As some of you are aware already, during the seventh round of voting for House Speaker, Rep. Matt Gaetz cast his vote for “Donald John Trump”.
The move by Gaetz set social media ablaze and even garnered a reaction from President Trump himself.
Shortly after Gaetz cast his vote, Trump posted this picture to Truth Social:
Donald Trump posted this on Truth Social 😂 pic.twitter.com/QSIQb2FB23
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) January 5, 2023
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Wouldn’t that be epic if Trump was the House Speaker?
Watch the moment Gaetz casted his vote here:
Matt Gaetz Is A Legend He Just Voted For Donald J Trump For Speaker Of The House
Thoughts 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 pic.twitter.com/zrGePX2cws
— Trumps Nephew (@ForgiatoBlow47) January 5, 2023
The Hill had these details:
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) voted for former President Trump for Speaker of the House on Thursday, as the chamber held its seventh vote in three days in an attempt to elect a Speaker.
Gaetz, who has been a staunch opponent of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) bid for Speaker, broke with his fellow anti-McCarthy members to vote for Trump on the seventh ballot. The remaining 19 representatives voted for Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.).
Gaetz later tweeted out a photo illustration of Trump brandishing the Speaker’s gavel.
Although no movement occurred in the seventh vote — as the same 20 far-right members continued to split with the rest of the Republican Party — several members appeared to be making progress in negotiations with McCarthy overnight. Gaetz, however, seemed to dig in on his anti-McCarthy position.
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) January 5, 2023
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