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Related: About this forum'MAGA meltdown': Heilemann reacts to McCarthy's ouster as speaker - Deadline - MSNBC
Executive Producer of Showtime's 'The Circus' John Heilemann and Democratic strategist Cornell Belcher join Nicolle Wallace to discuss Kevin McCarthy's removal as Speaker of the House. - Aired on 10/03/2023.
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'MAGA meltdown': Heilemann reacts to McCarthy's ouster as speaker - Deadline - MSNBC (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Oct 2023
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MagaSmash
(9,316 posts)1. Good riddance and take your trump Knee Pads with you. But will we get someone even Worse?
Rhiannon12866
(232,886 posts)2. That's my fear, too.

leftieNanner
(15,942 posts)3. He was removed mostly by Dems
Am I reading this correctly? Only 8 Republicans voted for removal. Right?
Rhiannon12866
(232,886 posts)4. That's what was said on MSNBC
"The final vote was 216-210, with eight Republicans joining all the Democrats to vote to remove McCarthy. It's the first time a House speaker has been removed in a no-confidence vote."