After Matt Gaetz voted “Present” instead of voting for McCarthy outright, Rep. Mike Rogers confronted Gaetz and had to be physically restrained from him. His fellow representative even had to put his hand over his face.
Watch:
Wild scene as Rep. Mike Rogers has to be physically restrained by another member while going after Gaetz as McCarthy tries to secure final votes pic.twitter.com/c0u2lZxgYr
— Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) January 7, 2023
In the full clip below, McCarthy appears to walk over to Gaetz and scold him:
Wow McCarthy goes right to Gaetz and this conversation didn’t end well pic.twitter.com/Nbh6PdA40P
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 7, 2023
McCarthy failed to reach the threshold yet again by only getting 216 votes, which made him one vote shy of clinching the Speakership.
This is a developing story. Stay tuned for more…
