After his ousting, McCarthy slams hardline Republicans, claiming they're not real conservatives.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., reacts to Rep. Kevin McCarthy's ouster as speaker on 'The Ingraham Angle.'
His comments come just hours after Gaetz introduced a motion to vacate McCarthy — and succeeded — with the help of hardliners in his own party and 208votes. McCarthy said he would not seek to be re-elected as speaker. "I made a decision as speaker to keep the government open and I put something on the floor," McCarthy said.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks to reporters just after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's last-ditch plan to keep the government temporarily open collapsed, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.Democrats signaled early on Tuesday that they were not inclined to help McCarthy. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said before the vote:"Democrats are ready to find bipartisan common ground. Our extreme colleagues have shown no willingness to do the same.
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