Furious Republican SMASHES Gavel After McCarthy Ousted By Far Right Rebels

Tempers flared among pro-McCarthy Republicans right after Tuesday’s historic vote in favor of vacating the speaker’s chair, as proposed by MAGA Republican, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

Gaetz sought to vacate the chair after expressing no confidence in Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) leadership or his ability to get the budget under control.

The final vote was 216 Yeas (to remove McCarthy) and 210 Nays (not to remove McCarthy).

Rep. Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC) immediately assumed the post of speaker pro tempore.

“In the opinion of the chair, prior to the election of a speaker, it would be prudent to first recess for the relative caucus and conferences to discuss the path forward.”

After declaring the House in recess, McHenry banged the speaker’s gavel down hard in a display of rage and frustration.

“An angry gaveling down by the man named as speaker pro tem, meaning he is the temporary speaker of the House, that is congressman Patrick McHenry, a Republican from North Carolina, a close ally of Kevin McCarthy, who is no longer the speaker of the House,” said CNN’s Jake Tapper.

Manu Raju described the House as being in “a complete state of paralysis.”

“There will be a vote eventually, either tonight, maybe tomorrow, to name a new speaker. That is a bit unclear at the moment. Also unclear, what Kevin McCarthy will do. Will he put himself up as a candidate for speaker? He has said for some time that he will fight, that he’s ready to fight. But does that mean he’ll actually be a candidate? That is a major question at the moment.” He continued:

Can anyone get 218 votes in this bitterly-divided House and this bitterly divided Republican conference? A lot of these members who have aligned themselves with McCarthy want him to fight. They don’t want Matt Gaetz to win this round right here. So, there are a lot of questions about all of the next steps here, Jake. But one thing is clear, this is a historic moment here in the House, and very, very angry members of the Republican conference here emerging, wanting to know how to go forward and worried about their own political hides, worried that they could lose the House given the leadership crisis they are now facing, Jake, as they try to pick up the pieces.

Watch the clip above via CNN.