(Finance) – US Parliament in chaos after the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ousted with a motion of no confidence. An event that it had never occurred in American history and we now risk a institutional paralysis.
“The Office of the Speaker is declared vacant,” explains the concise post-vote announcement, while the interim speaker, Patrick McHenry, appointed for emergencies, he will only be able to manage the transition towards the election of the new speaker. A dramatic fact given that the further deadline for the federal shutdown expires at the end of November.
Eight votes from the Grand Old Party, dating back to ultra-conservative and populist deputies close to the former President Trump, were enough to reduce support for the Republican leader of the House, supported by a narrow majority. Votes that they were added to those of the demsbringing the final balance to 216 yes and 210 no.
It was precisely this that determined McCarthy’s downfall “Trumpian” fringewho voted in favor of the no-confidence vote promoted by Matt Gaetz, a loyalist of the tycoon. A move orchestrated by the wing close to Donald Trump, which reached the showdown with the Republican establishment and determined to overthrow the party.
A victory that also confirms the penetration that Trump has within the GOPwho will now have to deal with this matter and give up the reform movement.