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Freedom Caucus in disarray; GOP gives new meaning to swearing-in ceremony [1]
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Date: 2023-01-08
Asked about the Friday night chaos on the GOP side of the House floor, Democratic Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois recalled something his son once asked him.
“My son a few years ago asked me, 'what's a swearing-in?' He said 'what swear words are you gonna be using at this event,'" Krishnamoorthi, said with a smile during an interview on MSNBC Saturday afternoon. "And last night, I gotta tell you, the f-bombs were flying especially on the Republican side.” "I was in the scrum near Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy and then Mike Rogers and I have not seen any scenes like that on the floor of the House in my time in Congress. I hope not to see that again."
He was referring to the heated exchange between Rep. Matt Gaetz and now-Speaker Kevin McCarthy after the Florida representative’s “present” vote forced a 15th roll call vote after midnight.
And that was followed by Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama having to be restrained from physically attacking Gaetz by North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson.
"Unfortunately the chaos of last night, I think, portends more chaos. especially on important issues such as the debt limit, raising the debt limit, avoiding government shutdowns and so forth," Krishnamoorthi said.
And now it turns out that it was really all Rep. Lauren Boebert’s fault that the GOP had to go to a 15th ballot. All the embarrassment could have been avoided if Boebert hadn’t goofed in voting on the 14th ballot.
And so let’s just call the GOP House caucus the gang that couldn’t vote straight.
During an appearance Sunday on CNN’s Inside Politics, Punchbowl News founder John Bresnahan said:
”One thing that was interesting to me is that what we were told was Lauren Boebert was sitting next to Gaetz, and we were told on that vote, on the 14th vote, she was actually going to vote for Gaetz, which would have allowed Gaetz to vote present, which McCarthy would have won on the 14th vote. "Voted for Gaetz, then Gaetz can vote present. What happened is she voted present, and Gaetz voted present, and he didn't get it. He got on the number but he didn't get there. There was some confusion about what was happening, and that's when everybody panicked and flipped out."
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