The recall of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives from the left and right made history again.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 4-The House of Representatives, controlled by the Republican Party of the United States with a slight advantage, witnessed an unprecedented scene on the 3rd: eight members of the Party, together with Democrats, voted in favour of the recall of Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

　　McCarthy became the Speaker of the House of Representatives at the beginning of the year, and now he has become the first speaker in American history to be voted off. According to The New York Times, there was a "bizarre Republican-to-Republican debate" in the House of Representatives before the vote on the 3rd, and the Democrats just sat there and watched.

　This is McCarthy, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Republican Party, filmed in Washington, DC on September 29th. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Aaron)

　　Things leave a hint of clues and signs

　　On the 3rd, the US House of Representatives dismissed McCarthy with 216 votes in favor and 210 votes against. The resolution was proposed by Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gates, who voted in favor of it with seven other colleagues and 208 Democrats who all participated in the voting.

　　The 3 rd vote can be described as the inevitable result of the increasingly obvious division within the Republican Party in the past nine months. A number of media mentioned that McCarthy was elected as the Speaker after five days and 15 rounds of voting in January this year. At that time, the biggest resistance he faced came from a few ultra-conservative members of the party. In order to win the election, McCarthy had to reach a series of compromises with these members, including McCarthy’s agreement that only one member of the House of Representatives could propose a resolution to recall the Speaker. This laid the groundwork for his dismissal on the 3 rd.

　　According to The New York Times, before the vote on the 3rd, there was a "bizarre Republican-to-Republican debate" in the House of Representatives, and the ultra-conservatives of the Republican Party quarreled with their colleagues who defended McCarthy. Gates and others "bombarded" McCarthy for failing to get the government led by Democratic President joseph robinette to agree to drastically cut spending and lack leadership. "Speaker McCarthy is chaos itself".

　This is a live video of the House of Representatives in Washington, DC, USA, voting to remove Republican Speaker McCarthy on October 3rd. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie photo

　　The Associated Press reported that Gates specifically pointed out that McCarthy’s debt ceiling and budget agreement with Biden in May and the provisional appropriation bill promoted with the support of the Democratic Party on September 30 failed to meet the demands of ultra-conservatives to cut spending sharply. Republicans who defend McCarthy said that Gates only wanted to steal the limelight, not for policy reasons at all.

　　As the roll-call vote ended, McCarthy ally Steve Womach, who presided over the vote, announced: "The position of Speaker of the US House of Representatives is now vacant."

　　The New York Times said that this voting result reflects the deep polarization of the US House of Representatives.

　　look on/stand by with folded arms

　　The New York Times reports that Democrats "sit quietly and watch" when Republicans debate fiercely. Earlier on the 3rd, Hakim jeffries, leader of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives, led his colleagues to hold a closed-door meeting to discuss how to deal with the resolution proposed by Gates to recall the Speaker. The "contempt" for McCarthy finally surpassed the Democrats’ willingness to rescue them.

　　This is the capitol in Washington, DC, on January 19th. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Shen Ting)

　　Jeffries with Republicans "unwilling to ‘ Make America great again ’ On the grounds of extremist cutting, he instructed Democrats not to help McCarthy tide over the difficulties. During the meeting, Democrats listed McCarthy’s previous "misdeeds", including: after the riots in the Capitol on January 6, 2021, McCarthy voted to overthrow the results of the 2020 presidential election; Abandon the debt ceiling and budget agreement reached with Biden; Maintain friendly relations with former Republican President Donald Trump; Decided to launch an impeachment investigation against Biden on the premise of lack of conclusive evidence.

　　Ironically, The New York Times said, the list of McCarthy’s "misdeeds" by Democrats was actually aimed at appeasing the ultra-conservative Republicans who ousted him.

　　According to the US Wall Street Journal, it was previously inferred that one of the major suspense of the 3 rd vote was whether at least some Democrats would stand on McCarthy’s side and decided that it would be better to keep him as speaker. The main reason is that the US federal government is now facing the pressure of "stopping" again in mid-November due to the expiration of the provisional appropriation bill. The "cut-off" of the provisional appropriation bill for Ukrainian military assistance has also made the future assistance of the United States to Ukraine a major issue.

　　However, since McCarthy made it clear that he had no intention of giving in to the Democrats, the Democrats could not win a major compromise, and then decided not to help them. Democrats also characterized the removal of the speaker as a "self-inflicted crime" by Republicans. Jeffries said before the vote: "They (Republicans) must find a way to end the civil war among Republicans in the House of Representatives."

　　This is the vacant speaker’s seat of the House of Representatives, which was filmed in Washington, DC, on January 5th. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie photo

　　Successor candidate

　　Mccarthy said after the vote on the 3rd: "Unfortunately, 4% of us can join all Democrats in forcibly deciding who can become the Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives … … I will not run for the Speaker again. "

　　According to the rules made after "9.11" incident, Patrick McHenry, the former emergency replacement candidate nominated by McCarthy, became the temporary speaker of the House of Representatives. However, mchenry has no right to control the operation of the House of Representatives, only the right to preside over the election of a new speaker.

　　According to many media analysis, there is no clear candidate to succeed McCarthy in the Republican Party at present. The Wall Street Journal reported that Republicans in the House of Representatives held closed-door consultations on the speaker on the evening of the 3rd. Rep. marjorie Green of Georgia, who attended the meeting, said, "No one came forward and no one expressed interest in running for the speaker. No one has the support rate like Kevin McCarthy. "

　　This is the scene of the election of the Speaker of the House of Representatives filmed in Washington, DC, on January 6. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Jie photo

　　The Associated Press said that Steve Scalise, who is currently ranked second in the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives, is fighting cancer, while potential candidates such as Tom Emmer, who is ranked third, "may find it difficult to ensure winning enough votes".

　　Reuters predicted that other possible candidates include Jim Jordan, the founding member of the ultra-conservative House Freedom Caucus, Byron Donalds, an ultra-conservative congressman who won 20 votes in the speaker election earlier this year, and mchenry, the interim speaker.

　　On McCarthy’s dismissal, White House Press Secretary AnnaKarina Jean-Pierre said that Biden "hopes that the House of Representatives can quickly elect a new speaker". Trump wrote on social media: "Why do Republicans always fight?"

　　Reuters reported that it is expected that there will be no speaker in the House of Representatives for at least one week in the future. Many Republicans expressed their intention to consult with possible successors on the 10th and vote on the new speaker on the 11th. (ocean)