Posted on 12/28/2022 9:30:55 AM PST by RandFan
Matt Gaetz sent a stern message to Kevin McCarthy while speaking at Turning Point USA’s SAS conference Tuesday.
Rep. Gaetz (R-Fla.) told the crowds that all Republican members of Congress know that Rep. McCarthy (R-Calif.), who is running to be the House majority speaker, believes in nothing except money and power.
Gaetz admitted while America’s laws and Republicans’ tactics should change, it is of the utmost importance that Republican leadership changes.
“Our laws and our tactics must change. But some of our leaders must be changed too. Our ancestors, out of love of country, pledged their lives and their fortunes and their sacred honor,” Gaetz began.
“Is the best Congress can really do today pledging a vote for Mitch McConnell or Kevin McCarthy,” Gaetz asked, to which the crowd responded with jeers.
“I’ve had enough Mc-failure. In football, when the team doesn’t win the games it’s supposed to win, they fire the coach. In business, when the company does not match its projected earnings then the board gets rid of the CEO. And, so in Republican politics maybe I’m not the crazy one if I say that the people who vastly underperformed expectations shouldn’t be promoted to third in line to the Presidency,” Gaetz continued.
The Florida rep. went on to say “every single Republican” knows McCarthy “believes in nothing except money and power.”
“I take no joy in sharing this with you but I’m going to tell you now what every single Republican member of Congress knows in their heart, whether they’ll admit it or not: Kevin McCarthy believes in nothing. I’m serious about that. Nothing except money and power, but he failed to deliver the power as promised,” Gaetz proclaimed.
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Is there any politician NOT looking for power and money?
Just another politician. All about corruption, bribes and kickbacks. Nothing special here.
And uh don’t forget his DC roommate- Frank “Joey Bags” Luntz, the pay to play pollster. FOS. And also Rene Ellmers former NC congresswoman with the neurosurgeon husband— when mr. “conservative” McCarthy was banging her. Never asked about it, and lied every time he spoke of the “situation”. This is time for sober non-circular firing squad choices— line up and keep Hakim Jeffries from getting in in any possible way. Remember Nantzi is still whining around, with no scruples what so ever.
I'm hard pressed to name any. President Trump sure likes power and money BUT he had that before becoming President. Which means he didn't have to exploit the government to have power and wealth. Interesting though that the left is hell bent on removing ALL his power and ALL his wealth.
Matt’s dead on.
McCarthy is currently backtracking and posturing to try to weasel in, but as soon as he’s there it’s Pelosi 2.0.
You have a good point there! Thus the difference.
I don’t care if he believes the earth as flat so long as he has more balls than The Turtle and fights for genuine conservative values.
“Believes In Nothing Except Money And Power”
Doesn’t that describe most members of Congre$$ these days?
He has shot down EVERY rule change the conservatives have proposed.
WAY, WAY, WAY TOO LATE!!!!!
The time to say and push this was in November, immediately after the election and before the Committee Conference where the REPUBLICAN MEMBERS chose to nominate McCarthy!
Like ALL politicians, Gaetz is a day late and a dollar short but still getting his face time posing as a “champion of the people”
A pox on them all!!!!!!!
Pelosi just quit caring about her corruption showing out of contempt for her voters, whom she obviously knows well.
Three Amigos, Ryan, Cantor, and McCarthy.
Matt Gaetz isn’t the best spokesman. Gaetz cares most about getting headlines and getting into a lot of trouble that his well-connected father had to get him out of.
OK, now that’s funny. Like saying a gambler is interested in casinos.
If “money and power” is synonymous with “keeping things the same”, then I suppose he is right.
The old order is sacred to some of these GOPe/RINO bastards and that is what has put us where we are.
McCarthy voted in May to send $40 billion to Ukraine. The only reason he voted no on the Omnibus Bill this time, is because he wants to be Speaker.
And because people keep electing arseholes like McCarthy over, and over again, the GOP will never be reformed.
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