Kevin McCarthy first House Speaker ever to be ousted
Next steps are uncertain, but there is no obvious successor to lead the House Republican majority.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., arrives for a closed-door meeting with House Republicans on the morning after he filed a motion to strip Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his leadership role, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., leaves the House floor after being ousted as Speaker of the House at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Night falls on the dome of the Capitol, hours after Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, in Washington.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters after he was voted out of the job of Speaker of the House by a contingent of hard-right conservatives in an extraordinary showdown, a first in U.S. history, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 3.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters hours after he was ousted as Speaker of the House, Tuesday, Oct. 3, at the Capitol in Washington.