Rep. Matt Gaetz, who led the effort to throw out Speaker Kevin McCarthy, is facing a primary challenger likely recruited by Mr. McCarthy in his quest to take out the faction of eight House GOP lawmakers who voted to remove him more than six months ago.
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., stands to vote for Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., in the House Chamber, as Republican members try to elect a speaker, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023.
He called Mr. Dimmock “the BLM supporting DEI instructor running against me in the Republican Primary,” and said, “I knew former Representative McCarthy would be getting a puppet of his to run. I didn’t know it would be a Woke Toby Flenderson!”Mr. McCarthy, California Republican, resigned from Congress in December. He has reportedly been on a quest to defeat the eight lawmakers who voted with all Democrats to remove him from the speaker’s chair last October.
Mr. McCarthy said he believes Mr. Gaetz was motivated by personal revenge because Mr. McCarthy would not “stop an ethics complaint” into allegations that Mr. Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old girl, allegations that Mr. Gaetz denies.
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