Posted on 01/06/2023 6:30:28 AM PST by Dr. Franklin
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has threatened to resign if the Republican party will negotiate with Democrats in voting to elect Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker.
Matt Gaetz announced his intentions to resign from Congress in an interview on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle” Thursday night if he and other GOP patriots continued to refuse to back Kevin McCarthy’s speakership campaign.
Rep. Gaetz was asked by Laura Ingraham if he was okay with Republicans giving Democrats co-control of the committees, Gaetz firmly responded, “No!”
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Gaetz told Laura that he “wouldn’t be betting on my vote for Kevin McCarthy under almost any circumstance.”
“Kevin McCarthy is the masthead of the Lobby Corps. And I resent the extent to which Kevin McCarthy utilizes the lobbyists and the special interests to be able to dictate how political decisions are made, how policy decisions are made, and how leadership decisions are made.”
“Kevin McCarthy has been in the leadership for 14 years, and he has sold shares of himself to special interests, to political action committees. And so that’s why I don’t think he is an appropriate choice,” he continued.
(Excerpt) Read more at thegatewaypundit.com ...
half of enrolled Republicans would also leave the party, it would be suicide for the GOP to formally announce the public start of a uniparty.
I hadnt even read these thread responses yet when I posted
and after reading them I see the variations on the theme at least twice.
Freep narrative push cubicle already at work.
I suppose this sounds more likely.
Still, what a total Charlie Foxtrot.
Not the stupid party. Do you really think the Republicans hat they do because of their intelligence? It is clear that the party is not unified it is also clear that party leadership is weak. They are not stupid.
No Democrats have floated this. But they HAVE floated they idea of nominating this squishy RINO:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Upton
Remember, they only need 5 squishes like this. Then you can say bye bye to ANY oversite whatsoever of the Biden regime.
Undeniably, the USPS has been involved in rigging elections with mail in ballots. There was that truck of ballots from NY sent to PA in 2020 that “Baghdad” Bob Barr shut down the investigation. The best leverage the House has to clean up our elections is to defund the USPS until laws are passed strictly regulating mail in voting. Yet, McCarthy funded the USPS with Medicare.
NO WAY THIS SWAMP CREATURE EVER SHOULD BE SPEAKER. HE WILL DO WHAT HE ALWAYS DOES: SCREW US ALL!
McCarthy may wear Ukrainian color, but he’s got ‘Russia’ oozing from his veins /s
I see 20 Ukrainians standing tall against the evil Russians and Putin/McCarthy can’t take a hint he’s losing /s
Same as they did when Trump again sided with the speaker for TrumpRyanCare push.
The same silly 'just let us win you selfish rebels' arguments were used against them then as well.
Rep. Matt Gaetz Threatens to Resign from Congress if Republicans Give Democrats Co-Control of the Chamber Just to Elect McCarthy as Speaker of the House
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Bye
Don’t let the door hit you, Matt! We all know this was a publicity stunt from the beginning, and you probably want to leave so you can make more money as a talking head.
Is that what you want??? Co-Control of the Chamber just to elect McCarthy for speaker???
Nominate a non-compromised candidate for Speaker of the House and there will be no confrontation.
“the solidarity of the 202”
AN EXCELLENT POINT!
Gaetz is a blowhard punk.
if they switch the rule to just simple majority , we’re going to end up with a hakeem for speaker.... but i’m sure the 20 will fold before they’d let tat happen... right?
Ah, the old ‘Power Sharing’ gambit again. Another democRat trick.
Is that what you want?
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I want this clown circus to end, and the GOP get back to business of proving they can govern, instead of trying to prove a point. Both of which are in doubt now.
Its not like the GOP has another viable candidate.
Your leaving me for Boebert?
That deal only means there is a uni-party.
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