Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared on “Media Buzz” on Sunday to decry the “chaos” in the House of Representatives, which passed the foreign aid bill with independent support from Democrats.
Former Speaker began by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), referring to the current infighting in the Republican Party in the form of efforts to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson just months after Mr. McCarthy’s own ouster. He warned that this was destroying the Republican majority.
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Kevin McCarthy: I think it’s all different, but it comes from those eight things. [Republicans] Let’s all work together Democratic Party. If there is no result… 8 people for Gates. But they are working with all Democrats to decide who will be speaker. What has happened since then? So the conference is broken because they didn’t deal with those eight people, and the conference will remain broken until they do.But for Marjorie [Taylor Greene’s] The point is, Marjorie didn’t do what Matt Gaetz did. She was not given this privilege. She makes it a subject of discussion. I think we should keep it internal for now. they should discuss. Look, it’s not easy to be a speaker. Otherwise, I might still be there.
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What Matt Gaetz did was defeat the Republican majority. He is currently working on “Lord of the Flies.” Ask conference attendees. they actually know it.
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Tensions escalated in the House of Representatives on Thursday as a group of conservatives clashed with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) over foreign aid plans, leading to another spat between Republicans and insurgents.
A group of lawmakers including Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida. Lauren Boebert, Republican of Colorado; Tim Burchett, Republican of Tennessee. People could be seen flocking to Mr Johnson in the House of Commons chambers after the morning vote.
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The discussion appeared to be halted after a while, but Rep. Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) confronted the group and ended up having a particularly heated exchange with Gaetz. Mr. Van Orden later told Fox News Digital that he had called Mr. Gates a “fat guy” and dared Republican rebels to vote to oust Mr. Johnson. This is the threat he faces. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican.and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., were not in this group.
FOX News’ Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
