Rep. Matt Gaetz, a far-right Republican from Florida, said Sunday he would move this week to remove Speaker Kevin McCarthy from his leadership post, vowing to follow through on weeks of threats to oust him to work with Democrats to keep the government alive. Financing.
Mr. The day after Getz’s announcement, Mr. McCarthy, in a stunning reversal, went around Republican opposition to a stopgap spending plan and turned to Democrats to help pass legislation through the House to avoid a shutdown. The California Republican said he knew he was jeopardizing his speakership by doing so and dared his opponents to impeach him.
In an interview that aired on CNN on Sunday, Mr. Gates, Mr. McCarthy’s chief tormentor said he would. By bringing an action called a “motion to vacate,” Mr. He could immediately vote on whether to keep McCarthy in his post.
“I think we need to take the Band-Aid off,” Mr. Gates said. “I think we have to go with credible new leadership.”
Mr. Mr. McCarthy’s dismissal. Getz has long threatened. In the interview, he said Mr. McCarthy lied to his GOP members during negotiations and made a “secret deal” with Democrats over future funding for Ukraine, which he and dozens of other conservative Republicans opposed.
“Nobody trusts Kevin McCarthy,” he added, adding that by the end of the week Mr. He predicted that McCarthy would be speaker “only if the Democrats bail him out.”
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