{"id":1800096,"date":"2023-01-09T13:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T18:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800096"},"modified":"2023-01-09T13:35:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T18:35:43","slug":"matt-gaetz-says-all-is-forgiven-with-gop-rep-who-lunged-at-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-says-all-is-forgiven-with-gop-rep-who-lunged-at-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz Says &#8220;All Is Forgiven&#8221; With GOP Rep. Who Lunged at Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmatt-gaetz-says-all-is-forgiven-with-gop-rep-who-lunged-at-him%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2023\/01\/Untitled-design-2023-01-09T104647.738.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Firebrand Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gaetz-says-hell-resign-if-dems-put-mccarthy-over-the-top-takes-swipe-at-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rep. Matt Gaetz<\/a> offered an olive branch to fellow Republican Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), over a tense confrontation Friday on the House floor that led to Rogers being physically restrained by colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz, who was one of the last GOP holdouts blocking Kevin McCarthy from assuming the role of speaker of the House, drew Rogers ire after Gaetz voted \u201cpresent\u201d in the 14th ballot to once again deny McCarthy. Rogers had to be held back by North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson in the dramatic confrontation that was followed by another vote in which McCarthy took the speaker\u2019s gavel.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">\u201c@RepMikeRogersAL <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">and I have a six-year productive, working relationship,\u201d Gaetz tweeted . \u201cWe\u2019re going to work together wonderfully going forward. I don\u2019t think there should be any punishment or reprisal just because he had an animated moment. He has my forgiveness.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMattGaetz<\/a> and I have a long and productive working relationship, that I am sure will continue. I regret that I briefly lost my temper on the House Floor Friday evening and appreciate Matt\u2019s kind understanding. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8GmbJHO3cK\">https:\/\/t.co\/8GmbJHO3cK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Rogers (@RepMikeRogersAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMikeRogersAL\/status\/1612173457323614211?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Gaetz\u2019s response also included a video link to his interview on \u201cFox News Sunday\u201d in which he shared similar words.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike Rogers is going to be a terrific chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and we share a deep commitment to our national defense, to our men and women in uniform,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cOf course, in a late-night moment of high drama, people can have moments of frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rogers soon replied with a public apology to Gaetz concerning his actions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@RepMattGaetz <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">and I have a long and productive working relationship, that I am sure will continue. I regret that I briefly lost my temper on the House Floor Friday evening and appreciate Matt\u2019s kind understanding,\u201d he tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gaetz was one of 20 Republicans who initially refused to vote for McCarthy to become House speaker. \u00a0The holdouts finally relented, with members either voting for McCarthy or voting \u201cpresent\u201d to lower the 218-vote threshold, after winning a series of pledges from McCarthy.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most extraordinary CSpan floor video I have ever seen <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sFTPF8WCdJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/sFTPF8WCdJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erik Wasson (@elwasson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elwasson\/status\/1611692661504905216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In an interview with the New York Post, Gaetz said some of McCarthy\u2019s concessions to the GOP holdouts could be seen as early as Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel like the American people won. I feel that the House of Representatives will be a healthier institution,\u201d Gaetz <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/01\/07\/freedom-caucus-earns-major-concessions-from-kevin-mccarthy\/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&#038;utm_medium=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=NYPTwitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the Post. \u201cMany of these things had been resisted by Kevin McCarthy as early as Monday and now we have an exquisite rules package.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Congress resumes on Monday to move forward on a rules package after the week of voting to select McCarthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firebrand Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz offered an olive branch to fellow Republican Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), over a tense confrontation Friday on the House floor that led to Rogers being physically restrained by colleagues. 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