Posted on 07/17/2024 7:59:58 AM PDT by RandFan
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) needled his rival, former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), on Tuesday while the two were on the floor of the Republican National Convention, tauntingly asking McCarthy when he was slated to speak.
“What night are you speaking? Are you speaking tonight?” Gaetz mockingly asked McCarthy.
“If you took that stage, you would get booed off of it,” he told McCarthy. “You would get booed off the stage.”
Gaetz defended his previous comments in a brief interview with The Hill, saying he was counterpunching.
“He was saying something very untrue and nasty about me to CNN. So, this is a convention floor. I thought it’d be okay to convene a little bit.”
The rivalry between Gaetz and McCarthy is well known. Gaetz was among a group of hard-liners who extracted concessions from the California Republican during the initial House Speakership race in order to deliver him enough votes to lead the House.
But one of those concessions became McCarthy’s downfall when Gaetz led seven other House Republicans in removing McCarthy from his Speakership post, culminating in several weeks of uncertainty as Republicans rushed to find a new House leader.
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Yes, why is Gaetz speaking?
LOL to everyone spewing hate on McCarthy. Waiting for the backflips when President Trump makes him Chief of Staff.
I know. Childish and self-serving. Democrats would NEVER EVER EVER do that no matter how much they disliked a member of their own Party.
I like the way you think 😆
Democrats would NEVER EVER EVER do that no matter how much they disliked a member of their own Party.
So all these Dems calling for Pedo Joe to leave , what is that ?🤔😂😉
Where is Boebert these days? I figured the two of them would be in the back row pawing at each other.
On that topic, who would make a good chief of staff? Trump needs someone loyal without an agenda and with clear expertise in hiring/firing people, a bulldog that won't take BS or accept sloppy work and excuses.
To effect change, you need an insider... only an insider is going to know where all the bodies are buried, if you will. The key is to find an insider who has had a genuine conversion.
I don't hate McCarthy, definitely not like I do Paul Ryan who I actually once trusted. I never trusted McCarthy and he did what I figured he'd do. But if Trump makes him Chief Of Staff I will be very upset. if there's one position where you need someone who actually has your back, it's Chief of Staff: they have way too much power to have it be someone who works against you (hello John Kelly, talking to you). McCarthy would be a BAD choice.
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