Kevin McCarthy’s exit “not unprecedented” after pre-election agreement

Kevin McCarthy’s exit “not unprecedented” after pre-election agreement
- October 3, 2023
- Louis DeSipio, Chicano/Latino studies and poli sci, Sky News Australia, Oct. 3, 2023 (Video)
Former US House of Representatives speaker Kevin McCarthy’s exit was not unprecedented as it took 15 separate ballot attempts to elect him, says University of California, Irvine professor [of political science and Chicano/Latino studies] Louis DeSipio. “He agreed to a process whereby any single member could challenge his maintaining the office. Today, somebody took him up on that – and the vote was narrow but it was enough to remove him from the office … I think it is going to be a free-for-all for the next week – and we’ll see who is able to unite much of that caucus.” says DeSipio.
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