{"id":14800,"date":"2023-10-03T18:16:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=14800"},"modified":"2023-10-03T18:50:59","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:50:59","slug":"mccarthy-ousted-gop-house-in-chaos-bradcast-1032023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bbnewdb.webbyspice.com\/?p=14800","title":{"rendered":"MCCARTHY OUSTED, GOP HOUSE IN CHAOS: ‘BradCast’ 10\/3\/2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breaking just before air on today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>: Yup. More GOP chaos in Congress. But I’m sure, by week’s end, it’ll all be the Democrats’ fault somehow. [Audio link to full show follows this summary.<\/i>]<\/p>\n

In the wake of House Dems helping to keep the federal government from a shutdown over the weekend by voting in support of then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy<\/strong>‘s last-minute, 45-day Continuing Resolution to keep the government open until the GOP’s warring factions can pass a budget, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz<\/strong> filed a Motion to Vacate against the Speaker of the House on Monday. By Tuesday afternoon, just before airtime, McCarthy was ousted in a dramatic 216 – 210 floor vote.<\/p>\n

Gaetz and 7 other far-right Republicans joined all Democrats in voting to vacate the Office of Speaker of the House. It was a first in U.S. history.<\/p>\n

Of course, we all saw it coming when McCarthy agreed to a deal with the farthest rightwing members of his own caucus in January to allow a single member to file a Motion to Vacate. It was one of many concessions by McCarthy in exchange for allowing him to become Speaker last on the 15th ballot. Moreover, he did himself few favors with the opposition party by breaking many promises with Biden and the Democrats regarding the shutdown<\/a>, an absurd, evidence-free<\/a> Impeachment Inquiry and more.<\/p>\n

What happens next? That is completely unclear as of this hour, and as we scrambled to cover the historic news while still salvaging at least part of our previously planned program.<\/p>\n

As the Republican Party falls apart in Congress, so does the life of the Republican front-runner for the 2024 Presidential nomination. Among our other stories, breaking or otherwise, today…<\/p>\n