Kevin McCarthy DEVASTATED After Ambush By His Own Party
January 3, 2023
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as posted by the channelKevin McCarthy lost the first ballot of the House Speaker vote after Republicans, including Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert, ambushed him. John Iadarola and Mondale Robinson break it down on The Damage Report.
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Matt Gaetz says 'you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge' to 'drain the swamp' in opposing Kevin McCarthy's bid for speaker'I'm a Florida man and I know of what I speak'
"Rep. Matt Gaetz on Tuesday delivered a scathing rebuke of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as the California Republican fights an uphill battle to become House speaker.
"If you want to drain the swamp, you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge of the exercise," Gaetz said. "I'm a Florida man and I know of what I speak."
Gaetz is among at least five hardline Republicans who are opposed to McCarthy leading the GOP conference after the party won a narrow House majority in the 2022 midterm elections.
Their resistance has left McCarthy short of the 218 votes he needs to secure the gavel, threatening his chances of earning the top post. Republicans now hold 222 seats, and Democrats control 212. Another nine Republicans over the weekend also criticized McCarthy, withholding support for him."
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