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‘House Republicans Cannot Govern This Way’: Pingree Statement on Motion to Vacate Speaker McCarthy
Washington,
October 3, 2023
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree (D-Maine) today joined her Democratic colleagues in voting to vacate Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, releasing the following statement: “Unlike the Senate, our founders structured the House of Representatives to decide matters by a simple majority. But Kevin McCarthy was so desperate to grasp the gavel that he sold out our institution, allowing just one person to bring the People’s House to a grinding halt. Willfully upending our Democratic norms to seize power has turned this great populist chamber into a place where a single tyrant can rule. Despite this, my Democratic colleagues and I have tried to work across the aisle whenever possible – in fact 86% of the bills I have introduced in this Congress have Republican cosponsors – but when it comes to our Democracy we will not cave to extremists. As we have witnessed, House Republicans cannot govern this way and that’s why I joined the united Democratic caucus to support a motion to vacate the chair.” ### |
