Vote to oust McCarthy is a warning sign for democracy, scholars say

10/6/23
 
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from The Washington Post,
10/4/23:

When the House of Representatives voted to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker on Tuesday, it was the first such removal in American history, a vivid rebuke of his leadership and an escalation of the civil strife within the Republican Party.

But historians and political scientists say it is something more: a warning sign for the health of American democracy.

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