Now-former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., had the gavel stripped from him following a motion brought forward by conservative Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.
former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after stripping the gavel from the California Republican.
He claimed McCarthy was only truly willing to partner with conservatives on"frivolous" issues while partnering with Democrats on weightier spending-related items. He said Democrats began the deterioration of the"institution" of Congress when they set the precedent to eject Republican members from committees like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in the prior Congress."It had nothing to do about spending — everything he accused somebody of, he was doing," McCarthy said.
He called on Congress to return to the governance of the 1990s, when then-Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., was House Speaker, saying every bill was"conferenced, debated and [subject] to amendments." Gaetz said earlier Tuesday in his closing floor remarks that McCarthy had not sufficiently supported breaking the"fever" of Washington, D.C.'s reliance on special interests over the interests of the American people.
Speaking to reporters outside the Capitol immediately following the vote, Gaetz said the result will be to the"benefit of the country that we have a better speaker of the House than Kevin McCarthy."
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