Rep. Matt Gaetz and other hard-right Republicans for months have threatened to go after Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s speakership if he relied on Democratic votes to pass any funding legislation.
Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks to journalists outside the House of Representatives, at the U.S. Capitol, on Friday. Rep. Matt Gaetz accused Speaker Kevin McCarthy Monday of making a “secret Ukraine side deal” with Democrats, ramping up his rhetoric ahead of an expected move to try to oust McCarthy from his leadership position.Gaetz has said he will introduce a resolution this week to remove McCarthy from the speaker position.
As Gaetz said that his motion would be coming soon, Rep. Buddy Carter scoffed while sitting on the House floor.Gaetz has the crucial 218 votes needed to remove McCarthy without himself relying on Democrats to vote with the small handful of Republicans who would support ousting the speaker. Asked whether he had more than four Republicans who would vote to oust McCarthy, Gaetz said, “Well, we’ll see.
Rep. Tom McClintock , a colleague of McCarthy’s in the California delegation, spoke before Gaetz Monday and directed his comments at him without mentioning his name. He stressed that a successful motion to vacate would only “paralyze the House indefinitely” until a new speaker is elected and would severely delay passing conservative funding bills.“The supreme irony is that this is being initiated by self-described conservatives,” McClintock said.
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