Posted on 01/05/2023 11:05:04 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Thursday voted for former President Donald Trump as Speaker of the House.
The vote came during the seventh round of voting in the contentious speakership battle, which is currently in its third day:
My vote for Speaker of the House today?
Donald John Trump. pic.twitter.com/ajFdcHVPM5
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) January 5, 2023
Gaetz stands as one of the several Republican holdouts refusing to unite behind Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as Speaker of the House, initially forcing a second vote earlier this week — an occurrence the country has not seen in 100 years. In a Tuesday letter to the Architect of the Capitol, Gaetz inquired as to why McCarthy occupied the Speaker’s office, despite not having that position:
The Speaker of the House Office in the Capitol is currently being occupied by Kevin McCarthy.
Kevin McCarthy is not the Speaker of the House. He lost 3 consecutive votes today.
I’m demanding answers from the Architect of the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/AIZ8bFks6W
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) January 4, 2023
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this is a waste of time and doesn’t prove anything, except to embarrass trump with a handful of votes (being put in the OTHER for only having a few votes)
coddle muppets
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nerf herding?
That’s the most it will be. A troll.
Well Trump got the unanimous support of one person. So much for him being the solution.
Thats what they said before Donald took over Hollywood for 8 years.
Can’t you just see Trump standing behind Biden during the State of the Union speech tearing up a copy of the speech?
Watching 434 calls every vote is enough to vote anyone in. Computers have been invented house.
Because Gaetz and most of the others are not serious legislators. They’re best attribute is being a troll.
I love the idea of trump for speaker
I don’t think that trump would be the hands on speaker. rather he would leave all work to mccarthy.
but trump would get gavel duties.
everyone but everyone wants to see trump gavel down the democrats.
Trump was nominated by Gaetz. Every rep there knew of his nomination. Trump got all of one vote. Gaetz. If Gaetz was serious, that had to be a blow to his ego. Frankly, I think Trump’s ego got a bruise or 2. Only 1?
Don, Jr!
Bwah hah hah hah hah!
Trump’s got a titanium ego.
Thank God.
Everyone should see by now they’re just screwing around
Yeah, it’s worthwhile to see McCarthy challenged, but this latest vote moves it into a different level.
time to call this a rigged election then.
3rd in line to Presidency.... just sayin
I’m sure he hired lots of people. There’s a lot of hands-on stuff to being speaker - and most important is that you have to be able to deal diplomatically with many people, and you may have strong disagreements with a lot of them. I think he’d be lousy at it - and equally important, he wouldn’t want it in the first place.
What about being arrested for drug dealing?
How about bank fraud!
Quit pandering to blacks.
It's deep and has a powerful invisible visible whirlpool taking anything and everything within its influence, down to the depths.
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