 50 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Ok wtf CNN. Decided to take a look. First line:

Republicans on the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus are considering quitting the group “en masse” after Democratic members voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker, a GOP member said.

I'm sorry who called for his removal and actually cast the votes that kicked him out?

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

CNN is just as bad as McCarthy trying to play both sides and failing for both. What a deplorable outlet.

[–] MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I deleted my previous comment as it was incorrect, but I already received replies, so le tme correct myself. Some are accusing CNN of shifting right pretty aggressively.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 2 points 9 months ago

You’re absolutely correct. Now they just piss everybody off.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The guy backed out of the deal he agreed to and then brought forward an impeachment investigation on Biden and then expected the democrats to protect him. The guy played himself like a fiddle.

[–] Grayox@lemmy.ml 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He also went on meet the press Sunday and accused the Dems of trying to shut the government down.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

It's funny for a guy that wanted that job so bad, it's as if he tried to lose it by pissing off as many people as he could. The funny part now is that the moderate Republicans are now talking about working with the Democrats to get in someone they agree with and render the far right obsolete.