'A key player in the extreme MAGA House majority now admits what anyone paying attention has suspected all along.'
The House GOP, officially led by Speaker Kevin McCarthy butby the far-right Freedom Caucus, has held to that position, threatening to force a debt default and unleash global economic chaos unless their demands are met.
"I believe the one-person motion to vacate has given us the best version of Speaker McCarthy and I think he's doing a good job," GaetzDemocratic lawmakers and progressive watchdog groups saw Gaetz's remarks as a frank acknowledgment of what they've said since the start of the debt ceiling standoff. Rep. Brendan Boyle , the top Republican on the House Budget Committee, wrote on Twitter that"Matt Gaetz just admitted Republicans are holding the U.S. economy hostage."
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