Over the weekend, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) slammed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-CA) for the “personal” vendetta Gaetz has against him, saying that Gaetz was more concerned about getting in front of cameras than securing legislative wins.
McCarthy made his comments during an interview on Sunday with CBS News’ “Face The Nation” with Margaret Brennan after the House managed to pass a bill to fund the U.S. government over the next 45 days.
“You know, this is personal with Matt,” McCarthy said. “Matt voted against the most conservative ability to protect our border, secure our border. He’s more interested in securing TV interviews than doing something. He wanted to push us into a shutdown, even threatening his own district, with all the military people there who would not be paid, only because he wants to take this motion.”
“So be it. Bring it on,” he continued. “Let’s get over with it and let’s start governing. If he’s upset because he tried to push us in a shutdown, and I made sure government didn’t shut down, then let’s have that fight.”
McCarthy accused Gaetz of “trying to work with Democrats,” saying that he has “reached out to Swalwell, to AOC and others.”
“But if that’s the way we’re going to govern, I don’t think America is going to be successful. Look, at the end of the day, think of everything we’ve been able to accomplish so far. Parents Bill of Rights. We passed the most conservative bill to protect our border, make America energy-independent,” he concluded on the matter. “We’ve been able to cut $2 trillion, and the debt ceiling, get work requirements back in. The hard part we have right now is, the Senate has not passed one appropriation bill. Each body is supposed to pass 12. We’ve passed more than 70 percent of the discretionary spending already.”
