Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) had some pointed remarks for Rep. (R-NY) on Friday night after he blamed Democrats for Rep. (R-CA) ouster from the speakership this week.

Source: https://www.mediaite.com/politics/aoc-claps-back-at-republican-blaming-democrats-for-house-upheaval-your-party-is-a-chaos-factory/

And it would take just five Republicans to side with all Democrats to remove him from the speakership.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/09/20/mccarthy-projects-optimism-on-averting-a-government-shutdown-the-game-is-not-over/

As last week got underway, the Capitol Hill scuttlebutt was that his speakership had momentum, newfound allies and deserved to be seen as inevitable.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/jim-jordans-speaker-bid-gone-shouldnt-forgotten-rcna121651

A small group of renegade Republicans from other states were able to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership in early October, sparking a chaotic chapter for the GOP.

Source: https://m.startribune.com/where-minnesota-republicans-stand-on-tom-emmers-bid-for-speaker/600314162/

Based on their words and actions since McCarthy lost the speakership, the so-called moderates still haven’t grasped the reality of the situation.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kevin-mccarthy-speaker-vote-republicans-becca-balint-rcna119084

But the naysayers wanted more — and they seem likely to get it, to the detriment of the speakership broadly and McCarthy very, very specifically.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/kevin-mccarthy-giving-power-house-speaker-win-rcna64439

But to reach the speakership, he also agreed not to interfere in future Republican primaries, even if it meant boosting candidates that he thought were likelier to win a general election than right-wing rivals.

Source: https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/newsmaker-republican-u-s-house-speaker-kevin-mccarthys-dream-job-could-become-a-nightmare-1415068.html

Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana was slated to secure the Republican nomination for the speaker role before Scalise from the speakership race after he failed to secure enough support to win a vote.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/15/jim-jordan-house-speaker

Day asks Yang if running for the speakership for the fourth time is a good idea.

Source: https://www.inquisitr.com/snl-mocks-jim-jordan-losing-house-speaker-vote-again-with-donald-trump-and-other-republicans-in-skit

For example, when asked just moments after earning the speakership if he wanted more funding to Ukraine, he “We all do,” but noted “we are going to have conditions on that”.

Source: https://theconversation.com/funding-for-ukraine-is-anything-but-certain-after-us-elects-new-speaker-216154

Gaetz isn’t making a play for the speakership himself; his strengths are in drumming up headlines and campaign cash, not governance.

Source: https://time.com/6319898/matt-gaetz-kevin-mccarthy-speaker/

He claimed Jordan didn't have the necessary votes to win the speakership.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12633517/Kevin-McCarthy-speaker-house-members-calls-vote.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

He said he has great regard for Tinubu, which was why he dropped his speakership ambition when he was directed to do so.

Source: https://theeagleonline.com.ng/rep-denies-calling-for-probe-of-fuel-subsidy-under-tinubu/

He’s placed himself in the national spotlight by being part of the effort to block from gaining the speakership, bringing the House to a standstill in the process.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/05/gaetz-leadership-tallahassee-mccarthy-00076687

Hon. Mudashiru Obasa’s two terms speakership has not brought any good ambience to Agege, cites his alleged deceitful mien as an ill wind that must no longer prevail in the polity.

Source: https://onlinenigeria.com/stories/316348-labour-party-candidate-agege-01-jafojo-berates-obasas-acclaimed-feattwo-term-speakership-a-waste.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labour-party-candidate-agege-01-jafojo-berates-obasas-acclaimed-featt

However, the vote didn't come without opposition from some of the committee's Republicans who have called on McCarthy to kill it — with others questioning whether it's enough to reconsider his speakership.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/rules-committee-overcomes-gop-opposition-to-advance-debt-limit-bill/article_b28016d7-7435-5f0e-85da-4923843d5462.html

In 2018, Mr Scalise said he was interested in the speakership after the upcoming departure of then-Speaker if Mr McCarthy couldn’t get the support he needed, with the relationship between the two men subsequently taking a turn for the worse.

Source: https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/steve-scalise-house-speaker-race-vote-b2425822.html

In a vote Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck of Windsor voted to oust McCarthy from his speakership, as did all five Democratic members of Colorado's House delegation.

Source: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/colorado%E2%80%99s-buck-among-8-republicans-who-vote-remove-mccarthy-speaker

In the meantime the fate of the speakership hangs in the balance.

Source: https://www.deseret.com/2023/1/3/23536604/andy-biggs-kevin-mccarthy-house-speaker-vote

It showed how the adoption of an open amendment process in the House — a concession McCarthy made to win hardline conservatives’ support for his speakership — holds the potential to send legislation down unpredictable twists and turns.

Source: https://capitolhillblue.com/node/94045