Gaetz ethics investigation was driver behind speaker ouster: McCarthy

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy claimed that Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-FL) decision to oust him in October was tied to a House Ethics Committee investigation into the Floridian.

McCarthy told House Republicans on Sunday not to be afraid of the motion to vacate tactic after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) filed the motion last week, threatening Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA). Gaetz led the first successful motion to vacate in U.S. history, which, according to McCarthy, was largely motivated by personal animus.

“The one advice I would give to the conference and to the speaker is: Do not be fearful of a motion to vacate,” McCarthy said on CBS. “I do not think they could do it again. That was surely based on Matt
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