Things are not going well for the House Republican caucus, and it has everything to do with the fact that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) managed to pass a 45-day spending bill on Saturday that will avert a shutdown of the federal goverment.
House Democrats crossed the aisle to provide the necessary votes for the spending package, and that has left many on the far right wing of the GOP furious, suggesting that McCarthy needs to be booted as Speaker.
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) was asked about the temporary spending bill by CNN’s Manu Raju, and she also sounded ticked off that federal offices wouldn’t be shuttered.
“We should have forced them to come to the negotiating table and come to conference and hash out our differences with these four appropriation bills before there was another payday that was at risk of being missed,” Boebert told Raju.
Does that mean Boebert wants to give McCarthy the boot?
“That isn’t what we’re talking about right now.”
“Well, Matt Gaetz has said that if he (McCarthy) relies on Democratic votes, he will no longer be Speaker,” Raju noted.
Boebert snapped:
“I’m not Matt Gaetz.”
“My name is Lauren Boebert. I represent Colorado’s third district and my focus is getting the federal government funded as we ought to with 12 individual spending bills, like we promised everyone in January.”
The Colorado Republican added: “Unfortunately, now we’re at 45 days of the same bipartisan muscle memory of a straight up and down vote and ‘whatever’s in it is good with us.'”
Raju: You would vote to oust the speaker?
Boebert: That isn't what we're talking about right now.
Raju: Gaetz has said that—
Boebert: You all just quote Gaetz all the time. I’m not Matt Gaetz. My name is Lauren Boebert pic.twitter.com/geQiJxmzhY
— Acyn (@Acyn) September 30, 2023
Gaetz, it should be noted, attempted to call a vote that would have pushed McCarthy out as Speaker, but his motion was ignored by the the congressman presiding over the House at the time, leaving Gaetz angry and humiliated, according to reports.
