[CrosscutSaw]

Well was not his vote against McCarthy a reaction to him and others not getting someone else instead of McCarthy to begin with.

Nope. It was because McCarthy did not live up to the terms of the deal to which he agreed in order to be elected Speaker. Gaetz and the others just held him to the deal.

[Armscor38]

“Nope. It was because McCarthy did not live up to the terms of the deal to which he agreed in order to be elected Speaker. Gaetz and the others just held him to the deal.”

210 Republicans voted to keep McCarthy but Gaetz and 7 other Republicans voted with all the Democrats to remove him.