{"id":1800316,"date":"2023-01-09T16:48:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T21:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1800316"},"modified":"2023-01-09T16:53:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T21:53:56","slug":"washington-could-use-more-fistfights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-could-use-more-fistfights\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Could Use More Fistfights"},"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\">10<\/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%2Fwashington-could-use-more-fistfights%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=1800316&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-->\n<p>The best of both the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/09\/in-mccarthy-negotiations-gop-landed-on-most-significant-win-for-conservatives-in-a-decade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Productive<\/a> This weekend&#8217;s House speaker deliberations were marred by a bizarre altercation among Matt Gaetz (R-Michael Rogers), two Republican congressmen who are on opposite sides of the McCarthy squabble.<\/p>\n<p>A C-SPAN peek at the House floor showed a frustrated Kevin McCarthy approaching Gaetz after the Florida representative had sunk McCarthy\u2019s 14th attempt at securing the speaker\u2019s gavel. McCarthy left, but Rogers was not able to move towards Gaetz. He was restrained physically with a hand on his face.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full \u201cFight Night\u201d If you haven&#8217;t seen it, clip it.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Wild scene: Rep. Mike Rogers is physically restrained by another member as he chases Gaetz, as McCarthy attempts to win the final votes.https:\/\/t.co\/c0u2lZxgYr&#8221;>pic.twitter.com\/c0u2lZxgYr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cabot_phillips\/status\/1611575316966776833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2023<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>McCarthy officially speaks on Monday. Rogers and Gaetz seem to be in the lead. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMikeRogersAL\/status\/1612173457323614211?s=20&#038;t=f3CjsS_xtIUlQlOmmh8PuA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hugged it out<\/a>,\u201d so to speak \u2014 and, surprise, surprise, the media are aghast at the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Esqueer_\/status\/1611595436665495554?s=20&#038;t=f3CjsS_xtIUlQlOmmh8PuA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">complete meltdown<\/a>.\u201d It depends on the outlet you visit, but it was an a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/rep-jim-jordan-defends-near-physical-fight-between-matt-gaetz-and-mike-rogers-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wild lunge<\/a>,\u201d A \u201cdumpster fire,\u201d A \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2023\/01\/09\/everybody-panicked-and-flipped-out-lauren-boeberts-confusion-prompted-angry-confrontation_partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">literal floor fight<\/a>,\u201d And \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2023\/01\/matt-gaetz-mike-rogers-speaker-vote-faces-pulled-fight.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the defining image of the new Congress<\/a>\u201d It was none.<\/p>\n<p>Would it be so bad if brawls at the House were the status quo for the new Congress? Frankly, the whole kerfuffle was kind of pathetic and undoubtedly overblown; Rogers didn\u2019t \u201clunge\u201d At or \u201cattack\u201d Gaetz was so feisty about Gaetz that he took a half-hearted step towards him and was theatrically pulled away. One could argue that Washington would be a better place if there were more fistfights.<\/p>\n<p>The world we live in is very confused when it comes masculinity, strength and conflict. Men are exonerated for their manliness or brute impulses. Then they are left on their own to find the Jordan Petersons among a world of Liver Kings, Andrew Tates and other shaming. It is this same class of armchair people who are first to undermine norms and decorum. And the Lincoln Project and Human Rights Campaign&#8217;s sickos are the greatest drama queens about Trumpian crassness.<\/p>\n<p>RedState&#8217;s Bonchie made a point that should have been obvious, but was nonetheless important. It would be nice to witness this kind of Republican fire directed against far-left opponents every now and then. \u201cWhen is the last time you saw a member of the GOP get that animated over yet another omnibus bill being forced down their throats? Or at watching a gun control bill pass against their will? Or at seeing a Democrat Speaker of the House strip their colleagues of committee assignments while ignoring bad behavior from the left?\u201d Bonchie <a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/bonchie\/2023\/01\/08\/heres-the-problem-with-mike-rogers-lunging-at-matt-gaetz-on-the-house-floor-n685550\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Submitted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more to it than just being a bit prudent about where to direct their fire. Perhaps the men in Congress will have more success getting things done if their thumbs are out of their arses and they throw some hands. I\u2019m exaggerating a bit, but not much.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s something refreshing and healthy about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men in D.C. tend to do something far worse than fight &#8212; and that&#8217;s do nothing at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":994,"featured_media":1800319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[6919,14121,4086],"class_list":["post-1800316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-federalist","tag-fistfights","tag-washington"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/994"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1800316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1800316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1800319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1800316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1800316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1800316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}