Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz was warmly welcomed at the Timcast IRL convention in Miami. As he took the stage on Friday, the audience erupted in cries of “USA, USA” and gave him a standing ovation.
On Friday, popular conservative podcast presenter Tim Pool hosted a conference in Miami with several high-profile guests, including investigative journalist James O’Keefe, podcast host Patrick Bet-David, and others. Rep. Gaetz received a standing ovation, despite the fact that the Florida congressman addressed supporters just days after successfully ousting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
“I made an existential decision that I wasn’t going to own him anymore,” Gaetz told Patrick Bet-David when asked about the motion to vacate the chair. “There was a group of us that was large enough to where if we weren’t going to vote for him, one of two things was gonna happen: the Democrats were gonna own him, or he was not gonna be the speaker anymore.”
“And I was actually okay with either one of those results,” Gaetz continued. “Because either is illuminating and either creates opportunity,” he continued, earning plaudits from the audience.
“So, I had no foresight as to how the Democrats were gonna act, I kind of had a feeling that they were gonna resent the fact that he lied to them, just like he lied to us. But I went out pretty publicly in a number of interviews and just said; ‘we’re gonna file the motion to vacate, we’ve got enough Republican votes where he won’t stay the Republican Speaker. You guys either adopt him, or ditch him.”
He went on to reveal how McCarthy withheld vital money from America First candidates such as Caroline Leavitt in New Hampshire, Joe Kent in Washington, and JR Majewski in Ohio. Kent, who ran unsuccessfully for Washington’s third congressional district, informed Steve Bannon that McCarthy-controlled Super PACS spent $4.5 million against him in the Republican primary. This was done to show solidarity with Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump.
Kent defeated Butler in the primary but fell short against his Democratic opponent in the general election. His candidacy suffered from a lack of backing from establishment-backed Super PACs.
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