Congress Is Paralyzed, But Matt Gaetz Says Everything Is Going According to His 'Plan'
Congress Is Paralyzed, But Matt Gaetz Says Everything Is Going According to His 'Plan'
The Republican congressman said if he loses his seat in Congress because of his efforts to oust former speaker Kevin McCarthy, it will “absolutely” have been worth it
Don’t worry. Although Congress is at a standstill without a speaker for the first time in American history, Rep. Matt Gaetz said that everything is going according to his “plan.”
During an appearance on Meet the Press, Gaetz — who led the effort to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy from his position as speaker of the House — defended his actions, even though they have left Congress “paralyzed,” according to Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, in the face of an unprecedented attack against Israel.
“You led this effort to oust Speaker McCarthy without a clear replacement in place,” Meet the Press host Kristen Welker said to Gaetz during Sunday’s broadcast. “Was that irresponsible on your part?”
“Not only do we have a clear replacement, we have two,” Gaetz said, referring to GOP Reps. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan who are vying for the top leadership position in the House. “We have two men who are incredibly respected.” Jordan has been accused of covering up sexual assault allegations as wrestling coach at Ohio State; Scalise reportedly once likened himself to ex-Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke “without the baggage” and spoke at a 2002 white supremacist conference organized by a hate group Duke founded.
“But you don’t have a choice and it’s not clear either of them have enough votes,” Welker said to Gaetz.
“I think that in a two-man race, it’s a lot easier to get someone to 50 percent plus one than in a race where you have three, four, five, seven people,” Gaetz replied. “So the fact that it’s been a constrained race, you are watching the plan play out.”
Welker to Gaetz: "You voted for those tax cuts under the Trump administration which helped create that $8 trillion deficit that you're talking about right there. Did you not? Is this not as some of your critics would say hypocritical?" pic.twitter.com/gG8DntYrke — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 8, 2023
In addition to Scalise and Jordan, some MAGA Republicans have floated Donald Trump himself as a candidate for the role. Trump refused to step in and try to save McCarthy as his speakership was threatened. Sources close to the former president told Rolling Stone that Trump said behind closed doors that McCarthy’s fate was “up to him.”
Welker also questioned Gaetz about efforts to remove him from Congress: “I have been speaking to some of your Republican colleagues and you know that there are discussions about potentially kicking you out of Congress… If you lose your job will it be worth it?”
“Absolutely,” Gaetz said. “Look, I am here to fight for my constituents. And I’m here to ensure that America’s not on a path to financial ruin. Your average American family right now is spending $700 more each and every month for the same household goods and services… We’re spending $7 trillion a year and only taking in $5 [trillion]. So to me, people who are willing to drive $2 trillion annual deficits are the agents of chaos. The people who want budgets are actually agents of regular order.”
Welker pounced at this, pointing out that Gaetz is responsible for a portion of the deficit by voting for Trump’s tax cuts. “Congressman, respectfully, you voted for those tax cuts under the Trump administration, which helped create that $8 trillion deficit that you’re talking about right there, did you not?” Welker said. “Is this not, as some of your critics would say, hypocritical, given that?”
“No, I voted against ten continuing resolutions during the Trump era,” Gaetz said.
“But you voted for the tax cuts,” Welker retorted.
“I actually voted against the budget that created the platform for the reconciliation of those tax cuts because it didn’t balance,” Gaetz said. “I agreed with Senator Rand Paul at the time that we should do the tax cuts with offsets and balanced budgets.”
But Gaetz acknowledged right before he voted for it that the tax bill would increase the deficit at the time of the vote in 2017. “Certainly in the early years, this tax cut will negatively affect the deficit,” he said on MSNBC at the time.
The tax cuts ultimately benefited corporate America to the tune of billions of dollars in profits while lowering taxes for middle-wage earners by only $65 a month — far short of the windfall Trump and the GOP promised. By 2027, the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported, the tax burden for working-class wage earners will increase as the cuts phase out. Maybe that, too, was all part of Gaetz’s grand “plan.”
Someone should check his ties with Hamas. Triggering an action that hamstrings the House at a time when a surprise attack against an ally that benefits Russia comes through.
