House of Representatives tumbles into chaos as fight for new speaker erupts

The House is paralyzed after far-right Republicans forced Kevin McCarthy out as speaker. A new battle is on as Republicans scramble to replace him.

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00:00 The office of Speaker of the House of the United States House of Representatives is

00:05 hereby declared vacant.

00:08 I will not run for Speaker again.

00:11 I'll have the conference pick somebody else.

00:13 I rise to give notice of my intent to raise a question of the privileges of the House.

00:28 Chaos is Speaker McCarthy.

00:30 Chaos is somebody who we cannot trust with their word.

00:35 Think long and hard before you plunge us into chaos because that's where we're headed if

00:41 we vacate the speakership.

00:43 Kevin McCarthy said something to all of us at one point or another that he didn't really

00:47 mean and never intended to live up to.

00:50 [Music]

00:56 [Applause]

01:02 [Music]

01:29 The chair declares the House in recess subject to the call of the chair.

01:33 [Music]

01:46 [Applause]

01:52 [Music]