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Derrick Van Orden: “Matt Gaetz sat down and did a backroom deal with 208…”

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 17:19

And then if you back up their arguments, Matt Gaetz says that he needed to vacate the chair because Kevin McCarthy was doing deals with Democrats. Matt Gaetz sat down and did a backroom deal with 208 Democrats to remove the most conservative speaker of the House we had. in Dec. So that argument is out the window. Matt Gaetz said that Kevin McCarthy shouldn't be in leadership anymore because they didn't get 12 appropriations bills through. (17:19–17:27)

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Asserts that Matt Gaetz made a deal with Democrats to remove the Speaker of the House.

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“Matt Gaetz... has been lying the whole time he's been here, and that's just a fact.”
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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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“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…”
8 Republicans Vote AGAINST McCarthy, What's The Plan?! | Rep. Derrick Van Orden | Ep. 33 | Uploaded October 4, 2023 | 17:36-17:46
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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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