"If you want to file the motion, file the fucking motion," McCarthy told GOP colleagues Thursday, after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) criticized him earlier in the week - giving him a list of demands while threatening to bring a motion to vacate McCarthy's chair.
Gaetz and other Republicans have slammed McCarthy for dragging his feet on a Biden impeachment inquiry, which the Speaker finally announced earlier in the week. Gaetz, however, says this isn't enough.
McCarthy also faces another episode of shutdown theater, where Republicans pretend they won't budge unless Democrats cut spending, or separate Ukraine funding from the stopgap bill, only to cave at the 11th hour in dramatic fashion.
"I showed frustration in here because I am frustrated," McCarthy told reporters following the GOP meeting. "Frustrated with some people in the conference."
Gaetz fired back after McCarthy's outburst.
"Instead of emotionally cursing, maybe the Speaker should just keep his word from January on balanced budgets, term limits and single-subject spending bills," he told The Hill.
Same could be said for Gaetz. Just get rid of McCarthy. Why keep giving him a chance to finally do his job. Enough chances, get rid of him.
Easier to get him to do his job than to replace him? I think it will be hard to do both of them. That’s why they make promises, too hard to get rid of them when they don’t do it.
They could have kept Congress effectively shut down for longer by not voting him in.
Reminder to all who bitched at me and defended McCarthy however: I told you so, and you can eat shit. You know who you are.
Have you seen the decode for the speaker vote? It was part of the plan down to the day and amount of votes. It wouldn't have mattered what anyone said, it was going to happen regardless.
I wish more people realized that conclusions reached does not mean unchallengeable fact.
I believe when it went past midnight that night, it put in on the correct date. They were going to be done for the evening but went ahead and did another vote. It was part of the plan, I believe.
Exactly. I knew this will happen. I wanted President Trump as a speaker
WHs control McCarthy.
Prove your theory beyond a shadow of a doubt.
McCarthy is RINO scum. The longer he flails in the wind with the Democrats the more plausible dems and rinos are uniparty. This isolates the DS and makes it more clear the seperation between us and them.
Exactly!! Only ONE vote is needed.
But it is movie, right?.... dramatic tension?
I don't think this is what everyone thinks it is. One vote is required to force a floor vote to remove the speaker. One vote won't remove him - it only allows for possibility of the House actually voting to remove him.
If McCarthy is calling the bluff that means he knows the votes aren't there to remove him.
Don't get me wrong - it is a big deal to even be able to call a vote that could remove the 2nd in line to the Presidency. I just think that either the votes won't be there, or the successor will be way worse. Someone like Issa or eyepatch McCain. In fact a handful of RINOs could allow for the removal, and then vote against all Republican nominees and support whomever the dems put up. Imagine a Speaker Hakim Jeffries...
Ooooo thank you fren, I needed that info
I wonder if this is the reason piglosi is running again?!