Thanks, Gran, for this detailed response!
So, my guess is that McCarthy-Luntz is firmly ensconced. He doesn’t seem to fear this, which tells me that his end of the deal he just delivered is protection from being voted out. What a sham.
I fear Gaetz will wind up being somewhat diminished after this fiasco. I hope he’s the VP pick.
I don’t see Gaetz being diminished at all.
He is keeping his word, McCarthy broke his.
And I don’t think Gaetz is doing this as revenge against McCarthy for not coming out and supporting Gaetz when the Ethics Committee was investigating him.
That’s what McCarthy wants us to think.
Matty is doing this because McCarthy has not kept his word on so many things.
MY fear is that we will wind up with Speaker Jeffries. Not a dime’s worth of difference, indeed! Hmmph!
Dems are unified, pubbies are not. Gaetz is out over his skis on this one. Double hmmph!