Everybody is missing the core point here, that is utterly terrifying.

The Motion to Vacate - At ANY time ANY member of the House can Move to Vacate. A vote is taken, and if the majority vote Yay, then the speaker loses their position, and a new speaker is elected.

How many votes does it take to make someone the speaker? From Reuters: "A candidate must gain a majority of votes cast. With 435 seats in the chamber, the speaker must get 218 votes to win. If no candidate reaches that threshold, the House will continue voting until someone does."

There are very few people actually sitting in the House of Representatives when any vote on any measure is taken. It could be 30 people in the entire building. This happens often with the minority party: they are powerless to do anything about the vote, so they often sit them out and spend their time on other meetings, committees, negotiations, whatever. Not every member of the House is present. Not every member of the House votes on every bill or motion.

So all that needs to happen, is 5 Republicans sneak into the House at 3:AM, have a vote to Move to Vacate McCarthy from the Speakership, and then vote again for WHOEVER THEY WANT. Trump. DeSantis. Marilyn Manson. Mike Lindell. LITERALLY ANY AMERICAN can be the Speaker of the House.

Now, there is one failsafe... and that is that McCarthy is responsible for the agenda and scheduling the sessions. So theoretically, every member of the House gets a calendar of upcoming bills and votes, and when they are scheduled to hit the floor.

BUT THOSE SCHEDULES GET CHANGED. Sometimes on the fly. Sometimes they run long, and House members just leave to go take care of other business.

All the Republicans have to do now is wait for one of these long and boring sessions, and once everyone leave for dinner or bed or whatever and they have the balance right in the House, ANY member can stand up and ask for the floor, then present the Move to Vacate, which is voted on immediately with whoever is left on the House floor.

We could literally wake up tomorrow morning with Mike Lindell as the Speaker of the House and be completely powerless to do ANYTHING about it.

That's fucking terrifying. And there is no defense against it. Democrats can't have 200 people sitting in the House, or within 5 minutes of the House floor, 24/7/365... so it is only a matter of time before this action is taken and something truly insane happens to the House.