Kevin McCarthy vs. Matt Gaetz: A match made in hell | About That

Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives after a history-making vote led by fellow Republican Matt Gaetz. Kieran Oudshoorn breaks down how the pair's tumultuous relationship led to this point.

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[InitialPC]

"They could barely contain their anger"
They say that as if the Democrats ousted him.

[snakebite]

Damn he slammed the hell outta that gavel

[joannekaroutsos]

They all act like a bunch of little kids this should be making good laws for our country and not taking bribes

[brandonsutton]

Hopefully Canadians wake up and see the possibilities of removing our crooked politicians. They think they are untouchable.

[guylanctot]

McCarthy is sounding a lot like Liz Cheny

[fistoroboto]

The guy slamming the gavel was mad on behalf of his lobbyist masters

[marcellaratliff]

Can our Government just grow up already and serve We The People. This is getting old. Very Old..

[rameshmantha]

Republicans blaming Democrats for McCarthy's ouster forget that their representatives didnt vote for Hakeem Jeffries over 15 times earlier this year. They forget that even in this week's vote, the republicans could have all voted for Hakeem and didnt. Somehow that is ok, but Democrats not voting for McCarthy is not OK.

[jedus]

McCarthy has not been doing his job, what Gaetz did was incredible. This should be a lesson to all Greedy politicians.

[rigoeats]

Canada and USA losing both of its speakers is wild.

[phyllisturner]

I'm sick of all of these people😢 what a serious big mess!!! No one has any trust in the Government anymore

[kplaysminecraft]

McCarthy is gone for not doing what he said he’d do

[yoriel]

I feel for the gavel 😢 poor thing had nothing to deal with it and got smack 😂

[MyDyerMaker]

The action was right but the timing was wrong. The border is wide open and the US will never pay off $33 trillion in debt. The country is toast and this is the slow burn. I dont blame Gaetz for trying.

[genomic_]

It’s strange how this CBS video has mostly news clips from NBC

[Bobcagon]

Note to CBC … THIS IS WHAT TRUTH LOOKS LIKE.

[jamesbell]

The Democrats should have kept him in. The replacement will be worse for them.

[pipedevnull]

Weird that the United States and Canada lose their Speaker of the House at the same time.

[SuperDagbo]

Damn dude you almost broke the gavel, you need to calm down because you don't do nothing anyway.

[dbo]

Gaetz is phenomenal if you actually look into what he’s fighting for, the end of omnibus bills