Kevin McCarthy is ousted as House speaker in a historic vote pushed by conservatives18-24-61-B-17-17-4@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world – 797 points – 9 months agonbcnews.com253Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent comment I'm never heard of any of them. That's probably a good thing Do you want any that you have heard of to be speaker?As the current situation stands, I'd be suspicious of anyone who would willingly take the job.Interesting tidbit of information, in Britain the leaders of the Government and Opposition will drag who was ever voted as Speaker to the Speaker's Chair. It was the Speaker's job to tell the Monarch what the House of Commons wanted. If the Monarch didn't like what the Speaker said, no more Speaker. Maybe the US needs to adopt that tradition. Or go the way of the Wicker Man, just burn some random congress member to appease the Speakership God.
I'm never heard of any of them. That's probably a good thing Do you want any that you have heard of to be speaker?As the current situation stands, I'd be suspicious of anyone who would willingly take the job.Interesting tidbit of information, in Britain the leaders of the Government and Opposition will drag who was ever voted as Speaker to the Speaker's Chair. It was the Speaker's job to tell the Monarch what the House of Commons wanted. If the Monarch didn't like what the Speaker said, no more Speaker. Maybe the US needs to adopt that tradition. Or go the way of the Wicker Man, just burn some random congress member to appease the Speakership God.
As the current situation stands, I'd be suspicious of anyone who would willingly take the job.Interesting tidbit of information, in Britain the leaders of the Government and Opposition will drag who was ever voted as Speaker to the Speaker's Chair. It was the Speaker's job to tell the Monarch what the House of Commons wanted. If the Monarch didn't like what the Speaker said, no more Speaker. Maybe the US needs to adopt that tradition. Or go the way of the Wicker Man, just burn some random congress member to appease the Speakership God.
Interesting tidbit of information, in Britain the leaders of the Government and Opposition will drag who was ever voted as Speaker to the Speaker's Chair. It was the Speaker's job to tell the Monarch what the House of Commons wanted. If the Monarch didn't like what the Speaker said, no more Speaker. Maybe the US needs to adopt that tradition. Or go the way of the Wicker Man, just burn some random congress member to appease the Speakership God.
That's probably a good thing Do you want any that you have heard of to be speaker?
As the current situation stands, I'd be suspicious of anyone who would willingly take the job.
Interesting tidbit of information, in Britain the leaders of the Government and Opposition will drag who was ever voted as Speaker to the Speaker's Chair.
It was the Speaker's job to tell the Monarch what the House of Commons wanted. If the Monarch didn't like what the Speaker said, no more Speaker.
Maybe the US needs to adopt that tradition.
Or go the way of the Wicker Man, just burn some random congress member to appease the Speakership God.