Florida’s Republican House Reps Trash Matt Gaetz

 

Politico reports:

Florida’s congressional Republicans are done with Matt Gaetz. They left the House chamber last night furious after Gaetz led seven other GOP members — and Democrats — to eject former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his leadership post.

They called Gaetz divisive. Disrespectful. Selfish. No other Florida Republican voted to oust McCarthy. Florida’s GOP delegation see Gaetz as carrying out a personal vendetta, accusing him of an overzealous bid for attention and of trying to position himself to become the state’s future governor.

“Gaetz has very few friends in the conference,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez said. “Gaetz maybe has a couple of friends in the delegation. But I’m not one of them. He’s about clicks,” Gimenez said. “He’s about how many cameras he can get shoved in his face and he’s a historical figure because he caused for the first time in history and all that. I think he gets off on that.”

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We saw and heard the same things about Ted Cruz. How much everyone hates him….but like Ted this is what the Republican voters want.

Haven’t Ted’s elections been getting tighter?

Notice, too, that they are criticizing Gaetz for doing the same stuff they praise from Trump…!??!

Florida’s GOP delegation see Gaetz as carrying out a personal vendetta, accusing him of an overzealous bid for attention and of trying to position himself to become the state’s future governor.
 

Exactly! They may not like him but he’s one of them so they’ll not do anything to punish or expel him.

…Gaetz led seven other GOP members — and Democrats — to eject former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

God, I hate sloppy reporting. Gaetz did not lead Democrats to do anything. Democrats voted to eject Kev because after they saved his ass on Saturday by supporting his bill to prevent the GOP shutdown, he blamed them for the shutdown in Sunday interviews.

yes — if the D’s tried to get rid of Pelosi — why the R’s would have rushed to yell AYE before the clerk called their name .

In addition, it is the responsibility of the party in power to select their leader, speaker, whatever. Played more than a few years of sports ball (rugby). I never participated in the selection of the captain for the opposing team. SMH. McCarthy was not entitled to a vote from any democrats.

They called Gaetz divisive. Disrespectful. Selfish.

 

Um, I thought that’s why Floridians elected him.

It’s the fucking panhandle

He had a very credible primary challenger in 2022: Mark Lombardo, a Marine combat veteran and former FedEx executive.

Lombardo was a self-identified conservative who called out Gaetz for basically being a sex-trafficking drama queen. Still, Gaetz got 70% in the primary. His constituents love that he’s as asshole.

“The people of Northwest Florida need a Congressman who will put them first,” Lombardo said in a released statement.

“Matt Gaetz is a professional politician who has dishonored his constituents with unnecessary drama, childish gimmicks, and is reportedly entangled in a federal investigation for sex-trafficking a 17-year-old girl to the Bahamas. Displaying the highest level of arrogance imaginable, he hired pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s attorneys and used the money from his hardworking America First donors to pay the bill. His actions are disgraceful and do not reflect or represent the conservative values of Northwest Florida.”
 

“Gaetz: I’m gonna oust McCarthy for working with the Dems!

Also Gaetz: votes yes with the Dems to oust McCarthy.”

When Florida Republicans think you’re a scumbag, you really can’t get much lower than that.

i have the sense that we may be seeing a re-opening and acceleration of his past trafficking scandal.

Isn’t the House Ethics Committee already doing that?

Gaetz is a tRump wannabe. He seeks attention all the time. I call him an attention whore.

That’s the way to become governor — piss off everyone ..

(well, DeSantis seems to have done well with that, too)

 

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