[Alberta's Child]

I like Gaetz, but he’s a zany guy who is full of sh!t most of the time he opens his mouth.

I still remember that he swore to high heaven early this year that he had a large majority of GOP House members who were ready to expel Lizard Cheney from her Republican Party post in the House. When it came time to vote in secret, she kept her position by a wide margin.

[Chickensoup]

This is a move he should have kept quiet about.

Stupid to broadcast your plans to the enemy

[StAnDeliver]

I like Gaetz, but he’s a zany guy who is full of sh!t most of the time he opens his mouth. I still remember that he swore to high heaven early this year that he had a large majority of GOP House members who were ready to expel Lizard Cheney from her Republican Party post in the House. When it came time to vote in secret, she kept her position by a wide margin

Except that Liz Cheney was, in fact, stripped of stripped of “her Republican Party post in the House”, by the House GOP in a closed-door meeting.

” House Republicans ousted Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position Wednesday (in May) … as House Republican Conference chairwoman, (the No. 3 minority leadership) position that entails leading the chamber’s messaging efforts.”

[StAnDeliver]

"I still remember that he swore to high heaven early this year that he had a large majority of GOP House members who were ready to expel Lizard Cheney from her Republican Party post in the House."

Gaetz did have "a large majority of GOP House members ready to expel Lizard early this year" in the Feb. 3 Conference meeting (see below, "At least half of the speakers indicated that they would vote to remove Cheney." with nearly full GOP House attendance), but instead, McCarthy, because of the optix, engineered a face-saving vote and forced them to wait until the next Conference meeting to remove Lizard.

Prior to that, the Minority Leadership positions -- including Lizard's No. 3 -- were filled without any opposition by Gaetz to block Lizard, on January 3, 2021.

In his Jan. 6 DC rally speech, President Trump said, "The Liz Cheneys of the world, we got to get rid of them.". Pissant Dick was so incensed he called his daughter Lizard on the phone.

After Lizard voted to impeach President Trump on January 13, 2021, Gaetz rallied in Cheyenne on January 28, 2021, but was only calling for a primary challenger to upend Lizard.

To my knowledge, Gaetz never said he had more than "a handful of members" of the House Freedom Caucus behind him (HFC is currently 44 of 213) at any point.

The February 3, 2021 GOP House Conference meeting lasted 4 hours with nearly full attendance.

"The line to the microphone was extraordinarily long. At least half of the speakers indicated that they would vote to remove Cheney. Ralph Norman of South Carolina expressed disappointment in her vote. “But the other thing that bothers me, Liz,” he went on, “is your attitude. You’ve got a defiant attitude.” John Rutherford of Florida, a former sheriff, accused the chairwoman of not being a “team player.”

Lizard was finally removed as Republican Conference Chair on May 12, 2021. McCarthy wouldn't even permit a vote on the record, instead ordering a voice vote without a roll call.