House GOP members are preparing a motion to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., amid his renewed threat to pursue a motion to vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
They’re hoping an Ethics Committee report will come back with findings of guilt.
Matt Gaetaz responded:
https://t.co/e8ECYirYhM pic.twitter.com/CnU3DEaz1p
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) October 1, 2023
The House Ethics Committee has been investigating Gaetz since 2021 on allegations, including campaign finance violations and claims of taking bribes and using drugs – accusations the congressman has vehemently denied. Gaetz also denies allegations leaked from a Justice Department sex trafficking probe said to have involved an underage girl.
One Republican House member told Fox Digital, “No one can stand him at this point. A smart guy without morals.”
It takes a two-thirds vote to expel. And Republicans are down to 433 members. It’s unclear where things stand with federally indicted Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y. If you were to have members expelled, retire, or die, the majority could be right on the edge for the GOP.
Gaetz appeared on CNN Sunday morning and confirmed he planned to file a motion to vacate Kevin McCarthy from the speakership.
McCarthy said he’ll survive, and this is personal with Matt.
This comes after Gaetz blew McCarthy’s cover. McCarthy made a side deal with Democrats over Ukraine until the CR was passed while pretending he was serious about cutting Ukraine funding.
Wow.@SpeakerMcCarthy made a side Ukraine deal with Democrats and didn’t tell House Republicans until after his Continuing Resolution passed.
More deceit. https://t.co/LC91laLyTp
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) October 1, 2023
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote on X: The majority of the majority does not support haphazardly funding war in Ukraine, and it was proven this past week when 117 Republicans voted against a stand-alone $300 million to Ukraine. We elected our Speaker, not the Democrats, and our Speaker should not violate the Hastert Rule.
Some conservatives believe the more liberal Republicans want to break up the Freedom Caucus so the Uniparty can work smoothly.
On CNN, Gaetz insisted it is not personal.
“This isn’t personal, Jake. This is about spending,” Gaetz said Sunday. “This is about the deal Kevin McCarthy made. If Kevin McCarthy didn’t want to keep the deal to return to pre-COVID spending, if he didn’t want to keep the deal to have single subject spending bills, not vote for government spending all up or down at once, then he shouldn’t have made that deal. So this is about keeping Kevin McCarthy to his word. It’s not about any personal animus.”
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I trust Gaetz!
No border, corruption everywhere you turn from Beijing to Brussels, out of this world spending,inflation worse than flies at the county dump and the GOP concentrate on kicking one of their own out against his districts choice by ballet to represent them in dc. Yeah, good luck with that one.
I hope they kick the Snake out as speaker what a nice thing that would be but don’t hold your breath the communists will save him along with help from the RINOs,Gaetz will make his point and they will make him out as the house bastard .Snake sold us out this past weekend and he deserves to be replaced but aint gonna happen
McCarthy needs to not only lose speakership but he also needs to resign from the House. He is a liar, deceitful piece of garbage which is a deep state POS and if he and his cronies keep on poking the Russian Bear until he starts WWIII which we will lose as we are not prepared for. Our petro reserves alone are depleted and our military is full of queers, dikes and transexuals who will throw down their weapons at the sound of the first shot.
McCarthy is a Commie.
Sounds like what they did to the guy from NC Cauthorn I believe was his name. Also similar to how the treated Steve King from Iowa. If you speak out against the establishment theyll do everything to destroy your career. When will republican voters say enough and stop electing these uniparty slimeballs to office? I’m sure Jordan Scalise comer etc are all for this BS and people think they are Patriots fighting for them?
The one good guy MUST be removed! The Uniparty demands it. All Gaetz did was talk, anyway. The Party would do better to let him stay. His inability to achieve anything keeps them safe and they won’t aggrevate the base by removing him.
Such major errors by McCarthy are of course corrupt errors, to trick the GOP into voting for that thing, and to try to remove Gaetz. The GOP is well on its way to losing the house. To do those things he did exposes McCarthy as a deep state tool. He never intended to meet his promises. Now he resorts to dirty tricks to avoid that. The plan from the start was to deceive and cheat.
The RINOs treat the conservatives like trouble making noisemakers who are to be deceived and ignored.
My guess is that the GOP will not go along with it. My hunch is the ethics committee will not vote against Gaetz. It is far too risky for them. The party base is outraged.
They don’t care about the base! LOL! Come on! They win the elections the Democrats don’t NEED (and thus, don’t steal). Good enough for the GOP. So votes are totally irrelevant.
Well considering the election fraud in Florida that’s being exposed I’d guess there’s plenty of fraud committed to keep these Rino’s in place. You also have to remember the state GOP heads who control everything and won’t allow anyone worth a hoot to contest their establishment choice.
Case in point the scum RINOs in GA!
RINOs – helping Democrats as always – trying to expel one of the few republicans trying to accomplish something.
Anyone surprised ?
I am not saying Gaetz is right about everything or is perfect, but like Jim Jordan, James Comer or Marjorie Taylor Greene he is at least trying to do something positive.
No wonder fake republicans want him out…