Matt Gaetz: If Democrats Join Up to Elect a Moderate Republican, I Will Resign
On Thursday, Matt Gaetz joined Fox News’s “The Ingraham Angle” to double down on his commitment to ensuring that Kevin McCarthy is not elected as the next Speaker of the House.
In fact, he is so committed that he claims that if a “moderate Republican” is elected, he will resign.
Host Laura Ingraham asked, “Will you be okay then if there’s ultimately a deal struck with moderate Democrats to give Democrats kind of co-control of the committees, you’re fine with that?”
“No, absolutely not. That will not happen. There are two potential scenarios here — “ he began to answer before Ingraham stated that it could happen.
“No. Listen, I’m on the floor, Laura. These 212 Democrats are going to vote for Hakeem Jeffries every single time. He is a historic candidate for them. They are not going to cleave off under any circumstance, I assure you. If Democrats join up to elect a moderate Republican, I will resign from the House of Representatives. That is how certain I am. I can assure your viewers that won’t happen.”
On Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives entered its fourth day of voting to elect a new speaker on a day that coincides with the two-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
The U.S. House adjourned Thursday for a third night in a row without a speaker after GOP leader Kevin McCarthy lost an 11th vote.
