Rep. Kevin McCarthy lashed out at the Republicans who voted to oust him from the speaker’s seat on Tuesday in a defiant message to members of his own party.
“They’re not conservatives and they can’t call themselves conservatives,” McCarthy (R-Calif.) said of the eight GOP members who, along with Democrats, backed an effort not seen in more than 100 years to oust him. from the position of speaker.
McCarthy did not respond when asked about Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the mastermind of his historic ouster as speaker of the House of Representatives.
“You all know Matt Gaetz,” he told reporters during his first remarks after his ouster. “You know it’s personal. It has nothing to do with expenses.”
McCarthy charged that his Florida counterpart’s actions were “unbecoming of a member of Congress,” and that Gaetz’s long-anticipated motion to strip him of his gavel was driven entirely by the House Ethics Committee’s investigation of the Sunshine State lawmaker and McCarthy’s refusal to intervene. in that matter – a claim Gaetz denies.
“No matter what you think, I’ve seen the text. It’s all about his ethics, but that’s okay,” McCarthy said.
McCarthy did not respond when asked about Rep. Matt Gaetz, mastermind of his historic ouster as speaker of the House of Representatives. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images
The former speaker, who led the lower house for 269 days was the shortest in nearly 150 years, also accused Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) — one of the eight — pleaded with God for Republicans to suffer defeat in the 2022 midterm elections.
“Matt Rosendale. He goes to Mass every day,” McCarthy said. “But you know what he’s been saying his prayers for the last year? That the Republicans didn’t have a big win. That they had a narrow win.”
“When you have members like that, who are part of your team, you have a tough team,” he added.
McCarthy charged that Gaetz’s actions were “unbecoming of a member of Congress,” and that Gaetz’s long-awaited motion to strip him of his gavel was driven entirely by the House Ethics Committee investigating the Florida congressman. Reuters
McCarthy further insinuated that Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) lied on “The View” by telling the cast that she didn’t keep her promises to her.
“So, I called his chief of staff … I said, ‘Can you tell me, I don’t understand? Where did I not keep my word?’” McCarthy explained. “The chief of staff said, ‘You’ve kept your word 100%.’”
“I bit my lip,” McCarthy added. “I let people say things that are not true. But it’s not right. It’s not right. His chief of staff told us all that we had kept our every word. And he said he told her that too.”
McCarthy vowed that he would give Mace’s chief of staff, Dan Hanlon, a job if he fired him.
Mace, Gaetz and Rosendale, along with Representatives Andy Biggs of Arizona, Ken Buck of Colorado, Tim Burchett of Tennessee, Eli Crane of Arizona and Bob Good of Virginia, joined a united Democratic conference to declare the speakership vacant by a vote of 216- 210.
The congressman expressed concern that his opponent – a small part of the GOP conference – has damaged the “institution” of Congress.
“My fear is that the institution is falling today, because you can’t do the job if eight people – you have 94% of, or 96% of your entire conference – but eight people can work with the rest of the parties,” said McCarthy.
“How do you manage?” he complained.
McCarthy further insinuated that Rep. Nancy Mace lied on “The View” by telling the cast that she didn’t keep her promises to him. Getty Images McCarthy also accused Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) pleads with God for Republicans to suffer defeat in the 2022 midterm elections. Getty Images
The California Republican also rejected Gaetz’s claim that he made a “secret deal with President Biden on Ukraine” during the battle over a stopgap funding measure to prevent the government from shutting down over the weekend.
“Clearly, no,” McCarthy said of the purported backroom deal with the White House, explaining that he had only contacted the Biden administration to discuss the “monetary portability” of the continuing resolution.
McCarthy ousted as speaker – now what?
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was ousted as House speaker after a historic vote led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.).
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) has been appointed as interim speaker until a new speaker can be chosen.
The hall has never removed and replaced speakers before in its 234-year history.
Multiple representatives have been floated as potential speakers, but it is unclear who will replace McCarthy at this time.
Nancy Pelosi has been ousted from her office on Capitol Hill by the speaker pro tempore.
McCarthy blasted Gaetz in a defiant interview with reporters, blasting the Florida congressman as a fake conservative and calling his actions “personal.”
“Look, I support arming Ukraine,” McCarthy explained. “That doesn’t mean sending them cash but arming Ukraine, but I’ve been in the White House — before they sent these extras, I said, ‘You guys are wrong to just send us extras’ — and I think the president failed here because he did not tell the American public what the mission was.”
McCarthy further compared Russia’s war against Ukraine to “the 1930s.”
McCarthy also dismissed Gaetz’s claim that he made a “secret deal with President Biden on Ukraine” during the battle over a stopgap funding measure to prevent the government from shutting down over the weekend. ZUMAPRESS.com
“A lot of that action [Russian President Vladimir] Putin took very similar to Hitler,” he said.
With McCarthy out as House speaker, lawmakers face a replay of the marathon process that took place in January, when it took the full House 15 rounds of voting over five days to select a speaker — a process mired in GOP infighting.
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