8 Republicans ousted Kevin McCarthy as U.S. House Speaker. Who are they?

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Republican Kevin McCarthy became the first U.S. House Speaker to be removed from office Tuesday thanks to a handful of rebellious party members.

McCarthy – who served in the job nine months after an intense 15-round struggle to get it in January – said after the vote he would not run for the position again.

The U.S. House of Representatives is now in recess until the Democrats and Republicans can decide on a path forward.

Here’s a look at why McCarthy was ousted, and his eight GOP colleagues who fought to remove him.

The motion to declare the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives to be vacant passed 216-210, with all present Democrats voting together and getting the support of eight Republican outliers.

While McCarthy enjoyed support from most Republicans in his slim majority, eight Republican detractors — many of the same hard-right holdouts who tried to stop him from becoming Speaker in January — essentially forced him out.

The eight lawmakers generally voiced frustration with how McCarthy has moved Republican priority legislation through the chamber, namely spending bills. His weekend decision to work with the Democrats to keep the federal government open rather than risk a shutdown only added more fuel to the fire.

Some have said he failed to live up to various agreements he made to become Speaker in January, something he hotly disputed Tuesday when he announced he would not seek the post again.

One of those demands he agreed to was a rule change that allowed any single lawmaker to file the motion to vacate.

Todd Belt, professor and director of political management at George Washington University, told Global News the world has witnessed the “Shakespearean experience of McCarthy.”

“He made a deal that