Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is the third person after ** and Deputy **. His status is second only to Biden and Harris, and he has more real power than the deputy **, because the duty of the deputy ** is to be ready to take over at any time, whether it is in the toilet or sleeping.
McCarthy can be said to be the second-in-command of the United States, but he was ousted within a day, becoming the first Speaker of the House of Representatives in American history to be removed. What's going on?
It turned out that removing the speaker of the House of Representatives was a very difficult thing to do, because a simple majority of votes in the House of Representatives was required, that is, more than half of the members agreed. The Speaker of the House of Representatives is himself the leader of the winning party in the congressional elections, which means that his party already has a majority of seats in the House of Representatives. McCarthy is a Republican, and his Republican Party won 222 seats in the midterm elections, compared to 213 for the Democrats.
In this way, to remove McCarthy, not only does it require a unanimous vote of the Democrats, but also a part of the Republican Party that betrays its leader and votes for the recall. This has never happened in the more than 200 years of history of the United States, because to do so you will make yourself a political enemy, and you will also lose the protection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and you will not do yourself any good.
This time, however, history was broken. McCarthy was betrayed by his own comrades, and it was after he made a difficult decision for the good of the United States.
The cause of the incident was the war in Ukraine. This war broke out after Biden came to power, and Biden ** regarded supporting Ukraine as his national policy and political achievement, and did not hesitate to invest a lot of money and materials to confront Russia. Biden believes that this is to maintain the world leadership and moral justice of the United States, and also to prepare for his re-election.
However, Republicans do not agree with Biden's approach, arguing that aiding Ukraine is a waste of American money and resources, and has no effect and will only bring the war to a stalemate. They are more concerned about the internal problems of the United States, such as the fiscal deficit, the US debt, illegal immigration, etc. They want to stop Biden's policies, sabotage his political achievements, and pave the way for the next **.
Therefore, when Biden submitted the 2024 budget, which included aid to Ukraine, the Republicans refused to pass it, putting forward two conditions: one is to cancel aid to Ukraine, and the other is to strictly control the number of illegal immigrants. They even threatened to shut down on October 1 and stop operations if they didn't agree.
In this way, the United States is in crisis. If the United States closes its doors, the international image and credibility of the United States will be seriously damaged, and the economic and social order of the United States will be affected. And if the aid to Ukraine continues, then it will make the Republicans even angrier, the partisan struggle will be more intense, and the internal ** of the United States will be more serious.
At this critical moment, Speaker of the House of Representatives McCarthy stood up, he made a compromise plan for the benefit of the United States, he agreed to a temporary payment bill, giving the Democratic Party 45 days, so that ** does not have to close the door for the time being, and let Ukraine's aid not have to stop for the time being, hoping that during this time, the two sides can discuss well and find a win-win solution.