Freedom Caucus retaliates against Kevin McCarthy with bold action.

House Freedom Caucus Strikes Back: Unleashes Retribution on Kevin McCarthy with Bold Move

The House Freedom Caucus sent a warning shot in the direction of Speaker Kevin McCarthy Tuesday by refusing to approve the rules for debate over a pair of Republican bills that would ban federal officials from snuffing out gas stoves.

In writing about the revolt, NBC said the 220-206 vote to reject the rules was “stunning” to “longtime lawmakers and reporters who have not seen a rule vote — a procedural measure typically widely supported by the majority party — go down in more than two decades.”

Recalcitrant Republicans said the spark that lit the flareup came when Republican Rep. Andrew Clyde of Georgia, who voted against the McCarthy-supported rule on the debt ceiling deal McCarthy reached with President Joe Biden, was told a bill he sponsored to support pistol-stabilizing braces would not come to the floor this week as a form of punishment.

BREAKING: 12 Republicans from the @freedomcaucus just voted to strike down the House procedural rules on this week’s legislation, blocking them from being considered for a vote, as payback for how leadership handled the debt ceiling.

Specifically over them threatening Rep.…

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 6, 2023

Today, I voted no on the rule, H.Res 463.

I wasn’t elected to play political games. I was elected to uphold the Constitution.

Leadership failed to bring Andrew Clyde’s bill to repeal the unconstitutional ATF pistol brace rule to the floor.

This was retribution for his “no”…

— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) June 6, 2023

Gaetz and HFC guys say they took down the gas stoves rule over GOP leaders retaliating vs. @Rep_Clyde for voting no on debt deal rule.

They threaten to vote no on more rules in future unless McCarthy takes them seriously on spending

— Scott Wong (@scottwongDC) June 6, 2023

Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado made it clear that anger