Matt Gaetz mocked his congressional colleagues this week for “crying” for Republican Rep. Mike Johnson to be named the next Speaker of the House.
Matt Gaetz mocked his congressional colleagues this week for “crying” over Rep. Mike Johnson be appointed the next president of the Chamber, RadarOnline.com can inform
In the latest development that comes nearly a month after Gaetz moved to remove Kevin McCarthy of the Sept. 3 paper, Johnson was elected Speaker of the House Wednesday afternoon.
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GOP House Rep. Mike Johnson was named Speaker of the House Wednesday afternoon.
Johnson was named Speaker of the House on Tuesday shortly after GOP House Rep. Tom Emmer of Minnesota withdrew from the race. Johnson was named the next Speaker of the House less than 24 hours later.
But Gaetz mocked his House colleagues just hours before Johnson’s ascension to the presidency.
The Florida congressman also celebrated Johnson’s nomination – and subsequent election – and stated that “MAGA is on the rise.”
“It’s going to be a great time for the Chamber,” Gaetz said Steve Bannon shortly before Johnson was sworn in as the next speaker of the House on Wednesday. “And you know what, in the end, when some people didn’t know if they could still go back to McCarthy, some of them left the room and didn’t vote.”
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Gaetz celebrated House Speaker Johnson’s victory, saying “MAGA is on the rise.”
“And the swamp is fleeing, the MAGA is ascendant,” Gaetz continued. “If you don’t think that going from Kevin McCarthy to MAGA Mike Johnson shows the rise of this movement and where power really lies in the Republican Party, you’re not paying attention.”
The Florida Republican politician targeted some of his colleagues for “crying,” “wringing their hands” and “wetting the bed” over Johnson’s nomination and ascension to the House Speaker.
“But they’re crying and wringing their hands and wetting the bed on K Street,” Gaetz scoffed. “We have an honest and fair man who is about to take that position.”
“He’s going to do great things for this country.”
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But they’re crying, wringing their hands and wetting the bed on K Street,” Gaetz also said.
How RadarOnline.com Johnson was successfully named the next Speaker of the House after a House vote on Wednesday afternoon.
Johnson was the fourth person to do so nominated following McCarthy’s Easter early last month, and the first to successfully land the position.
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Johnson’s election Wednesday came a day after he held a tense news conference that turned chaotic when a reporter asked the GOP House representative about his “efforts to try to overturn the 2020 election “.
In accordance with NBC newsJohnson “played a key role in efforts to nullify the 2020 election.”
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Johnson was the fourth person to be nominated following McCarthy’s ouster earlier last month, and the first to successfully land the position.
He reportedly led an “amicus brief” signed by more than 100 House Republicans that supported a Texas lawsuit that would invalidate the 2020 election results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Although Johnson laughed it off when a reporter asked him about his “efforts to try to overturn the 2020 election” on Tuesday, the press conference became heated when fellow GOP House Rep. Virginia Foxx he shouted at the reporter and told her to “shut up!”
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