Establishment Republicans Are Attempting To Expel Rep. Matt Gaetz

Establishment Republicans are in the process of preparing a motion to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida after he made moves to file motion to vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

In an exclusive report, Fox News reported several Republican members of the House are prepared to expel Gaetz if a ethics committee report comes back with “findings of guilt.”

Getz who is one of the biggest patriots and Trump supporters in Congress is being targeted after he led a massive movement to have Republican members of Congress to vote no on the Government spending bill (CR).

One member of the House anonymously told Fox News “No one can stand him at this point. A smart guy without morals.”

In order to be expelled, congress must reach two-thirds vote.

NEW: A House Republican effort kicks off to expel Florida congressman Matt Gaetz https://t.co/pRNqpLaHR7

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) October 1, 2023

Here’s what Fox News shared:

House GOP members are preparing a motion to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., amid his renewed threat to pursue a motion to vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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The House Republican members will seek to expel Gaetz if the ethics committee report comes back with findings of guilt, Fox News has learned. One member told Fox News the report is mostly written but does not know what it contains. Yet following threats to vacate McCarthy, the member said of Gaetz, “No one can stand him at this point. A smart guy without morals.”

It takes a two-thirds vote to expel. And Republicans are treading on thin ice with their majority. The House is down to 433 members. It’s unclear where things stand with federally indicted Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y. If you were to have members expelled, retire or die, the majority could be right on the edge for the GOP.

During an appearance on CNN Sunday morning, Gaetz said he planned “to file a motion to vacate against Speaker McCarthy this week.”

“I think we need to rip off the Band-Aid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy. Look, the one thing everybody has in common is that nobody trusts Kevin McCarthy. He lied to Biden. He lied to House conservatives,” Gaetz told CNN “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper. “Kevin McCarthy’s goal was to make multiple contradictory promises to delay everything back up against shutdown politics and at the end of the day, blow past the spending guardrails he had agreed.”

Here’s Gaetz saying he will file a motion to vacate  McCarthy this week:

“I intend to file a motion to vacate this week” ~@mattgaetz

Let’s Go!! pic.twitter.com/YTqNLaMAu1

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) October 1, 2023

Breaking news: Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House Republicans are gearing up to expel Matt Gaetz from Congress pending the House Ethics Committee's verdict on his ethics violations, after Gaetz said he will file a motion to remove Speaker McCarthy from his leadership role. pic.twitter.com/iFEWmijbCH

— Tony – Resistance (@TonyHussein4) October 1, 2023

Per CNN:

Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning to attempt to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy from the role this week after the House leader worked with Democrats to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.

Speaking with CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union,” the Florida Republican said he intends to file a motion to vacate this week, which would force a vote on whether McCarthy will keep his job.

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“Speaker McCarthy made an agreement with House conservatives in January, and since then he’s been in brazen, repeated material breach of that agreement,” Gaetz said Sunday. “This agreement that he made with Democrats to really blow past a lot of the spending guardrails we set up is a last straw.”

He added, “I do intend to file a motion to vacate against Speaker McCarthy this week. I think we need to rip off the Band-Aid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that will be trustworthy.”