The calls to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continued to grow on Tuesday as the body’s leading Democrat called on his caucus to side with a sliver of conservative Republicans and vote to remove him from office.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) signaled his intention by calling for a vote against a procedural motion to delay a vote on vacating the speaker’s chair, a sign that the New York Democrat intends to move quickly in replacing McCarthy. Should he be able to successfully whip all 212 members of his caucus, Rep. Jeffries would need just five conservative Republicans to join in a majority vote to remove McCarthy.
Voting on McCarthy’s future gets underway at 2:00PM EST.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS — @RepJeffries "definitively" called for a vote against any procedural motion to delay the motion to vacate
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 3, 2023
AND he said Democrats should vote to oust McCarthy.
Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who has led the insurgent rebellion against McCarthy and filed the original motion to vacate, said Tuesday that either McCarthy or President Joe Biden is “lying” about a potential deal to deliver more financial aid to Ukraine, a key sticking point in funding the U.S. government. Speaker McCarthy ultimately relied on Democrats to fund a three-week extension but did not include an aid package which would have lost him scores of votes within his own caucus.
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