Who are the 8 Republicans who voted to oust Kevin McCarthy?
Kevin McCarthy’s tenuous tenure as speaker has come to an end after eight months when eight Republicans joined every Democrat in the House to remove him from his post on Tuesday.
Who are the eight Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy?
The group is led by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who spearheaded the effort to remove McCarthy after the California Republican made a deal with Democrats to to temporarily fund the government and avoid a shutdown.
“Earlier this year in January, during the contest for Speaker of the House, there was a group of lawmakers who wanted to change the way Washington, D.C., operates before allowing Kevin McCarthy to ascend to the speakership. These concessions included passing single-subject spending bills, votes on a balanced budget and term limits, the full release of the January 6th tapes, committing to not using Democrat votes to pass legislation that advances the priorities of Joe Biden, and more,” Gaetz said in a news release Tuesday explaining why he moved to oust McCarthy.
“For the last eight months, Speaker McCarthy has been in breach of that agreement,” Gaetz continued. “While there have been minor improvements, like taking a vote on term limits in the House Judiciary Committee and passing some single-subject spending bills, this progress was only made after Rep. Gaetz put pressure on Speaker McCarthy and forced him to do it. All of Speaker McCarthy’s failure theater resulted in him teaming up with Democrats to pass a continuing resolution that funds Ukraine, funds Jack Smith’s election interference against President Trump, abandons E-Verify, and does nothing to put the interests of the American people first.”
Joining Gaetz in voting for McCarthy’s removal as speaker were Andy Biggs and Eli Crane of Arizona, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Bob Good of Virginia, Matt Rosendale of Montana, Ken Buck of Colorado and Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina.
Here is what the eight Republican congressmen have said about the vote to remove McCarthy: