{"id":2240400,"date":"2024-05-08T18:26:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T22:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-endorses-gaetzs-primary-challenger-in-latest-episode-of-feud\/"},"modified":"2024-05-08T18:26:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T22:26:59","slug":"mccarthy-endorses-gaetzs-primary-challenger-in-latest-episode-of-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-endorses-gaetzs-primary-challenger-in-latest-episode-of-feud\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy Backs Gaetz&#8217;s Primary Opponent Amid Ongoing Feud"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fmccarthy-endorses-gaetzs-primary-challenger-in-latest-episode-of-feud%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=2240400&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--><p>Former House\u200c Speaker Kevin McCarthy endorsed Rep. Matt Gaetz&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-vows-to-travel-to-alaska-to-campaign-against-disloyal-very-bad-senator\/\" title=\"Trump Vows To Travel To Alaska To Campaign Against \u2018Disloyal, Very Bad Senator\u2019\">primary rival<\/a> in Florida&#8217;s 1st Congressional District. Aaron Dimmock, a former Naval officer, gained McCarthy&#8217;s support. McCarthy criticized Gaetz, likening him \u2062to Hunter Biden. Despite\u2062 Gaetz&#8217;s prior\u200b electoral success, McCarthy&#8217;s endorsement \u2063adds a significant twist to their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-reduces-support-for-s-arabia-in-another-boon-to-iran\/\" title=\"Biden reduces support for S. Arabia in another boon to Iran\">ongoing conflict<\/a>. Your summary effectively captures \u200bthe key points regarding McCarthy&#8217;s endorsement of \u200dGaetz&#8217;s primary rival, Aaron Dimmock, McCarthy&#8217;s criticism of Gaetz, and\u200c the significant impact of McCarthy&#8217;s endorsement on their conflict. It provides a concise \u200boverview of the situation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kevin McCarthy<\/a> endorsed Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Matt Gaetz<\/a>\u2018s (R-FL) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mich-ariz-gop-censures-several-lawmakers-over-support-for-impeachment-failure-to-keep-states-red\/\" title=\"Mich., Ariz. GOP censures several lawmakers over support for impeachment, failure to keep states red\">primary challenger<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Florida\u2019s<\/a> 1st Congressional District in the latest instance of hostility between the two men.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Dimmock, a former Naval officer, declared his candidacy less than two weeks ago. Now, he has the backing of one of the most notable Republicans in recent memory.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGaetz is the Hunter Biden of the Republican Party,\u201d McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/05\/08\/mccarthy-gaetz-gop-florida-00156659\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>. \u201cHe\u2019s got an opponent who is pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, trained at Pensacola, went to the Naval Academy, and flew jets to defend us while Gaetz was getting kicked out of high school, buying coke, and paying minors for sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy\u2019s endorsement of Dimmock may not sway voters much in a district Gaetz won by over 100,000 votes in 2022, but it comes as a notable new chapter in the feud between the two Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy has his reasons for a vendetta against Gaetz, who led the successful attempt to oust the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-ends-negotiations-with-nancy-pelosi-on-coronavirus-relief\/\" title=\"Donald Trump Ends Negotiations with Nancy Pelosi on Coronavirus Relief\">speaker<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy has previously said Gaetz led the ouster to stop an ethics probe into the Florida Republican, which was looking into alleged sex and other crimes. Gaetz has denied the allegations, and a Department of Justice investigation into several allegations was closed without any criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz responded to the endorsement by urging McCarthy to campaign with \u201cDEI Dimmock\u201d in northwest Florida.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Kevin McCarthy, who quit congress, has recruited Missouri-Based <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aaronwdimmock?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@aaronwdimmock<\/a> to run against me. <\/p>\n<p>From Politico:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDimmock voiced support for diversity and the Black Lives Matter movement\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Who thinks Kev and DEI Dimmock should campaign together in Northwest Florida?<\/p>\n<p>I sure\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xXqispiOin\">pic.twitter.com\/xXqispiOin<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1788232426709303391?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The DEI remark refers to Dimmock\u2019s social media activity, including voicing support for the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020 and supporting DEI in the past.<\/p>\n<p>A Dimmock campaign spokesperson responded by telling the outlet that Gaetz\u2019s \u201cdesperation oozes out of every baseless claim he makes as he attempts to distract voters from his disastrous tenure in Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Republican primary is scheduled for Aug. 20.<\/p>\n<p>The likely winner of the Republican primary, Gaetz, will face Democratic challenger Gay Valimont in November.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy endorsed Rep. Matt Gaetz&#8217;s primary rival in FL&#8217;s 1st District amid their ongoing feud. Aaron Dimmock, a former Naval officer, entered the race just weeks ago and now enjoys support from a prominent Republican figure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2240401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24121628148396.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24121628148396.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240400","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2240401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}