On Monday, Rep. Matt Gaetz filed a motion to vacate the speakership. He said he wants to see if Democrats bail Kevin McCarthy out.
Today I’m filing a motion to vacate against @SpeakerMcCarthy. pic.twitter.com/voGdX1Ky67
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) October 2, 2023
Rep. Nancy Mace said on The View Monday that she wasn’t sure how she would vote.
“I think there are about a dozen or so Republicans that will support the motion to vacate. It’s hard to say what’s going to happen. I think McCarthy will get the votes of Democrats to support him.”
Rep. Gaetz was angry over Speaker McCarthy’s deal over Ukraine billions with the Democrats behind Republicans’ backs. McCarthy lied to Republicans while making a deal with Democrats.
One problem with tossing McCarthy is who will they get to replace him? It might be a lot worse. Another problem is that conservatives don’t have the numbers to get their agenda through. Republicans include Libertarians, who are generally fiscal conservatives but liberal in other areas; moderates, who are the largest group; and then there are the smaller group of conservatives. Conservatives don’t have the clout, and the moderates would rather support Democrats than Conservatives. That has been made obvious.
A reporter asked Rep. Gaetz if he worries about causing chaos and “paralyzing an institution that your party runs?”
Gaetz responded, “You know what I think paralyzes us? Continuing to govern by continuing resolution and omnibus. You know what I think throws this institution into chaos? Marching us toward the dollar not being the global reserve currency anymore. You talk about chaos as if it’s me forcing a few votes and filing a few motions. Real chaos is when the American people have to go through the austerity that is coming if we continue to have $2 trillion annual deficits. You don’t know chaos until you’ve seen where this congress and this Uniparty is bringing us.”
Forcing a few votes and filing a few motions is not chaos.
If we continue to have $2 Trillion annual deficits, you won’t know real chaos until you see where the Swamp and this uniparty are bringing us. pic.twitter.com/BRUTpDtRog
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) October 2, 2023
Gaetz is the smartest and strongest conservative in congress, There are lots of other good ones, such as Biggs and Boebert. There are easily enough votes to remove McCarthy, unless the dems get involved, some of them insist they will not.
If dems save McCarthy, his own members will value him less. The GOP easily loses the house next year with weakened McCarthy as speaker. That is the plan. McCarthy is continuing the ways of Ryan and Mitch. The losses are not accidents.
Rosendale of Montana gives perspective on OAN. There were 20 GOP votes against McCarthy as speaker until he made big concessions. He broke every major promise. A couple of months ago there were 70 votes against his spending bill in which he conceded everything to Biden. Last week there were 90 votes against his spending bill, McCarthy is dropping. Gaetz is not dropping.
I can’t believe all the rinos coming out against Gaetz. Accusing him of ethics violations because they hate him. I give him credit for standing with the people regardless of being in the gop minority.
Yes and some of those fake charges were already disproven, some by the DOJ.
These charges come from plotters, just like the charges against Trump. The system is weaponized.
The action of Gaetz is singularly courageous.