Matt Gaetz challenges Kevin McCarthy to file a motion to expel him from the Republican Party

After learning that Kevin McCarthy is interested in seeing him out of the Republican Party, Matthew Louis Gaetz II, a congressman from Florida, challenged him to file a motion to expel him.

At the beginning of last month, McCarthy became the first president to be removed from the House of Representatives under pressure from eight members of his own party, mainly Matt Gaetz.

From that moment on, the animosity between both Republicans has been on the rise.

During an interview with the television network cnn, The Californian politician did not hesitate to point out that the Republican Party would benefit from no longer counting Gaetz among its ranks.

“People have to earn the right to be here. He will admit that he does not have a conservative bent in his philosophy. However, “I don’t think the conference can ever heal if the action has no consequences,” McCarthy said regarding the rebellion caused by the Florida representative that left the Chamber headless for a couple of weeks.

In this regard, in his podcast, Matt Gaetz said he was calm about having asked for McCarthy’s removal Well, he considered that it was the most appropriate, so he decided to present the proposal to his colleagues to try to throw him out of the Republican ranks.

“If what Kevin McCarthy wants is to make a motion to expel me from the Republican conference, I guess All I can say is present the damn motion. The idea that the Republican conference is going to kick me out for doing something that was extremely popular seems unlikely. The decision to fire McCarthy and replace him with Mike Johnson has been popular: popular with Democrats, popular with Republicans, popular with independents. “It may be one of the most popular things House Republicans have ever done,” he emphasized.

The dispute between both representatives arises at a delicate moment for the Republican party, since despite a new president at the head of the House he continues to project divisionism, which could work against him in next year’s elections where destiny will be at stake. of the nation.

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