Based on a memo submitted by Matt Gates, a representative from Florida who belongs to the hard-right wing loyal to the former President

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Edited by| Hugh Gey

 

North America  section -  CJ journalist

 

Washington  -  October,4,2023

 

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Donald Trump voted for the first time in its 234-year history, the House of Representatives voted with a majority of 216

210 votes to remove the speaker of the House of Representatives .

The US House of Representatives impeached its Republican Chairman Kevin McCarthy in favor of a memorandum put forward by the hard-line wing of the party

The Republican states that the "position of Speaker of the House of Representatives is considered vacant" in a precedent in the history of the United States embodying the extent of

The divisions that plague the Republican Party.

Eight Republican deputies, along with the Democratic minority in the House of Representatives, voted in favor of impeaching the speaker of the House

Republican.

McCarthy told reporters that he would not run for office again. "I fought for what I believe in... I think that

I can keep fighting, but maybe in a different way".

It is unclear who will succeed McCarthy. Other Republican leaders, such as Steve Scalise and Tom Emmer, may be candidates but have not appeared

None of them openly interested him in the post. Another member of the leadership team, Rep. Patrick McHenry, was appointed to the post

Temporarily.

McCarthy infuriated the hard-right wing of his party at the weekend when he teamed up with Democrats to pass an interim agreement

On the budget to avoid a government shutdown.

McCarthy's impeachment opens the door to an unprecedented contest to succeed him a year before the presidential election.

As soon as the result of the vote was released, a number of Republican deputies rushed to surround McCarthy, who put a smile on his face and exchanged

And hugs and handshakes with them.

The leadership of the Republican Party had warned the deputies of the hard-line wing not to plunge the party "into chaos," but Gates, who complained

Repeatedly from McCarthy's disrespect of the agreements concluded with the Conservatives, he responded that " chaos is the speaker of the House

McCarthy".

"The reason Kevin McCarthy fell today is because no one trusts Kevin McCarthy,"he added after the vote.

"Kevin McCarthy made multiple contradictory promises, and when they were all earned, he lost.

For his part, President Joe Biden called for the speedy election of a new speaker of the House of Representatives.

"Given that the urgent challenges facing our country are not waiting," White House spokeswoman Karen Jean-Pierre said in a statement،

He (the president) hopes that the House of Representatives will elect a president soon, "he said.

 

The Democrats refused to save the speaker of the House of Representatives, whom they accuse of reneging on agreements he made with the Biden administration, in particular

About the level of spending in the federal budget.

The "New Democratic Coalition", a bloc of pro-business Democratic lawmakers, described McCarthy as

"Simply not trustworthy".

McCarthy's impeachment seemed almost inevitable after the leader of the Democratic minority in the House of Representatives, Hakeem Jeffries, encouraged party deputies to

Ouster of the chairman of the council.

A preliminary vote was held on a proposal to" postpone consideration " of the gates memo, which in practice means the destruction of the attempt to overthrow the chairman of the council،

But Jeffries asked the Democratic deputies to vote against this initiative.

All the Democratic deputies adhered to Jeffries ' recommendation, as did 11 rebellious Republican deputies, the proposal was dropped and the impeachment memorandum was condemned.

 

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