Gaetz explained his reasoning in a recent interview. He said that when he called for McCarthy to be ousted, he had done the math and was confident it would be successful. He says that the situation today, with the GOP majority having dwindled, is different from back then and he’s not certain it wouldn’t backfire. MTG’s reasoning seems to be similar. Likewise with Trump.
It should be noted that, even conservative Republican Congressmembers seem to be chasing a red herring with the demand for border wall spending. I’ve seen no serious measures to pass a border security bill that would actually have teeth and force Biden to secure the border. I’m not even sure such legislation is possible. With the border crisis, money is irrelevant. You can throw all the money in the world at it, and not a thing will change except that Biden will have some more money to waste. If Biden (or whoever is running the show) is intent on ignoring the border, more money isn’t going to change that in the least.
Ok thanks. That sounds like an admission the first time was a screw up, that left us in a worse position than we were, to the point we can’t do anything now but bend over and take it. Gaetz should have kept his powder dry for a moment like this, when it was truly needed.