Gaetz broke one of their political machines.
Gaetz is a national treasure.
“Gaetz broke one of their political machines.”
Correct. He removed, bodily, one of their leaders.
And it’s not like he didn’t telegraph what would happen if leadership didn’t do certain things. But they laughed him off since they counted on the Democrats bailing them out. But the Democrat s weren’t interested in helping, so McCarthy was deposed, due to his own insidious machinations.