The Florida congressman is proud to be the one to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. That move hasn't won him any prizes with House Republicans but his constituents want to see more just like it.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., appears before the House Rules Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 22. Gaetz introduced a Motion to Vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that led to the first ouster of a sitting Speaker in American history.in the House of Representatives that removed Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his post atop the chamber, one particular Republican rose to national attention for his role as Congressional disruptor: Rep.
"And he was actually kicked out of our student Congress for being disrespectful, disruptive, getting his way or the highway," she recalled."So unfortunately, these are the patterns of who Matt Gaetz is." "To see him actually step up and out and do something that will move the party in a different direction, I was happy to see that," she said."Before this happened I had mixed feelings," Sharon Hawthorne, another local Republican Party member, explained of Gaetz."I liked some things that he did. I didn't like other things he did. But I love the fact that he took this stand for us.
" combative, bombastic, conservative, doesn't shy away from very public conflict," Cayton explained."So, he's tapping into the same strain of feeling that is propelling Donald Trump to the leadership of the Republican party."In this Oct. 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, arrive for Game 5 of the World Series baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington.
"Republicans over many, many years, we're always told we have to compromise. But whenever we do, we get nothing and they get everything they want," Oedsma said."It just seems like that over and over and over again."Gaetz did not take McCarthy down with the intent of taking the job. He has made it clear that he has no interest in being speaker. It is unlikely he would have the votes to take the job as the polarizing figure in his party that he has become.
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