Who is Matt Gaetz? The congressman who led the ouster of Kevin McCarthy
by Lauren Gambino from US news | The Guardian on (#6F996)
A Trump loyalist, Gaetz is being investigated by the House ethics committee for sexual misconduct and misuse of funds
All it took was a single-page resolution for the congressman Matt Gaetz, a hard-right Republican from Florida, to set in motion a move unprecedented in Congressional history: the ousting of a House speaker.
On Tuesday, a handful of conservative rebels joined Gaetz in voting to depose Kevin McCarthy, the Republican speaker. By a vote of 216-210, the effort succeeded, plunging the Republican-controlled House once again into chaos and cementing Gaetz's position as one of Capitol Hill's chief antagonists.
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