![Matt Gaetz, the radical Republican who filed the motion to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, surrounded by reporters outside the Capitol on October 3.](https://imagenes.elpais.com/resizer/v2/MMKMLLPY3RGHNB2F6SBJBJLQTM.jpg?auth=fe6ab8b406314078fbfc3c1a91b83cabdcb5e5bead4f42da948dea1fc777fbad&width=414&height=233&focal=3945%2C3444)
How the Republican Party broke into pieces
The ouster of Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the House of Representatives, highlights how the group has become entrenched in a ‘civil war’ between traditional conservatism and Trumpism
The ouster of Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the House of Representatives, highlights how the group has become entrenched in a ‘civil war’ between traditional conservatism and Trumpism