GOP Rep. Calls Matt Gaetz ‘Tubby’ In Fight Over Ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson

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GOP Rep. Calls Matt Gaetz ‘Tubby’ In Fight Over Ousting House Speaker Mike Johnson
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More People Want To Buy Homes—But Prices And Interest Rates Are Standing In The Way, Grim New Report SaysRep. Derrick Van Orden , R-Wisc., called Rep. Matt Gaetz , R-Fla., “tubby” in a tense exchange on the House floor Thursday that reportedly divulged into a screaming match over the future of House Speaker Mike Johnson ’s job—the latest display of Republican divisions inflamed in recent days by the foreign aid package Johnson is seeking to pass as soon as this weekend.

“Anybody who has not been in combat and held his friend's hand as they died shot by the enemy really doesn't have any business calling someone else a squish,” Van Orden, a former Navy SEAL, explained to Axios.after the exchange, accused Van Orden of “insisting” and “demanding . . .

Van Orden joins Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Tom Massie, R-Ky., in supporting the effort to oust Johnson over resistance to the legislative package that would deliver aid to Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel. Gaetz said he does not support a motion to vacate—as of now—but indicated he and Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., could change their positions if Johnson pursues a change to the rules governing the motion to vacate by requiring more than one member to back such a measure, as some Republicans are reportedly urging him to do to avoid a repeat of the turmoil surrounding the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., in October.

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