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Derrick Van Orden: “Matt Gaetz... has been lying the whole time he's been here…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

8 Republicans Vote AGAINST McCarthy, What's The Plan?! | Rep. Derrick Van Orden | Ep. 33

Published October 4, 2023 | Video Starts at 16:09

That's the first thing that I would do. The second thing I do is change the … Matt Gaetz... has been lying the whole time he's been here, and that's just a fact. … That rules package was not good. So why on earth would we rush into doing something? It's the same rationale, which. (16:09–22:52)

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Asserts that Matt Gaetz has been lying during his time in office.

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“We're working on right now, a constitutional amendment to change Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution.”
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“The Constitution...requires the speaker of the House to make these decisions.”
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“Congress does not get paid if they're not doing their job.”
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“We have to do a piece of legislation where the president, the vice president, the entire cabinet, and any undersecretary doesn't get paid if…”
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“The only thing that they got out of keeping the government shut down...is to be able to vacate the chair with one vote.”
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“Matt Gaetz sat down and did a backroom deal with 208 Democrats to remove the most conservative speaker of the House we had.”
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“We didn't get 12 [appropriations bills] through on time because the same people that did this, were holding up all the bills going to the…”
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“These people are either going to have to vote for another continuing resolution in 39 days or whatever it is, or an omnibus bill, which is…”
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“We weren't consulted. At least I wasn't.”
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“A speaker has never been vacated in the history of our nation.”
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“The rules package that was passed, allowing one person like Matt Gaetz, who has a personal agenda.”
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“Matt Gaetz admitted publicly, or in our forum at least, that he had no plan.”
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“Every single Democrat in that House voted with these eight Republicans.”
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“They partnered actively in a backroom deal with Hakeem Jeffries and the rest of the Democratic Party.”
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“The reason we had to do a continued resolution is because Matt Gaetz and a group of [people] prevented us from actually getting…”
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“Under Kevin McCarthy's leadership, we continuously gain seats.”
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“The man that cleans my office every night is collateral damage. And that's unacceptable.”
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