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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., the architect behind the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the speakership nearly a month ago, accused the California Republican of being a "saboteur" and sinking the first three candidacies for House speaker.
In a recent appearance on Steve Bannon’s War Room, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., of rigging the speaker race after losing his position earlier this month.
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said the election of Louisiana Rep. Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House was the “ascension” of MAGA within the Republican Party.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) blamed former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for sabotaging the candidacies of Reps. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), and Tom Emmer (R-MN).
An intra-Republican struggle to choose a successor to ousted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has reached a conclusion that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) claims as an unalloyed victory.
Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida offered a behind-the-scenes look Wednesday at how former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had been angling to try to regain his post by being a “swampy” saboteur of the other candidates.
I want to take a moment to congratulate Rep. Matt Gaetz. You did it, man! “MAGA Mike” Johnson (as Gaetz affectionately calls him) is the new Speaker of the House of Representatives.
House Republicans have been in turmoil for more than three weeks as the conference scrambles to rally behind one House speaker candidate, meeting for vote after vote on who should be the next nominee. Now, Representative Matt Gaetz is revealing what went on behind closed doors.
As House Republicans started another speaker vote, Matt Gaetz, the Florida congressman who instigated the chaos of the last few weeks, is preemptively declaring victory—and vindication.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who led the effort to oust former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, has joined in a chorus of Republicans supporting the new House speaker nominee, Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La.