Kevin McCarthy REMOVED as Speaker of the House

Matt Gaetz’s Motion to Vacate The Chair against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy PASSED after a vote on the House Floor Tuesday.
Zerohedge reports that McCarthy is now the “shortest serving speaker since 1876.” According to The Guardian, McCarthy is also “the first speaker of the House forced out of the job in US history.”

During yesterday’s House proceedings, Congressman Matt Gaetz officially filed his highly-anticipated Motion to Vacate the Chair against Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

As The Gateway Pundit reported, the vote on this Motion to Vacate was brought to the floor today by House Leadership. Members then took fifteen minutes to vote on a motion to Table Gaetz’s Motion to Vacate, which McCarthy and his backers lost by a vote of 208-218. The House then debated the Motion for one hour and proceeded to vote alphabetically by roll call.

North Carolina Rep. Patrick McHenry has been named Speaker pro tempore until a new Speaker is elected. Given that this is uncharted territory—no Speaker has ever been removed mid-term before—it remains unclear how the House will function in the immediate future.