Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ( R- CA ) claimed that Rep. Matt Gaetz ( R- FL ) is responsible for the current state of the Republican House majority, which currently sits at just one vote after McCarthy and a number of other members resigned before finishing out their terms.
Fox News host Jesse Watters asked McCarthy about the latest saving costs and growing dissatisfaction among Democratic voters. ” Kevin what is going on with the paying and what really happened with Johnson”? Watters asked.
” I do n’t know what they’re doing spending now, but when I became Speaker, I instituted a 72- hour rule that got not just the members the opportunity to read the bill, but America as well”, McCarthy answered. ” You’d never cancel it unless it’s a Continuing Resolution, everything you’re currently doing so people would know. I think it’s always good to help people to read the bill, let America to study the costs. And truly, this comes down to what’s happening in Congress now. It goes back to when those eight Republicans led by Gaetz partnered with every one Democrat to decide who could be Speaker. That’s when Republicans lost the majority”.
The Republican majority fell to just one vote earlier this week when Rep. Mike Gallagher ( R- WI ) abruptly resigned. Gallagher — who voted against the prosecution of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and referred to the January 6 demonstrations as a “terrorist attack” — had recently announced his retirement but was expected to finish out his name.
His abrupt exit follows that of Rep. Ken Buck ( R- CO ), who officially left Congress on Friday, and Rep. Bill Johnson ( R- OH), both of whom left their seats vacant. The craze was started by McCarthy himself, who resigned at the end of the time.
All three chairs may be filled in special elections due to November, though Gallagher’s area will stay open.
” Jesse, remember what we were ready to do in a small majority of the first nine month”? McCarthy told Watters.
” We cut$ 20 billion of that from the IRS that was going to get to go after us, very effective and you work along with a small lot, and all those bills had 72 hours to read them because individuals had find behind them”, the former presenter went on to say.
