Republicans face the chaos generated by McCarthy's departure divided

The removal of Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the United States House of Representatives has left the Republican Party with the urgency of solving the chaos generated in its own ranks in the midst of the race to find a successor.

So far only two people, both from the most conservative wing, have nominated: the president of the Judiciary Committee of that chamber, Jim Jordan, and the “number two” of the party there, Steve Scalise, who is launching that challenge while it is being treated for blood cancer.

Conservative legislator Max Miller criticized this Thursday on CNN that the motion against McCarthy presented on Monday by the radical Matt Gaetz and approved on Tuesday could cause his party to lose the leadership of the House. “I have no hope” that the Republicans will maintain said leadership, said Miller, who assured that former President Donald Trump himself (2017-2021), of whom Gaetz is one of his main acolytes, is concerned about the situation created.

And it is an unprecedented crisis in American history because until now no speaker, as the leader of the Lower House is known in English, had been overthrown.

This Thursday, Jim Jordan stressed on the Fox News channel that he has taken the step of running for election convinced that someone is needed who can “unite the team” and that he is the right person to repair the rift between radicals and moderates and then fulfill the promises made to the Americans.

In that eventual mandate he also promised to protect the moderates and not put them in difficult situations, unlike McCarthy, forced to make concessions in the face of the pressures that the most radical demanded of him.

Gaetz's motion that ended McCarthy's leadership was approved by 216 votes in favor and 210 against.. Eight Republican legislators joined the Democratic caucus, also responsible for the fact that last January it took McCarthy 15 attempts to achieve leadership.

The new vote: October 11

The new vote is scheduled to begin on October 11. That vote could be postponed if at the meeting held by the Republicans the day before no candidate manages to unite their ranks.

According to some media, Trump would be considering going to the Capitol next week to meet precisely with members of his party, but he has ruled out having been involved in Gaetz's motion and also maintains that he himself is not interested in the Lower House, but in the presidency of the country.

The uncertainty created in turn increases the possibility that in mid-November, when the extension of the Administration's financing granted last Saturday expires, there could be a government shutdown, since the Lower House cannot approve new laws with leadership interim.

For fellow conservative Dusty Johnson, his party must address the issue at its roots: “If we don't change the basis of the problems, we are going to have the same car driven by a different clown,” he noted on CNN.

The White House has repeatedly stressed that it will not interfere in this regard, but both the president, Joe Biden, and the presidential spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierre, have reiterated throughout the week that the “poisoned atmosphere” must be changed. ” from Washington to be able to work together and advance the country's priorities.

For former first lady and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, McCarthy had lost his authority and that is the reason why the Democrats did not save him: “He could not be trusted,” he also noted on CNN.