It’s not really Gaetz at issue. It’s the motion to vacate.
In the eyes of the Swamp, this ties the hands of a Speaker to advance legislation that does not have a majority of his own party. In the view of the Swamp, anything of this sort that threatens the process of “keeping the wheels turning” is a huge threat.
The superior answer is to simply define legislation to get that majority support. If it doesn’t have that, it doesn’t get a vote. Why should that be different? Because in the eyes of the Swamp, that threatens the wheels turning.
It also applies pressure to the Senate they would like not to have. In the past the could rely on the “wheels turning” imperative to force the House to surrender. The motion to vacate rule erases that. There IS no imperative to keep the wheels turning.
The calculation behind that CR was to put the "keep the wheels turning" pressure on the Senate, and then hopefully Biden, according to every "yes vote" Rep. I've heard speak to it.
The superior answer is to simply define legislation to get that majority support.
Sounds great, but is NOT "simple", except maybe to a simpleton. It likely loses many of the 18(? Some say 20+) Pubbie seats in districts that voted for Biden or have shifted left since then. Where would those seats be picked up?
Here on FR, how many opponents of aid to Ukraine argue to simply drop it out of the budget? Instead, the argument is often made to spend the $$ domestically. On forums like YouTube, that's much worse. Virtually no one supports cutting domestic spending, especially if it affects themselves. Even Gaetz is a porker, when it comes to his district. Sheesh.