He made promises to become Speaker, did not keep any of them, and was justifiably dethroned.
For all the comments from people about Gaetz and “his plan”, no plan was needed. McCarthy made promises. Once in office he turned his back on everyone and went back to playing the games. Just like damn near all of them do.
People like Gaetz, Higgins, Greene, and a few others don’t seem to get anything done because the other Republicans are corrupt and cowardly.
If the Republican House had 218 folks like them, I’m thinking things would be much different. But we don’t have that.
Why? Because the Machine is really good at making sure folks they don’t approve of get a chance. Because voters will just vote name recognition regardless of how horrible their Rep or Senator is. Because voters are unwilling to give someone else a chance.
And most importantly, the Machine will do anything and everything to get rid of someone. First it’ll be bribes or a cush job. If that doesn’t work the fangs come out and they’ll try to ruin the person. And that usually works and the people are stuck. Sadly, this happens at every level of government.
> no plan was needed.
That’s right. Just take the appropriate action in response to the situation. Get his ass out, give somebody else a chance, repeat.