McCarthy and his allies seemed confident walking in, but as the votes ticked off, it became clear he would be one short. McCarthy needed two more votes going into the Friday evening tally, which didn’t start until 10 p.m., late enough to provide two of his supporters - one whose wife had given birth that week and another who was ill - time to return to Washington. House is often raucous, the week’s events were almost surreal: vote after vote, defeat after defeat, and eventual success after picking off seemingly intransigent opponents. “He was with me from the beginning,” McCarthy said after the final vote, noting Trump’s phone calls as well. While many of them denounced Trump at the time, McCarthy’s Florida visit brought him back into the fold, and the former president was working the phones Friday evening, calling Gaetz and the other holdouts. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and an associate, local Florida county tax official Joel Greenberg, over allegations that they. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Tuesday after he reportedly told House GOP members that he doesn’t care if the chamber elects Rep. The scene Friday was a different kind of chaos - but it was a full-circle moment for Republicans, who had ceded both chambers of Congress and the presidency to Democrats after the violent insurrection. Last year, federal prosecutors began investigating Rep. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) criticized Rep. representative for Floridas 1st congressional district since 2017. Lawmakers on the floor yelled in disbelief as Rogers was held back by a colleague. Matt Gaetz’s cellphone in December 2020, marking the beginning of an investigation into whether the Florida Republican allegedly sex-trafficked a 17-year-old girl. Matthew Louis Gaetz II ( / ets / GAYTS born May 7, 1982) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S.
Mike Rogers, a Republican ally of McCarthy, had angrily confronted Gaetz, telling him he would regret his decision. But he turned back around when he heard a scuffle behind him. McCarthy slowly walked back down the aisle, alone, head tilted to the ground.
Gaetz, who had hurled personal insults at McCarthy just hours earlier on the House floor, said no. Matt Gaetz to change his vote from “present” to “McCarthy.” The room fell almost silent as it became apparent that the GOP leader was now asking - begging, really - the bombastic, blustering, defiant Florida Rep.
It was nearing midnight, and he had already lost 13 votes for speaker over four long days. Just one vote short of becoming speaker of the House, California Republican Kevin McCarthy stood from his chair and walked down the center aisle to the back of the chamber. WASHINGTON (AP) - It was the extraordinary moment that brought House Republicans to the brink - and ultimately the moment they found their way back.
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