'An Act Of Selfishness' - Matt Gaetz Shreds Kevin McCarthy After Retirement Announcement

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and we finally have word from Matt Gates, the word we've all been waiting to hear

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Those little things really help us out, and they help our channel continue to grow. And you guys know the Republicans have a very razor-thin majority in the House

and they can't afford to lose people, and they just lost George Santos, so they're already down one vote

So Kevin McCarthy has announced his retirement And, you know, it's like saying, hey, if I can't run the place, I'm out of here

And I don't care about this new speaker And I don't care about the Republican majority

Because it's all about me It's all about my need to be number one

I think that's how a lot of people took it And it's how Matt Gates took it

And in his talk on his podcast, Gates actually brings up Nancy Pelosi

And how she's still in the house she's still helping her caucus

even though she's not speaker anymore she's still there doing the job

you may disagree with her on a lot of things I disagree with her in a lot of things but she is a true believer in her convictions

you have to wonder now if McCarthy is a true believer in what he says he is

or was he just self-serving first let's take a look at what Matt Gates has to say

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But first, let's watch what Matt Gates had to say. That's a wrap

That is indeed a wrap. This is Matt Gates. We are live on Firebrand

Broadcasting from room 2021 of the Rayburn House Office building here at the Capitol Complex

on Washington, D.C. And that was former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announcing his intention to leave the Congress

to quit at the end of the year. You'll remember back in January, Kevin McCarthy said it's not how you start, it's how

you finish, and it appears he is indeed finished. This announcement from Speaker McCarthy coming the day after his top lieutenant, Patrick

McHenry, announced his retirement from the Congress. The key difference is that McHenry seems to be indicating a willingness to serve out the entire

term that his voters elected. to Kevin McCarthy in turn saying if he cannot run the place and be speaker, then he will leave

So there is an establishment exodus from the United States Republican Conference

And it my hope that we backfill these establishment lobbyist drawn entities with folks who are willing to fight for the America First Agenda to reduce wars to get out of these bad trade deals and to stop the illegal immigration that is overrunning our country And we have to provide a check on the Biden administration that continues to spend us into oblivion and to more debt

and to defang this weaponized government that's been turned against our fellow Americans

Kevin McCarthy was not useful in that fight. In many ways, he inhibited it and now he is leaving

But there is a very real math problem that we are confronted with for this departure

for all of the self-congratulatory videos that Kevin McCarthy may make, him leaving his unwillingness to stay and vote for even the most basic of Republican priorities

may imperil our ability to get the job done. So here's the math

We have a four-seat majority that we were elected to, errantly, foolishly, in violation of precedent and due process

we made the decision to expel George Santos. Now, most Republicans in the conference

voted against expelling Santos, but enough voted with the errant ethics committee that he is now

gone. That takes four down to three. Now McCarthy is saying he's leaving at the end of the year

Takes us down to two. And then Bill Johnson, the Republican from Ohio, has indicated that he is taking

the university presidency at Youngstown State. That will leave us with a one-seat majority

sure hope everyone eats their veggies stays healthy over the break Otherwise this thing could tip the balance to the Democrats Now there has been some commentary on social media that I am to blame

that it's my fault that Kevin McCarthy is quitting and leaving early

I don't know anyone else who would just say, well, if I can't run the place, I'm going to leave

Nancy Pelosi, for all her flaws, and there are many, she at least stuck around

She didn't hurt her team by saying, well, if I can't be the quarterback. I'm just going to take the ball and go home

That seems to be what we're getting from Kevin McCarthy. This is not an act of patriotism or moving on to the next fight

It is an act of abject selfishness, and it is revealing that if Kevin McCarthy can't swing the gavel and be in charge and make the decisions

that he's not willing to be a team player. For all the criticism I've received about not being a team player, I'm here

I'm doing the work. I'm taking votes. and the Republican establishment might not like how I vote all the time

but I'm not facilitating a path to hand power to the Democrats

That would be more in line with what we see from the former speaker who is on his way out the door

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