Hours after organizing the removal of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as speaker of the House, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) had some choice words for his (temporary) replacement. Gaetz filed a motion to vacate the chair, thus triggering a vote of the House on whether to oust McCarthy. Just eight Republicans joined 208 Democrats in voting “Yea,” but that was more than enough that were needed to join a united Democratic front to remove McCarthy. The Florida lawmaker made the rounds on television afterward and at one point landed on Newsmax’s...

“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber” ― Winston Churchill Since the dawn of the Republic, conservative white men have fought to preserve their iron grip on the nation’s wealth and power. They once called themselves Democrats. Today, they find their home in the GOP. They have paid lip service to the women and minorities who give them a superficially broader appeal. But they remain dedicated to the principle that America is a white man’s country — as the Bible demanded. Until the 1990s, they maintained the...

Rep. Matt Gaetz said Tuesday he has no issue that it took only a handful of Republican lawmakers who did not trust Rep. Kevin McCarthy to remove him from the speakership. “As it turns out, getting 200 Republicans to trust you isn’t enough to be a speaker,” Mr. Gaetz, Florida Republican, told The Washington Times. He had been asked how he could say that House Republicans did not trust Mr. McCarthy, when 210 GOP lawmakers voted for him to remain as speaker. Mr. Gaetz called for what is known in...

Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz lost it on his fellow Republican congressmen on Tuesday moments before the House voted to oust Kevin McCarthy from the speakership. Gaetz filed a motion to vacate the chair on Monday, garnering the support of Democrats. A motion to table the vote failed after 11 Republicans voted against it, and the actual vote on the motion to vacate was 216-210. Gaetz tore into his fellow representatives for apparently not negotiating better terms on border security or welfare work requirements. “And when it comes to how...

Well, whether we like it or not, history has been in Congress: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been ousted. The move to table Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) motion to vacate by McCarthy’s allies failed earlier this afternoon. As Spencer wrote, at least seven Republicans voted to vacate; only five defections were needed: Now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was stripped of his gavel on Tuesday afternoon via roll-call vote on Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-FL) motion to vacate the chair, pursuant to rules agreed to by McCarthy in order to clinch victory...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy was ousted Tuesday by a handful of rebel Republicans, throwing the House into chaos and escalating the GOP’s battle over the future of the party. A handful of hardline conservatives voted with Democrats to remove Mr. McCarthy from the speaker’s chair. The historic move — a first in the history of the House — triggers votes for a new speaker that will continue until a lawmaker can win a majority of support. The House will be governed by a temporary speaker, chosen from a list provided to...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) mocked Rep. Jim Jordan’s (R-OH) assertion that House Republicans have accomplished much in the way of oversight this year, characterizing their efforts as “failure theater” in a speech shortly before the House vote on whether to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Jordan, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, defended McCarthy on the grounds that the GOP had engaged in robust oversight of the executive branch under his leadership. “Because of our oversight, we know that parents were targeted by the Department of Justice. Because of our...

During the debate on whether Speaker Kevin McCarthy should be ousted, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) attacked Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) for his attempt at bringing down President Joe Biden. : "Gaetz really burning down the House GOP around him. Responds to Jordan by saying oversight efforts – including their crown jewel Hunter Biden investigation – look like 'failure theater.'" Jordan has been blamed for being unable to garner public attention to GOP claims that Biden is using the government to attack Republicans. "Jordan, who is now chairman of a subcommittee...

Newt Gingrich on Tuesday urged House Republicans to vote down an internal rebellion against Speaker Kevin McCarthy and remove the instigator from their conference. "Rep. Matt Gaetz (R., Fla.) is an anti-Republican who has become actively destructive to the conservative movement," wrote Gingrich, a former Republican speaker, in a Washington Post op-ed.

In a Tuesday, October 3 op-ed published by The Washington Post, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R- GA) calls on Republicans to immediately remove United States Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) following his motion to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). Gingrich, who served as House Speaker from 1995-1999, writes "Gaetz should be swiftly defeated, and then he should be expelled from the House Republican Conference. House Republicans have far more important things to do than entertain one member’s ego." The former Georgia congressman points out that during his four years...