Rep. Matt Gaetz Will Back Trump for President but NOT for His HR Skills—States McCarthy Not A Good Choice for Speaker

Not intending to abusively whip the horse that has carried us this far, Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) voiced clear disagreement with President Trump after he supported House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) as the next Speaker.

This from thehill.com.

Gaetz matter-of-factly said:

[President] Trump has not chosen the best people to work for him in the past.

Gaetz explained to the conservative network Real America’s Voice on Monday at a Turning Point USA conference in Phoenix:

HR was not always his best thing.

So maybe we oughta have a choice come out of the House that represents the conservative center of our caucus.

I’ll be for Trump for president, but I will not follow him in supporting Kevin McCarthy for Speaker.

Gaetz has joined a small band of far-right GOP lawmakers voicing discontent with McCarthy after Republicans underperformed in the midterm elections and captured a razor-thin majority in the House.

Trump endorsed McCarthy for the Speakership and called on House Republicans last week to back him for the leadership post.

He said:

Kevin has worked very hard. I think he deserves the shot.

Although he won a Republican conference vote last month, McCarthy must secure the Speakership on the floor in January.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), a former chairman of the far-right House Freedom Caucus, is challenging McCarthy after losing in the November Republican conference vote.

Final thoughts: The Speakership is not a popularity contest. It is not a resume-builder position. McCarthy wants it because, like Hillary, he believes he is next. I say, again, ‘Wrong answer.’

McCarthy has been AWOL throughout the fight against the communist/globalist stolen elections. If he’s been working behind the scenes, so be it, but that is not where a future House Speaker belongs. He should have been leading from the front all along. We the People have not had that pleasure.