As Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) launches his rebellion against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), multiple reports indicate that House Republicans are looking to get rid of the Florida congressman altogether. According to a report from CNN, an unnamed House Republican said that the caucus wants Gaetz gone — and that they may use the findings

As Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) launches his rebellion against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), multiple reports indicate that House Republicans are looking to get rid of the Florida congressman altogether.

According to a report from CNN, an unnamed House Republican said that the caucus wants Gaetz gone — and that they may use the findings from the ongoing Ethics Committee investigation into the Florida congressman to oust him.

  • TurnItOff_OnAgain@lemmy.worldEnglish
    112·
    1 year ago

    It’s not that he diddles kids, or drives drunk that that don’t like. Those they are fine with. It’s that he dared to question their authority where they draw the line.

  • Veraxus@kbin.social
    731·
    1 year ago

    I’ll believe that when I see it. The GOP never hold their own accountable, no matter how awful or obvious the crime.

    The absolute furthest they will go, and only when given no other choice, is “we investigated ourselves and decided there was no wrongdoing.”

    • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
      241·
      1 year ago

      This isn’t about accountability though, it’s about punishing one of their own who stepped out of line

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      13·
      1 year ago

      Eh, if they really want to they can. See Madison Cawthorne. I’m sure there’s some dirt about Gaetz floating around beyond the human trafficking and gay sex asphyxiation stuff.

    • torknorggren@lemm.ee
      5·
      1 year ago

      Dude above you pointed out Madison Cawthorne–they hold their own accountable iff they feel their power is threatened.

    • c0c0c0@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      They might if it’s not really about the crime. They may turn on him simply because they think he’s becoming a liability.

    • klemptor@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 year ago

      Susan Collins will be “very concerned” but will eventually agree on no wrongdoing. 🙄

  • orclev@lemmy.world
    61·
    1 year ago

    I know this is probably BS, but part of me really hopes this is the opening salvo in a Republican civil war that shreds their party to pieces.

    • Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works
      17·
      1 year ago

      I would settle for “pares away the far-right extremists and starts trying to achieve bipartisan goals” at this point. Only if the Progressive Dems can hold and drag the “center” leftwards to the actual center again.

      • ivanafterall@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        A kiss…changed my life around,
        A kiss like yours, no where can be found
        Gee gee how blest I am,
        to have a kiss from your lips, A kiss from your lips

      • orclev@lemmy.world
        10·
        1 year ago

        I mean that’s ultimately how we get here, but they all folded like wet paper once it looked like he was going to win. It’s hard to call a bunch of grumbling an “opening salvo”. Certainly one of the earliest cracks in their unity though.

    • greenskye@lemm.eeEnglish
      02·
      1 year ago

      Unfortunately not a civil war but rather yet another move to eradicate anyone not extreme enough for them.

  • carl_dungeon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    1 year ago

    When Matt Gaetz was fucking kids, they cheered, but when he tried to fuck an old man, that’s taking it too far!

  • ArugulaZ@kbin.social
    54·
    1 year ago

    You could just send the guy to prison over his human trafficking offense, instead of turning a blind eye to it.

  • TinyPizza@kbin.social
    26·
    1 year ago

    Florida Beavis is about to get kicked off spray tan island. Would absolutely love to see him backstab all his “friends” in his exit video from the banana boat. You can do it Matt!

      • TinyPizza@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        100%. It’s clunkier to call him Florida Butt Head though, cause some might assume I’m just some boomer slingin my top tier insults. This pictures so unsettling but it really is worth 1000 words. Thank you for the correction!

    • 4am@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Hey now, let’s not have that kind of rhetoric around here.

      Beavis is way more likeable.

  • drdiddlybadger@pawb.social
    22·
    1 year ago

    Isn’t this the venmoing teenagers for sex guy? Pretty sure this is the venmoing teenagers for sex guy. Shouldn’t be hard to bury him at all if they got their thunbs out of their butts.

  • SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml
    13·
    1 year ago

    Someone’s going to leak a video of Gaetz that they’ve been holding back.

    I think the Bobo handjob video was organic, but I’m sure they have material on her as well.