Newt Gingrich Blames Matt Gaetz After MTG’s Motion To Vacate Johnson: He ‘Unleashed The Demons’
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) blamed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for the recent attempts to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), claiming he “unleashed the demons.”
Back in October, Gaetz spearheaded the process to vacate Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership for his efforts to pass legislation to avoid a government shutdown. The result led to weeks of uncertainty as Republicans struggled to elect a new speaker.
On Friday, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed a motion to vacate Johnson because of the passage of the $1.2 trillion spending bill. She claimed the motion was a warning without naming a specific timeline for a vote to remove him.
During an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Friday night, Gingrich slammed Gaetz for creating the “disaster” by ousting McCarthy and also bashing the Freedom Caucus for opposing the GOP majority.
We shouldn’t underestimate how bad what Matt Gaetz did was for the whole system. He unleashed the demons. He went after somebody who had raised $480 million, had grand gain seats for three elections in a row. And he drove Kevin McCarthy out of office. And from that point on, it has been a disaster. I don’t blame Johnson. I think Johnson…has a hand that’s virtually impossible to play. And that’s where I think some of the people, just make it worse. This is the best argument I’ve seen for a why we need not only to elect Donald Trump, but to elect a very large majority with him. When I was speaker, I had a lot more ability than Dan Johnson did to run the house, because I had a big enough majority. You could have 5 or 10 people who were crazy and you can still govern.
He doesn’t have a one vote majority. The fact is there are eight or 10 or 12 people, right, who are going to get up every morning voting no. The truth is, they don’t even know what they’re voting on. All they know when they wake up in the morning is I’m going to be a no today. So he really has no majority at all. You have to decide. Sooner or later you’re going to realize the bills have been worse since McCarthy was gone. The Democrats are in greater control. The hard liners on the right. Have done nothing except make it worse. Now, the Freedom Caucus right now has been a disaster in public policy terms. If you think your job in life is to grandstand and complain while the other team runs over you, they’re doing a great job.
Watch the clip above via Fox News.
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