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Republicans explode in uproar as Gaetz accuses McCarthy of 'vanity' in House speaker showdown
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Posted on 01/06/2023 12:32:56 PM PST by USA-FRANCE

Remarks from Florida GOP Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz :

"You only earn the position of speaker of the House if you can get the votes. Mr. McCarthy doesn't have the votes today, he will not have the votes tomorrow, and he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year," Gaetz said as he nominated Ohio GOP Rep.-elect Jim Jordan to serve as the next speaker of the House.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gaetz; jordan; kabuki; mccarthy; whiteflagfrog
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To: lizma2

81 posted on 01/06/2023 3:28:14 PM PST by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: USA-FRANCE

Good point....all is in print with McCarthy’s signature.


82 posted on 01/06/2023 3:28:51 PM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: Reno89519

Gaetz has shot himself in the foot.


83 posted on 01/06/2023 3:30:05 PM PST by rrrod (6)
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To: tired&retired; HamiltonJay

Thanks for the Bannon updates.

Does anyone know, is he still airing a second hour in the afternoons, and if so, where to watch it?

I usually watch on Americas Voice. It they cut away to Solomon, who has been supporting McCarthy by the way.

Now is the time for everyone to reset their compasses based on who all has been exposed.


84 posted on 01/06/2023 3:36:31 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who follows it.)
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To: All

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Anti Gaetz peeps are Pro $2 Trillion dollar spending Bills they don’t even get enough time to read!

And it’s not just this year, it happens every year, and the Dem agencies and Orgs are flush with money to wage war on freedom and Conservatives.


85 posted on 01/06/2023 3:43:17 PM PST by AnthonySoprano (Statute of Limitations is going to elapse on Hunter Biden )
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To: AnthonySoprano
Anti Gaetz peeps are Pro $2 Trillion dollar spending Bills they don’t even get enough time to read!

Can’t be said enough.

Use this moment to reset your compass of what politicians, media personalities, and FREE REPUBLIC POSTERS you can actually trust.

86 posted on 01/06/2023 3:48:50 PM PST by Golden Eagle (The LGBT indoctrination agenda is designed to outlaw the Bible, and anyone who follows it.)
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To: USA-FRANCE

I don’t trust McCarthy, or your characterization of Gaetz.


87 posted on 01/06/2023 3:49:50 PM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: USA-FRANCE

Go read this whole article at the source site. TRUTH...

https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4121432/posts?page=1


88 posted on 01/06/2023 3:50:51 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: blackdog

Nope. Don’t trust Scalise. He’s every bit the deep state slug McCarthy is.


89 posted on 01/06/2023 3:51:52 PM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: for-q-clinton

Excellent!


90 posted on 01/06/2023 3:54:16 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: USA-FRANCE

If the 8 vote “present” or are absent, then McCarthy wins the Speakership and they can say then never voted for him.


91 posted on 01/06/2023 3:58:17 PM PST by FarCenter
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To: USA-FRANCE

I didnt explode. Does that count? Who cares if Republicans are upset someone in the party is actually listening to the base.


92 posted on 01/06/2023 4:11:49 PM PST by Skul
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To: Political Junkie Too; All

“...and then his own leadership did what Republicans have always done during election season — they cast him aside and let him swing in the wind.
Gaetz is never going to support the leader who left him behind to fend for himself during his existential threat from the Democrats.”

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Well I agree, you are quite right there, unfortunately for America..
Even Tucker clearly doubted Gaetz on his Foxnews show (during the false Gaetz scadal).

So... here we are then. Gaetz is in vendetta mode. And the whole Republican Party is paying a high price for this McCarthy / Gaetz feud.
My dream is to have a united Republican Party, even if it’s slightly imperfect. There is no other way against the Democrat block of concrete.


93 posted on 01/06/2023 4:46:34 PM PST by USA-FRANCE
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To: fieldmarshaldj

“You ain’t getting any positive change by putting in another corrupted RINO puppet as Speaker, Pierre.”

What I am saying :
You can’t obstruct endlessly the most important institution of America.
In reality Americans don’t care about the Gaetz / McCarthy feud.
They only want to see the Republican congress working for America.

If this continues, Americans will be fed up with both the McCarthy and Gaetz people. That would not be good for the Republican Party as a whole.


94 posted on 01/06/2023 4:56:33 PM PST by USA-FRANCE
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To: USA-FRANCE
Gaetz is not at all fairplay, he acts like a spoiled teenaged brat ! <<

Yup..but if that's the hill he picks to die on and quits the HOR. as he said he would...He'll be a dead “political” hero that many may admire in the future...

95 posted on 01/06/2023 5:37:06 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: USA-FRANCE

You don’t speak for me, you don’t speak for the Conservative base, nor for America, sir.


96 posted on 01/06/2023 5:38:46 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: TexasGator
That is a lie. He has given a signed document.<<<

Produce it!!!! ..lol ...Nobody else can... you TROLL!

97 posted on 01/06/2023 5:47:59 PM PST by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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To: Dr. Sivana

“The kinds of Republicans who kicked Liz Cheney out. McCarthy is closer to the people who supported Miss Cheney.”

Only 4 are voting against McCarthy. 4 is not a base.


98 posted on 01/06/2023 6:08:41 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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To: Openurmind

“Go read this whole article at the source site. TRUTH...
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4121432/posts?page=1

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I just read the article, its prety good.
It explains that republicans are divided on the way to go forward in this drama.
It also says that the “hold outs” are producing productive debate. It assumes that compromises are being made that way. That is good.
I think that’s good too as I have said repeatedly here on FR.

BUT! This cannot drag on for ever! It would backfire on everyone in the Republican Party.

When McCarthy is accepting most important demands from the Gaetz group, that should be seen as a positive thing and make everyone come together as a result. That’s the goal of any comromise.

However Gaetz now says he will never agree to anything, even if he gets all guarantees and written commitments you can imagine from McCarthy.
Now THAT is where I think Gaetz is irresponsible.


99 posted on 01/06/2023 6:09:28 PM PST by USA-FRANCE
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To: M-cubed

“.Nobody else can...”

That is lie.

“you TROLL!”

That is a lie.


100 posted on 01/06/2023 6:11:04 PM PST by TexasGator (!!!)
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