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.
Broken promises were a top reason given by the handful of hardline conservatives for their votes that booted Rep. Kevin McCarthy from his role as speaker.
Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) decision to team up with every Democrat and a few other Republicans and boot Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership looks like a purely destructive act. It’s likely to hurt the GOP, help the Democrats, and harm conservative causes, not because McCarthy is the savior of the party or the champion of conservatism but because it is simply an act of chaos.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday said former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy would have to change to earn his vote for the Speakership. “His style of leadership’s gotta change,” Burchett said in an interview on The Hill on NewsNation. Burchett was one of eight Republicans who voted for a motion to vacate McCarthy...
Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) announced late Tuesday he will file paperwork to nominate former President Trump to be the next Speaker of the House. “This week, when the U.S. House of Representatives reconvenes, my first order of business will be to nominate Donald J. Trump for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives,” Nehls said...