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Matt Gaetz: I Had Donald Trump's Blessing to Oust Kevin McCarthy From Speakership
RedState ^ | October 3, 2023 | Bob Hoge

Posted on 10/03/2023 6:55:11 PM PDT by chickenlips

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was successful Tuesday in his quest to oust Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the Speaker of the House position, and now he’s saying he had former president Donald Trump’s blessing.

Advertisement McCarthy was voted out of the job by a 216-210 tally, and for now, the House is left with Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) as the Speaker Pro Tem. An election will be held to determine the next official speaker, and McCarthy has already come out and said he won't be in the running.

My colleague Duke wondered the other day in his article whether Gaetz would proceed with such a dramatic plan without Trump’s approval. We have our answer:

'I have spoken to President Trump over the last several days,' Gaetz told reporters on the steps of the Capitol after the vote. 'I would say that my conversations with the former president leave me with great confidence that I'm doing the right thing.'

McCarthy became the first speaker in American history to be outed from his job in Tuesday's vote that saw eight members of his own party sink him. Now Republicans will have to deal with the fallout. That not only includes electing a new speaker but dealing with the bloodbath that remains of their party.

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gaetz; mccarthy; speaker; trump
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To: Jim W N

“ What I don’t get is what is the compelling reason mcCarthy was ousted.”

Maybe breaking every single promise he made to get the job had something to do with it.

L


21 posted on 10/03/2023 7:14:43 PM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Jim W N

What I don’t get is what is the compelling reason mcCarthy was ousted.

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That’s a question for the Magnificent Eight.

“I’m all ears.”


22 posted on 10/03/2023 7:15:19 PM PDT by unclebankster ( Globalism is the last refuge of a scoundrel)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

Easy to find a guy you can trust. Much more difficult to find 217 republicans to agree on the person selected. RINO’s don’t want MAGA types and vice versa.


23 posted on 10/03/2023 7:17:33 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to serve people. GO TRUMP)
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To: unclebankster; Jim W N

FWIK McCarthy made a secret deal with democrats to fund Ukraine war. And he gave in to too many demands from the Rats.


24 posted on 10/03/2023 7:19:43 PM PDT by entropy12 (Career politicians like Desantis build wealth. Trump sacrificed his wealth to serve people. GO TRUMP)
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To: Right_Wing_Madman

The RINOs on Fox News tonight are exposed. All of them whining like Dems. Constantly lying about McCarthy and his non-existent accomplishments.

Jordan said they stopped the omnibus hills and CRs which is a lie.

They act like their bills cuts, etc would last through reconciliation. They’d sell us out again.

Because we all know it’s worse than climate change if you “shutdown the government “!

No more status quo. Their way has helped destroy the country and everytime conservatives give them power they stab us in the back. 1994, Tea Party, 2010 all lost because of McCarthy type fakes. They destroyed the Reagan Revolution.

Enjoy the suck.

It’s their turn to come to our side for once.


25 posted on 10/03/2023 7:19:44 PM PDT by Fledermaus (It's time to get rid of the Three McStooges; Mitch, Kevin and Ronna!)
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To: entropy12
RINO’s don’t want MAGA types and vice versa.

MAGA out numbers RINO 8:1 in the real world not DC.

26 posted on 10/03/2023 7:24:10 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: Jim W N

You need to watch War Room


27 posted on 10/03/2023 7:24:13 PM PDT by lone star annie ( )
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To: entropy12
RINO’s don’t want MAGA types and vice versa.

When you have a speaker who wants to advance bills the majority of his caucus say "Nay," you have the wrong guy. Like Boehner, you've crossed a line.

28 posted on 10/03/2023 7:24:27 PM PDT by Right_Wing_Madman
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To: chickenlips

The headline is based on this comment. Does this sound like he had Trump’s blessing? Probably. But the comment is ambiguous - deliberately so.

‘I have spoken to President Trump over the last several days,’ Gaetz told reporters on the steps of the Capitol after the vote. ‘I would say that my conversations with the former president leave me with great confidence that I’m doing the right thing.’


29 posted on 10/03/2023 7:24:44 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: chickenlips; All

It’s now apparent this was about a future bill for funding the Ukraine war.

House Republicans had opposed a separate measure earlier in the week by 117 - 101. Gaetz tweeted about it indicating it was now “IMPOSSIBLE” for the speaker to bring a new funding bill to the floor for an open vote because a majority of Republicans in the house were opposed, and it would take Dim votes to pass it.

Then word leaked McCarthy cut a deal with the Dims, they vote on the CR and help pass it, and he would bring a Ukraine bill to the floor so they could help pass that...against the wishes and votes of a majority of the Republican caucus.

Gaetz and the other 8 did the right thing. McCarthy betrayed the majority of the caucus. The only surprise is that more Republicans didn’t vote against him than the 8.


30 posted on 10/03/2023 7:25:51 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: chickenlips

there is not one republican party

there is leadership donor based

and conservatives voter based

there needs to be a war in the republican party

we will never change the status quo(debt,open borders,trade,foreign wars)

until conservatives are in leadership


31 posted on 10/03/2023 7:27:23 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: patriot torch; Trump20162020

Pelosi was the most effective speaker in the last 100 years.

The rotten, commie bitch.


32 posted on 10/03/2023 7:27:48 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Rennes Templar

33 posted on 10/03/2023 7:28:25 PM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: Jim W N

“What I don’t get is what is the compelling reason mcCarthy was ousted.”

See post #30.


34 posted on 10/03/2023 7:29:06 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: chickenlips

It sounds like an organized crime novel, where the Don gives murder instructions from prison.

These guys are just horrible. I wish them all ill.


35 posted on 10/03/2023 7:31:38 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: unclebankster

Make Gaetz the SOTH. Let’s see what he can do, now that he’s joined with the Dims. It’s time for some put up or shut-up from Trump’s mini-me. What a time to set lose chaos in the party.

McCarthy was a bad choice to say the least, but there seems no plan now that he’s gone. Let’s see Gaetz’s plan to remedy the problems.


36 posted on 10/03/2023 7:35:09 PM PDT by chickenlips (Neuter your politicians)
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To: joshua c

Republican Party is synonymous with REMF Party.


37 posted on 10/03/2023 7:35:43 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: patriot torch

same reason traitor mcconnell said he couldn’t pass anything despite having a republican majority - oh, now we need 60 votes instead of 50 - so sorry Trump!


38 posted on 10/03/2023 7:36:03 PM PDT by imabadboy99
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To: chickenlips

“That not only includes electing a new speaker but dealing with the bloodbath that remains of their party.”

Oh please, the bloodbath of GOPe incompetence was engrained in Bush’s second term a generation ago and hasn’t changed.


39 posted on 10/03/2023 7:36:42 PM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute. )
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To: chickenlips

Love the smell of snowflake squishes melting, this eve.

Fall is in the air.


40 posted on 10/03/2023 7:36:49 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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