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Gaetz Claims He Was ‘Threatened’ Over Opposition to McCarthy


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Things are heating up in the republican side of the House to say the very least..

Kevin McCarthy still doesn’t have the votes to become the new speaker, and the republicans opposing him don’t appear to be backing down anytime soon.

The de facto leader of the opposition is congressman Matt Gaetz, who had some more strong words for McCarthy.

Gaetz made his intentions clear when he called McCarthy the “biggest alligator” in the proverbial swamp.

He also claimed that he and other republicans who oppose McCarthy were ‘threatened’ that if they did not vote for McCarthy, they would be removed from their committees.

A third round of voting is now in the cards for McCarthy.

As for Gaetz, he is still pushing for Jim Jordan to become House Speaker.

RSBN has more from Gaetz:

In a statement made to the press, Gaetz made it clear that he would not be voting for House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., noting, “Those of us who will not be voting for Kevin McCarthy today take no joy in this discomfort that this moment has brought, but if you want to drain the swamp, you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge of the exercise. I’m a Florida man and I know of what I speak.”

He added, “We offered Kevin McCarthy terms last evening that he rejected. We sought a vote in the first quarter of the 118th Congress on term limits. He refused. We wanted a budget…that balances on the floor in the first quarter. He refused. We wanted the border plan that the Texas delegation put together on the floor. He refused. And it is true that we struggle with trust with Mr. McCarthy because time and again, his viewpoints and positions shift like sands underneath you.”

Gaetz claims he was threatened over his opposition:

Meanwhile, Gaetz remained steadfast in his assertion that Jim Jordan should be the next speaker:

Gaetz is not alone in his opposition:

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