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On Thursday afternoon “rogue” Republicans, especially Matt Gaetz, created a lot of buzz after he cast his vote for Donald Trump as speaker of the House of Representatives and not for Kevin McCarthy.
When it was his turn to mention his candidate, Gaetz got up from his seat and said “Donald Trump” in a firm voice, which caused laughter among his colleagues, such as the one from Marjorie Taylor Greene who even gave him a round of applause.
But it wasn’t the only time he did it. this joke was followed by one more which was also captured by the cameras of the communicators who are covering the event.
After this “gesture”, the former president Donald Trump responded through an image where he can be seen as president of the House of Representatives and holding the mallet.
Trump wasn’t the only name Gaetz has mentionedthere is also that of Jim Jordan whom he nominated during his speech minutes after, who will become the president of the House Judiciary Committee, he ruled in favor of McCarthy.
The former president has also used his social network to celebrate the “victory” of his party “A huge Republican victory today, after going through numerous roll calls that failed to produce a House speaker, has made the position and process of becoming president bigger and more important than if it were done in the more traditional way. ”.