The remarks, confirmed to NBC News by two sources in a closed-door meeting, reflect renewed tension within the House Republican ranks as a government shutdown looms.
Frustration boiled over in a closed-door House GOP meeting Thursday morning when Speaker Kevin McCarthy all but dared his detractors to file the “motion to vacate” the speaker’s chair and try to remove him.
In the meeting, McCarthy told House Republicans, “If you want to file a motion to vacate, then file the f—ing motion,” according to two sources in the room who confirmed the comments to NBC News.
It was a nod to members including Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and others who are threatening to force him out of the speakership if he doesn’t comply with their demands, like putting certain bills on the floor and not passing a stopgap bill to prevent a government shutdown at the end of the month.
Oh yes. Please do.
Please show the world how fucking useless the GOP is.
They’re trying to impeach Biden and can’t even keep the government running. Priorities first McCarthy, this is not a good look.
You reap what you sow. The GOP embraced the MAGA lunatics because they wanted to win and didn’t care about the cost. Now they get to watch the party die because they have no way to control them and they are not reasonable.
Reports of the republican party’s distress are greatly exaggerated.
They still have a death grip on a large large bloc of the country’s most reliable and extreme voters.
Yeah they’re bickering a little, but they own a) churches and b) cable and radio news.
We are quite literally watching the death of the party. That is why they have turned to policies like gerrymandering and voter suppression that limit people’s ability to vote. They are no longer growing and their ideas are become less popular as time goes on. They will either have to change their platform or continue to dwindle.
We have been saying that for almost 10 years and they now control the supreme Court, the house, one geriatric heart attack away from the Senate and for some fucking reason the next election is gonna be a toss up.
“Kevin McCarthy does not let these things get underneath his skin.”
Pfft, if that were the case we wouldn’t be here to begin with.
I’m honestly having a fantastic time watching the Republican Party implode :D
Me too, but also this is going to fuck a lot of people over if the government goes unfunded, and it doesn’t look like they’re going to figure it out. The only reasonable option currently seems to be any decent Republicans left side with democrats. I don’t really see that happening, but who knows at this point?
At this point, I just assume the GOP will just do the most harmful thing possible. Sometimes I’m pleasantly surprised; otherwise, I’m prepared for the inevitable.
I don’t think they’re going to stop until they break something important enough that normal people start calling for blood.