(3 Jan 2023)
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Washington, DC - 3 January 2023
1. Rep. Matt Gaetz, Rep. Scott Perry and Rep. Lauren Boebert walk out to talk to press
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida:
"Those of us who will not be voting for Kevin McCarthy today take no joy in this discomfort that this moment has brought, but if you want to drain the swamp, you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge of the exercise. I'm a Florida man and I know of what I speak. We offered Kevin McCarthy terms last evening that he rejected. We sought a vote in the first quarter of 118th Congress on term limits. He refused. We wanted a budget from the Republican Study Committee that balances on the floor in the first quarter. He refused. We wanted the border plan that the Texas delegation put together on the floor. He refused. And it is true that we struggle with trust with Mr. McCarthy because time and again, his viewpoints, his positions, they shift like sands underneath you."
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Florida:
"So we do not want to be here at this moment. We would prefer to have a unity of purpose. But we will not continue to allow the uniparty to run this town without a fight. There's very little difference between Nancy Pelosi and her California delegationmate that seeks the gavel. And we want a change because this town is broken."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, Freedom Caucus Chairman:
"Look, everybody agrees, every single American agrees, even the guy that wants to be Speaker agrees that Washington is broken. And and he said as much in one of his most recent correspondences. Interestingly enough, over the 14 years that he's been in leadership, he's done almost virtually nothing to change it. And under pressure from a group of members who have said that we're not any longer going to accept the status quo, we have been able to force, to force some rules changes to make things better."
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pennsylvania, Freedom Caucus Chairman:
"I'm still working to try and avoid this moment that we're at right now. The whole time, the whole time. And so that's one question you should ask yourself, instead of saying to these folks that are standing with me, why have you brought us to this point? Well, we surely haven't come here alone. There's one person that could have changed all this, all right?"
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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colorado:
"I have been working every day to unify the Republican Party for the American people. And yesterday we had a deal that was not a selfish deal in any way for Kevin McCarthy to get him the gavel on the first ballot. And he eagerly dismissed us."
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7. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Georgia:
8. Greene walks away
STORYLINE:
House Republicans teetered on the brink of chaos Tuesday on the opening day of the new Congress, with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy sparring with right-flank colleagues who are refusing to give him their votes to become House speaker.
The standoff between McCarthy and a core group of conservatives led by the Freedom Caucus and aligned with Donald Trump's MAGA agenda means McCarthy, after having led his party to a narrow Republican majority, was grasping for his political survival, trying to avoid being the first majority nominee for speaker in 100 years to fail to win an initial vote for the gavel.
"He eagerly dismissed us," said Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.
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