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Overwhelming majority of House GOP's most conservative members voted to keep McCarthy

Washington, October 4, 2023

Jamie Joseph | FOX News

As eight Republican rebels voted alongside House Democrats to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., from his post as speaker Tuesday afternoon, a majority of the House's most conservative members in the House Freedom Caucus voted to keep him. 

While several members in the House Freedom Caucus voted to oust McCarthy, including Bob Good, R-Va.; Ken Buck, R-Colo.; Matt Rosendale, R-Mont.; and Rep. Eli Craine, R-Ariz., a majority of its members voted in favor of keeping McCarthy at the helm of the House GOP. 

Caucus members Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.; Chip Roy, R-Texas; Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; Ben Cline, R-Va.; Paul Gosar, R-Ariz.; and Andrew Clyde, R-Ga., among others, voted in favor of keeping McCarthy — despite several members feuding with him over government spending last week.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, Boebert said her vote against the motion to vacate wasn't in support of the speaker but "rather the timing of this measure."