Gingrich Goes Scorched Earth on Republicans Behind McCarthy’s Ouster
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is not holding back his frustration with the eight House Republicans who led the chamber in the historic move of ousting a speaker. “From my position as a long-time Republican…
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is not holding back his frustration with the eight House Republicans who led the chamber in the historic move of ousting a speaker.
“From my position as a long-time Republican activist, they’re traitors. All eight of them should in fact be primaried, they should all be driven out of public life,” Gingrich said.
He went on:
“What they did was to go to the other team to cause total chaos. We outta be focusing on Biden. We outta be focusing on the economy. We outta be focusing on the border. Instead, you’re going to get a week or 10 days of the media focusing on Republican disarray. It’s an astonishingly destructive behavior by a handful of egocentric people who think they’re superior to 96% of the conference.”
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On Tuesday, the House voted 216-210 to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif) as speaker, the first time in U.S. history such a move has succeeded. It came after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) filed a motion to vacate the chair.
The Florida congressman embarked on his scheme after McCarthy passed a spending bill to avoid a government shutdown that relied on Democratic votes. Yet that decision came after Gaetz’s crew rejected a more conservative proposal that would have cut federal spending, included money for border security