Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) attacked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on the floor of the House on Thursday, saying that his caucus is a “circus” and can’t gather enough votes to pass any significant legislation.
“This speaker doesn’t even have the votes for impeachment, doesn’t even have the votes to fund the government,” Frost said. “It’s unclear if he even has the votes to keep his own job.”
Frost can’t do anything about it. He’s a Democrat, the majority party gets to pick Speaker.
Small clarification… The majority number of votes gets to pick the speaker. In theory a small number of Republicans could break off and side with the Democrats for a new speaker of their choosing, but that sadly isn’t going to happen for a number of reasons. So they’re left with an internally fractured party that is going nowhere.
That is correct! And I sincerely thank you for the clarification. These days, so many things hinge on rules and laws and traditions and procedures that are far more obscure than this one, and getting the details correct definitely matters.