Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was mobbed by reporters Monday evening at the Capitol, and the topic of conversation was the 41-year-old’s call for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to vacate his position.
Gaetz spoke about various specifics that McCarthy "didn’t keep his word" on, saying that if he remains as the speaker after the vote, then he’ll be the Democrats’ speaker.
“I think the American people deserve to know the coalition that really governs them,” Gaetz said. “And Kevin McCarthy likes to pretend that he makes coalition with conservatives, but really all he does is break his word with conservatives. The coalition that really runs this country is the Uniparty, it is the Biden/McCarthy/Jeffries government, and that is what we will demonstrate with this vote.”
And despite Gaetz laying out all the specifics as to why he’s taking such measures against McCarthy, the Florida congressman says that it’s not personal.
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“It’s so funny that I come out here, and I’ve been doing this a great number of days with all of you, and I lay out — in technicolor — the specific areas of breach of the agreement,” Gaetz said, “breaching the 72-hour rule, breaching the suspension rule, blowing past the top lines, not passing single-subject spending bills, and yet, the McCarthy operation continues to try to make this some sort of personal beef.
No seems to be really eager to engage me on the substance of my argument,” Gaetz continued, “which is that we need single-subject spending bills, we need to return to pre-COVID spending. But some people try to make every policy disagreement personal, because they are so personally embarrassed from their own failures.”
Seems fair, whether you agree with Gaetz’s move to vacate the Speaker of the House position or not.
Gaetz’s comments come amid reports that some House GOP members are “targeting” him for his actions, through an alleged Ethics Committee report being done on Gaetz.
For video of Gaetz’s full comments, watch below:
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