Florida Republican said it was nonsense that House Republicans would consider kicking him out of either their caucus or Congress
claims it would not matter to him if he lost his seat in Congress for leading the ouster of his fellow party member Kevin McCarthy as US House speaker last week.whether McCarthy’s removal as House speaker would be worth losing his job over, Gaetz responded: “Absolutely. Look, I am here to fight for my constituents.”
and all Democrats in the chamber to strip McCarthy of his role, making him the first speaker in US history to ever be removed.have openly talked about kicking Gaetz out of their caucus. That maneuver would require approval of two-thirds of House Republicans. “I don’t see how they can really be part of a conference when they come on the inside, listen to what is going on, and then outside and lob bombs into the middle,” Republican congressman Dave Joyce of Ohio told. Joyce, the Republican Governance Group’s chairperson, added: “It’s a waste of time having conversations with these people.”
“The voters of Florida’s first congressional district sent me here with about 70% of the vote,” Gaetz said, alluding to his comfortable margin of victory during his re-election run in last year’s midterms. “So I think that anyone trying to kick me out of Congress because they didn’t like me would have a bone to pick with them.Welker asked Gaetz whether it was irresponsible for him to successfully plot McCarthy’s ouster as House Speaker without a clear replacement.
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