Opinion|Betrayalfromtheright:McCarthy'sfallandfracturedUSlegislativelandscape_GuangmingOnlineOpinion|Betrayalfromtheright:McCarthy'sfallandfracturedUSlegislativelandscapeAI-CreatedCartoonByAndiZhangTheunprecedentedremovalofHouseofRepresentativesSpeakerKevinMcCarthyhasexposedthedeepdivisionswithintheUSlegislativebranch.Leadingthisousterwashard-rightRepublicanMattGaetz,whoorchestratedMcCarthy'soverthrowfollowingthelatter'scompromisewithDemocratsonpassingastopgapbillthatwouldensurethefederalgovernment'soperationuntilmid-November.Inanastonishingturnofevents,eightRepublicansjoinedforceswithallDemocratstodethroneMcCarthy,markingthefirst-everinstanceinUShistorywherethechamberhasousteditsleaderinavoteofno-confidence.TheschismintheUSlegislativelandscapeextendsbeyondthegeneralpoliticalarena,seepingintotheverycoreofthelegislativeprocess.ThedividebetweentheHouseandSenateonthematteroffull-yeargovernmentspendinglegislationremainsachasmdifficulttobridge.ConservativehardlinersinHouseRepublicansinsistondeepspendingcutsandcontroversialpolicyadd-ons,propositionsthathavemetwithresistancenotonlyfromDemocratsbutalsofromsomefellowRepublicans,whoviewthemasexcessivelyradical.AsWesternmediaoutletscontinuetoponderthepoliticallandscape,theabsenceofmutualinterestsandconsensusloomsasamenacingspecter.Shouldnocandidatemanagetosecurethecrucial218votesrequiredforspeakership,theHouseofRepresentativeswouldteeteronthebrinkofanevenmoreprofoundstateofchaos.MemoriesofMcCarthy'selectioninJanuarystilllinger,aprocessthattookagrueling15roundsofvoting,eventhoughhewastheconsensuschoiceoftheGOPconference.Inthisclimate,theHillcolumnistwrote:theoften-vitriolicspeechesfrompro-andanti-McCarthyfactionsrevealedapartysodeepinitsownculturalrevolutionthatthehorizonlineofrationalgovernancenolongerexists.Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.