After an hour of speeches and a roll call vote Tuesday afternoon, Rep. Matt Gaetz's Motion to Vacate the chair succeeded, 216-210, removing California Rep. Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) was immediately named Speaker Pro Tem.

216–210: House votes to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), marking the first time in history a speaker of the House has been removed via a motion to vacate. https://t.co/07FJk92WnP pic.twitter.com/PbUr8hqfWo

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Today's vote was historic, marking the first time in American history such a motion has succeeded.

🚨BREAKING: Motion to Vacate Speaker Kevin McCarthy passes by a vote of 216 - 210.

This is the first time in American history a motion to vacate has succeeded.

8 Republicans who voted against McCarthy:

Gaetz
Good
Buck
Mace
Rosendale
Burchett
Biggs
Crane

Spartz, Mills, and…

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) October 3, 2023

McHenry's first act was to gavel the House into recess, apparently at the urging of McCarthy's staff.

MCHENRY is in the chair now. McCarthy's staff is signaling that he should gavel out the chamber.

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) October 3, 2023

Those speaking in support of McCarthy prior to the vote generally pointed to actions taken by various House committees related to China/COVID, DOJ weaponization, and Biden family bribery.

JORDAN DEFENDS MCCARTHY:

"He has kept his word, and I think we should keep him as Speaker!" pic.twitter.com/uhE5R6N8oX

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Others thought the Gaetz wing were being too harsh with their expectations of McCarthy.

MASSIE: "So the 12 bills were delayed over, what? $100 billion? That's a lot of money! But it's nothing compared to the $2 trillion that I came here to object to when Speaker Pelosi and President Trump pushed that bill through!" pic.twitter.com/eT4rjFe4HQ

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Some speakers said that Gaetz's motion was in his own self-interest and not about the American people.

Rep. Garret Graves calls out Gaetz for fundraising off of his plan to oust Speaker McCarthy: pic.twitter.com/xmyh7VvZuU

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But, Gaetz countered that many Americans are sick of what he calls "failure theater."

GAETZ: "It's hard to make the argument that oversight is the reason to continue, when it sort of looks like failure theater." pic.twitter.com/OdtEJnInY5

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Earlier Tuesday House Dems joined with 11 disaffected Republicans to defeat a motion to table Gaetz's motion filed by Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK).

11 Republicans voted against tabling:

Reps. Andy Biggs (AZ), Ken Buck (CO), Tim Burchett (TN), Eli Crane (AZ), Warren Davidson (OH), Matt Gaetz (FL), Bob Good (VA), Cory Mills (FL), Nancy Mace (SC), Matt Rosendale (MT) and Victoria Spartz (IN).

— CSPAN (@cspan) October 3, 2023

As of Tuesday morning it wasn't clear whether Democrats would vote as a block or not on that motion to table. Squad member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was on record saying that she supported Gaetz's motion and that she would cast a vote for the actual MTV but that some deal needed to be struck between McCarthy and Jeffries for Democrats to vote for the motion to table, as Streiff wrote.

None of that matters much at the moment, since the next item of business is voting for a new speaker.