Thank you so much for letting us into your homes once again during these truly extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with katie fhang in for ari begins right now. Thanks for everything youve done to get us started. I appreciate it. Have a great show. And welcome all of you to the beat. Were tracking that extraordinary Breaking News late today. Republican Kevin Mccarthy becoming the first House Speaker in United States history to be expelled from the job. A Renegade Band of several maga lawmakers leading the charge to push him out. The final vote 216210, given the republicans very slim majority in the house, mccarthy could only afford to lose a handful of gop votes. In the end he lost eight republicans. That number combined with democrats voting against him was enough to oust him. Heres the moment the vote was officially tallied. The first time weve seen a moment like this in the house of representatives 234 years. The yeas are 216, the nays are 210. The resolution is adopted.
Here is how it all went down. The yeas are 216. The nays are 210. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The office of Speaker Of The House of the United States House Of Representatives is hereby declared vacant. And i just want you all to be clear. This was a catastrophe of Kevin Mccarthys own making. It was Kevin Mccarthy and no one else who after saying this after the January 6th Insurrection the president bears responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. These facts require immediate action by president trump. Accept his share of responsibility. Got on a plane, flew to florida, and crawled on his knees to maralago to kiss trumps ring and sell his soul to the maga king. He did that. All in pursuit of the precious, the speakers gavel. Which he held for just nine chaotic, pointless months, in which he routinely lied on tv about who was
Locum everybody and jesse water along with judge jeanine pirro, katie pavlich, and greg gutfeld. It is 5 00 oclock in New York City and this is the five. On this boat, the yeas are t 16, the nays r2 ten. The resolution is adopted without objection the motion to reconsider is laid on the table the office of speaker of the house of the United States hous of representatives is here by declared vacant. Its over, Kevin Mccarthy has been ousted as beaker. The house taking away his gavel and of both of to 16210. The democrats and republicans will meet separately to discuss who they want to have as beaker. The Effort Being Led by congressman matt gaetz who is fuming over spending. For lawmakers duking it out all day over whats kevins fate should be. Think long and hard before you plunge us into chaos becaus that is where we are headed if we vacate the speakership. Chaos is Speaker Mccarthy. Chaos is somebody who we cannot trust with their word. We need a speaker who will fight for something, a
We do have shots of the live vote and will bring those to you when it happens. Lets explain what this is all about. This is all to do with the Spending Bill which was passed by Speaker Mccarthy over the weekend an agreement, which helped the Us Government avoid plunging into a shutdown. But matt gaetz has Accused Mccarthy of doing a side deal with the white house over funding for ukraine which he denies. It would take a simple majority in the house which republicans control by a narrow margin. But its a risky move because, historically speaking, lets go into the congress and listen in as that debate begins. Mr cole listen in as that debate begins. M cole of oklahoma has laid the solution on the table. Cole of oklahoma has laid the solution on the table. Those in favour will solution on the table. Those in favour will say solution on the table. Those in favour will say i, solution on the table. Those in favour will say i, those solution on the table. Those in favour will say i, those wh
Jesse i didnt hear anything, did you . Bret i will watch for you. On this vote, the yeas are 216, the nays are 210. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The office of speaker of the house of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. [gavel] bret quite a day. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, history in front of our eyes today for the first time in the history of this republic, the speaker of the house has been kicked out of his job. A civil war among House Republicans. The historymaking removal of a speaker, lawmakers taking to the floor this afternoon to either urge colleagues to remove speaker Kevin Mccarthy or retain him. The full house then voted to get rid of mccarthy, the final tally 216 to 2010. Eight republicans sided with 208 democrats and now there is chaos in Republican Leadership about what comes next. Lets find out. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad