Firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) took a victory lap Thursday over revelations that an ethics complaint against him was unanimously tossed out last month.
Gaetz’s crowing over the so-called “exoneration” came amid his latest high-profile spat with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy .
On Tuesday, when the House gaveled back into session following a six-week recess, Gaetz threatened to file a motion to vacate the chair, which under current House rules require only a single member’s proposal to receive a vote. McCarthy, who initially vented “Matt’s Matt” in response to the challenge, insinuated that the Florida congressman’s crusade against him was motivated by the speaker’s refusal to intervene in a separate House ethics probe.So far few of Matt Gaetz’s likeminded peers seem eager to follow in his footsteps on a motion to vacate — at least not publicly.“Matt is upset about an ethics complaint. I don’t care what they threaten against me.
“I am the most investigated man in the entire Congress. And right there you saw Kevin McCarthy right there lie like a dead dog, because I have never asked him to interfere at any ethics matter,” he added.
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