The GOP on Tuesday was considering expelling Rep. Matt Gaetz from its caucus.
stood in an unfamiliar spot Tuesday as he pressed his case to boot Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the role of House speaker — the Democratic side of the chamber.
Asked whether he was afraid of being exiled, Gaetz responded with the same brashness he brought to the House floor during the debate over McCarthy.The GOP disdain for Gaetz, aside from the handful of hard-right Republicans who joined his motion to vacate the speakership, was clear all day Tuesday.Rep. Mike Garcia referred to Gaetz as a “Republican running with scissors.”
McCarthy approached Gaetz on the floor, then walked away, appearing dejected. Meanwhile, Rep. Mike D. Rogers stormed over and lunged at Gaetz before being restrained by Rep. Richard Hudson . The Floridian sat unperturbed.McCarthy was elected speaker after midnight in the 15th round of voting when Gaetz and other right-wing hard-liners voted “present,” lowering the threshold McCarthy needed to win office.But by then, McCarthy had struck deals with those hard-liners that hemmed him in.
Over the weekend, that’s exactly what happened: McCarthy pushed through a deal to extend government funding into November at current spending levels but without billions of dollars in aid for Ukraine that Biden wanted. Again, Democrats backed the measure, which the Senate also adopted just ahead of a deadline for a shutdown.“I think there’s some reason to doubt whether or not Matt Gaetz is serious,” Rep. Dusty Johnson told reporters on Tuesday.
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