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GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz tells @JonKarl that his plan to bring forward a House vote on Kevin McCarthy’s speakership is an “exercise to show the American people who really governs you.” “I actually think Democrats are going to bail out Kevin McCarthy.” https://abcn.ws/3BPEB3z
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One person can call for a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy, but a majority is needed, which means Democrats would have to vote against him. However, it is unlikely that Democrats will do so because McCarthy made a deal with them. The speaker believes that Democrats will actually support McCarthy to show who really governs and how it happens. The speaker wants to change this system and evaluate bills independently. McCarthy is making a secret deal on Ukraine while trying to get Republicans to vote for a continuing resolution that doesn't include Ukraine. McCarthy has lied to Democrats, Republicans, and the White House, but if they choose to keep him, he belongs to them.
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Speaker 0: Now look, it it takes only 1 person, obviously, you, to to call for a vote, to remove him, so called, motion to vacate. But you would need a majority to remove him, which means you're gonna need democrats to remove him. Do you really think that democrats are gonna vote to remove Kevin McCarthy because he made a deal with Democrats?
Speaker 1: No. I actually think Democrats are gonna bail out Kevin McCarthy. So this is an exercise to show the American people who really governs you and how that governing occurs. So I'm on a mission to change it where we're evaluating these bills independently. Kevin McCarthy is off making a secret deal on Ukraine as he's baiting Republicans to vote for a continuing resolution that doesn't include Ukraine.
So the one thing Democrats, Republicans, the White House, that we all have in common is that is that Kevin McCarthy at one point or another has lied to all of us. But if they want to keep him, then he belongs to them.
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