Matt Gaetz Says Ousting Kevin McCarthy Is Worth Losing His Own Job Over

Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz told Meet The Press this past weekend that it would absolutely "be worth it" if he ended up losing his job over his ousting of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Gaetz was obviously just putting on a tough exterior - he doesn't actually want to lose his job. But the interview missed the point entirely: Gaetz is NOT going to lose his job unless Republicans have REAL dirt on him, as Gaetz's district will always protect him. Ring of Fire's Farron Cousins discusses this.

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This past weekend on these Sunday morning talk shows, Matt Gaetz, of course, was the guest of honor because people wanted to know, of course, why did you oust Kevin McCarthy? Don't you think it's gonna come back to hurt you? And Matt Gaetz very simply on, uh, N B C said, yeah, not worried about it. Specifically Matt Gates was asked by NBC's Kristin Welker on Meet the Press, uh, whether the effort to ALS McCarthy was worth it. And Gates responded, absolutely, look, I'm here to fight for my constituents and I'm here to ensure that America is not on a path to financial ruin, ruin.

So when she asks if it's worth it, what she means is like, Hey, there is now a chance you could lose your job because Republicans want you expelled from Congress. So was it worth it just to get McCarthy to not be the speaker anymore? And Gates put on his brave face, she's like, oh, absolutely. I'm willing to do it right now again, I do think this is Matt Gaetz trying to put on that bravado of like, oh, I'm not scared of anything when deep down the dude doesn't wanna lose his job, right? Like hardly anybody actually wants to lose their job. So it's ridiculous that this question was even asked because you know, he's just gonna pretend that, oh, it doesn't bother me that they're talking about expelling me. But then Gates brought up a point, a point that I have made plenty of times, and Gates had this to say.

He also said some Republican suggestion to remove him from Congress was crazy, noting that he was sent to Congress with about 70% of his district's vote. So Gates understands what I understand, that any effort by Republicans to expel him is effectively futile because being expelled from Congress does not prohibit you from running for that exact same seat again and winning. And the district that I live in, which is the district that Matt Gates represents, yeah, 70% voted for Gates. We have a heavily Republican district that has not voted for a Democrat since the year 1960. So maybe Gates isn't just putting on a tough, uh, brave face. Maybe he understands. Listen, you kick me out all you want. I'm gonna go back, run for election again. They're gonna send me back and then boom, what are you gonna do then? Expel me again. Cool. We'll just repeat that end of the cycle forever. The only way Gates could actually get expelled from Congress and stay expelled is if there is some kind of evidence suggesting potentially criminal activity on Gate's behalf. With the ongoing house ethics committee investigation, I Gates. Now obviously over the last week we have seen a lot of Republicans come out and, uh, start

Once again re-upping the gates scandal. You know, talking about him, bragging about all the women he was sleeping with, showing pictures on his phone to on the floor of Congress to the women he's gotten with. So if there's hard evidence to suggest that Gates was doing illegal things, like not just improper things, okay, not just morally questionable things, you've gotta be able to show illegal things at that point. You might get his district to vote against him, but then he's just gonna be replaced with a Republican who's either equally as bad or worse. So the cycle will, in one way or another, continue to repeat itself. Gates is able to be as crazy as he wants to be because he knows that his voters are somehow even crazier.