Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) says that he will file a motion to vacate against RINO Kevin McCarthy. McCarthy has proven to be everything I told you he would be when he first ran for the speakership. RINOs won’t bend over backward for conservatives, but he will bend over forward for Democrats. Ironically, it’s the Democrats who may save him. They know they can’t grab the seat for someone in their own party, but McCarthy is the next best thing and they would not like to see someone like Jim Jordan or James Comer in that role.
Gaetz joined ABC’s This Week and CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday following a vote for a temporary funding bill that did not include additional funding for Ukraine. McCarthy secretly made a deal with Schumer and Biden to provide additional funding in a separate bill. Now, Gaetz says he will file a motion to vacate the Speaker’s seat. That is only good if they do not replace him with another RINO.
The vote on the continuing resolution was delayed when Marxist Jamal Bowman pulled the fire alarm, causing the building to be evacuated. Bowman claimed that he thought by pulling the fire alarm, it would cause the door to open. Bowman previously started his own school that had a rule that if you falsely pulled the fire alarm, you would be suspended. I believe he knew full well what he was doing.
VISIT OUR YOUTUBE CHANNELJUST IN: After shutdown drama, GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz tells @JonKarl that he is going to file a motion this week to have House Speaker Kevin McCarthy removed from his position. https://t.co/KInxWHwCkT pic.twitter.com/BrbZF9TCiP
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GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz tells @JonKarl that his plan to bring forward a House vote on Kevin McCarthy’s speakership is an “exercise to show the American people who really governs you.”
“I actually think Democrats are going to bail out Kevin McCarthy.” https://t.co/KInxWHwCkT pic.twitter.com/VLSSJZK3jH
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Matt Gaetz has not kept this as a secret. Gaetz warned he would do this for months now.
I will file a motion to vacate against @SpeakerMcCarthy this week. pic.twitter.com/kFA7X7P2OG
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) October 1, 2023
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Sunday said he will push to unseat House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) this week, vowing to make good on his threat after McCarthy backed a measure to prevent a government shutdown a day earlier that won broad bipartisan support.
“I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker McCarthy this week,” Gaetz told CNN “State of the Union” anchor Jake Tapper. “I think we need to rip off the band-aid. I think we need to move on with leadership that’s trustworthy.”
Gaetz for months has been threatening to file a motion to vacate, which would essentially be a vote on ending McCarthy’s Speakership. Because Republicans have only a slim majority in the House, only a handful of Republicans would have to back Gaetz’s motion for it to be successful — as long as Democrats vote with them.
The minority party would generally be expected to back such a motion, since Democrats would prefer one of their own — Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) — as Speaker.
Gaetz, a constant critic of McCarthy, said the one thing everyone has is common is they do not trust the California Republican, claiming the Speaker’s “goal was to delay everything” and force the House into a corner to pass the bill Saturday by the funding deadline.
When pressed over how many Republicans he has behind him, Gaetz said he has enough that the only way McCarthy would be Speaker in a week is if Democrats backed him up.
