The boos from fellow Republicans didn’t deter Rep. Matt Gaetz during a floor showdown Tuesday over the future of then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Neither did being denied the use of his own party’s side of the chamber.
And when a GOP colleague slammed his alleged fundraising efforts as “disgusting,” the Florida Republican simply doubled down, responding he wouldn’t take advice from people who “grovel and bend knee for the lobbyists.”
For more than an hour, the House floor debate laid bare Republican infighting about the direction of the conference, through unusually bitter and personal attacks before the historic vote that ousted McCarthy from his role.
