Republicans reportedly could be heard calling Gaetz a “scumbag” and another saying he should “F**k off,” CNN reported.
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., during a voting on a motion to adjourn after the 14th vote for speaker in the House chamber as the House meets for the fourth day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Lawmakers, weary from days of late-night negotiating, witnessed a tense exchange between Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.
“Gaetz, who has taunted McCarthy for weeks with threats to oust him from his post, confronted the speaker about conservative online influencers being paid to post negative things about him. McCarthy shot back that he wouldn’t waste his time on something like that, Gaetz told reporters as he exited the meeting,” AP reported. “McCarthy’s allies left the meeting fuming about Gaetz’s tactics.”
“I asked him whether or not he was paying those influencers to post negative things about me online,”
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