The plan he got from Putin, more likely.
How long before the GOP is united in its support for hamas? I have always wondered how the GOP would deal with Russia’s Iranian allies when things came to a head. There are lots of wedges trying to break the GOP. Having to support hamas because they are a Russian ally might be the biggest one ever.
Gonna be a wild couple weeks I think.
Republicans are generally much more in favor of the other evil side. On fact, they tend to be the supporters of Israel. They're the reason we give them so much aid and ignore their actions. There's a lot of information online if you're interested in how they got to that point, but basically the Israelis have courted republican leadership for a long time, and I doubt that's going to change.
Oh is child rapist Matt Gaetz fucking some more kids while slamming dick pills then? That plan?
“Not only do we have a clear replacement, we have two,” Gaetz said
Sooo... not a clear replacement, then. I know that everything he said is stupid, but that quote particularly annoyed me for some reason.
America isn’t a 14 year old, why is he trying to fuck us so hard?
Remember- he also planned on banging underage girls.
So now our lower chamber of Congress is in stalemate because of a man whose only notable achievements are being universally hated and grooming young girls.
None of those republicans care he bangs kids. After all, most of them have banged kids.
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Not paying America's bills is not a plan, it is failure.
Stop voting for Republicans, they don't believe in our democracy.
"You are watching the plan play out."
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How could anyone trust Matt Gaetz given how publicly ghoulish he is at literally every waking moment?
His plan is a disaster.
That is the intent, yes. Bring down the government so they can replace it with a dictatorship. I've posted about the "Red Caesar" plan before, and I can find the Guardian article discussing it if needed.
What is this pedophile's plan exactly? Shit America's bed and get away with molesting kids?
Just like daddy Putin likes.
The only thing that sucks more than Gaetz plan is Gaetz himself.
Vote Democrats if you want to still see America, struggle, but still go on.
Vote Republicans if you want to see America die faster.
The only plan I would believe he has is shitting himself and saying it was on purpose.
That guy has fuck all rattling around up there that why he preys on kids.
So to me, people who are willing to drive $2 trillion annual deficits are the agents of chaos.
This also includes the wealthy business interests that finance the campaigns of Gaetz and others like him.
“The Democrats made me do this!”
He just wants more time off to do coke
A cynic might suggest that it's not a coincidence that congress is paralyzed just as an Iranian proxy launches an attack on Israel, thereby endangering the US-Saudi deal which was about to be finalized. A deal that would significantly damage Iran, China and Russia's interests, would have lowered oil prices (which would also hurt Russia and GOP chances in the coming election). And oh, oops. Everyone's distracted from Ukraine.
But hey, far be it for me to call these people traitors. I'm sure Matt Gaetz is a patriotic paedophile.
Seems like Groomer Gaetz is about as beloved as Ted Cruz.
Some might even call it his "final solution"
This is the best summary I could come up with:
During an appearance on Meet the Press, Gaetz — who led the effort to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy from his position as speaker of the House — defended his actions, even though they have left Congress “paralyzed,” according to Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, in the face of an unprecedented attack against Israel.
“You led this effort to oust Speaker McCarthy without a clear replacement in place,” Meet the Press host Kristen Welker said to Gaetz during Sunday’s broadcast.
“Not only do we have a clear replacement, we have two,” Gaetz said, referring to GOP Reps. Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan who are vying for the top leadership position in the House.
Welker also questioned Gaetz about efforts to remove him from Congress: “I have been speaking to some of your Republican colleagues and you know that there are discussions about potentially kicking you out of Congress… If you lose your job will it be worth it?”
“Congressman, respectfully, you voted for those tax cuts under the Trump administration, which helped create that $8 trillion deficit that you’re talking about right there, did you not?” Welker said.
By 2027, the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reported, the tax burden for working-class wage earners will increase as the cuts phase out.
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Dems should find a moderate among those NY and Cali republicans that need aisle crossing cred and offer to back one of them for the speakership in exchange for a "keep the lights on" coalition.
Why is the word "But" in the headline?
I bet his plan involves little boys
I'm so glad that we have such a brave leader in Matt Gartz. We'd be truly lost without his guidance and strength
You forgot the /s.