Kevin McCarthy has failed 11 times this week to receive votes from a majority of House members to become speaker. Gaetz has voted against him each time.
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McCarthy claims Matt Gaetz told him he wouldn't care if speaker stalemate ends with Democrat leading the House
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Matt Gaetz questions McCarthy's status as a "squatter" in speaker's office
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Matt Gaetz mocked for threatening to resign over McCarthy vote: "Go ahead"
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Kevin McCarthy claims Matt Gaetz told him he would not mind if Democrat Hakeem Jeffries were to win the speakership in a plurality vote due to the stalemate over McCarthy's bid.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), one of House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) most vocal critics, sent a letter to the architect of the Capitol questioning why the California Republican is occupying the speaker’s office after falling short on votes Tuesday.
Rep. Matt Gaetz has asked the Architect of the Capitol for clarity on why Kevin McCarthy gets to work out of the House Speaker's Office despite not being elected to the position.
One of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s most stubborn opponents in his House speaker bid is vowing not to fold and to continue the current stalemate until the California Republican either agrees to the defectors’ demands or drops out altogether.
Florida Congressman-elect Matt Gaetz conceded that Kevin McCarthy could eventually become House Speaker despite stiff opposition, but that he would be a leader with a "straight jacket."
Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz on Thursday voted former President Donald Trump for House speaker during the seventh round of voting by members that again failed to fill the post.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), one of Kevin McCarthy's (R-CA) fiercest opponents, voted for former President Donald Trump over the California Republican as members cast their seventh ballot in the election for House speaker.
Kevin McCarthy has failed 11 times this week to receive votes from a majority of House members to become speaker. Gaetz has voted against him each time.
Rep.-elect Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., shared why he doesn't want Kevin McCarthy to become House speaker and why former President Donald Trump is wrong to support him on "The Ingraham Angle."
Some on Twitter praised Matt Gaetz's decision to nominate former President Trump for House speaker Thursday. Kevin McCarthy has now failed in 11 votes to become speaker.
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