{"id":2368849,"date":"2024-11-14T09:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-predicts-gaetz-wont-get-confirmed-by-senate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-14T09:19:29","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T14:19:29","slug":"kevin-mccarthy-predicts-gaetz-wont-get-confirmed-by-senate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-predicts-gaetz-wont-get-confirmed-by-senate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin McCarthy predicts \u2018Gaetz won\u2019t get confirmed\u2019 by Senate &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fkevin-mccarthy-predicts-gaetz-wont-get-confirmed-by-senate-washington-examiner%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=2368849&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 Speaker Kevin McCarthy has \u2063expressed\u2064 doubts about the Senate&#8217;s \u2062confirmation of outgoing Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a>, a position for which he has been nominated by President-elect Donald Trump. McCarthy\u2062 indicated that while he finds most \u2064of Trump&#8217;s cabinet selections commendable, he believes Gaetz \u200cwill not \u2064be confirmed, stating,\u2063 \u201cI think the choices are very good, \u2064except one. Gaetz won\u2019t get confirmed, everybody knows that.\u201d This sentiment reflects ongoing tensions between\u2062 the two, heightened by \u2063their past conflicts,\u200c including Gaetz\u2019s role\u200c in\u2064 McCarthy&#8217;s \u2063removal from the speakership. McCarthy speculated \u2063that Trump\u2019s nomination of Gaetz\u200c could \u200cserve as a strategic distraction but did not elaborate. Despite his \u2063criticisms of Gaetz, McCarthy did \u2062express positive views \u200babout other Trump nominees, such as\u2063 Sen. Marco Rubio for secretary of \u2062state, noting \u2062his extensive knowledge in foreign affairs.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Kevin McCarthy predicts &lsquo;Gaetz won&rsquo;t get confirmed&rsquo; by Senate<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1881023\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> does not believe outgoing Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Matt Gaetz\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> (R-FL) will be confirmed as attorney general by the Senate after President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> selected him as his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3229178\/trump-nominates-matt-gaetz-as-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"nominee\">nominee<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Some of Trump&rsquo;s picks for his Cabinet, including Gaetz for attorney general and former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for director of national intelligence, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3229222\/trump-cabinet-picks-shockwaves-washington-reckless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"garnered strong reactions\">garnered strong reactions<\/a> on Capitol Hill and in the wider political world. McCarthy, whose speakership was ended by a successful motion to vacate filed by Gaetz in October 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-11-14\/trump-pick-of-matt-gaetz-will-be-rejected-by-senate-mccarthy-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"told\">told<\/a> <em>Bloomberg<\/em> he believes Trump&rsquo;s nominees are good, except for Gaetz.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the choices are very good, except one. Gaetz won&rsquo;t get confirmed, everybody knows that,&rdquo; McCarthy said.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on why he thinks Trump picked Gaetz for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-ag-nominee-wont-commit-to-keeping-durham-as-special-counsel\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s AG nominee won\u2019t commit to keeping Durham as special counsel\">attorney general nominee<\/a>, McCarthy said it was a &ldquo;good deflection&rdquo; but did not elaborate further.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy and Gaetz have had a public feud over the past several years, coming to a head during the former&rsquo;s bid for House speaker in 2023. The Florida Republican led efforts to block his bid for speaker in January 2023, leading to 15 rounds of voting, and had threatened to file a motion to vacate against McCarthy until he did on Oct. 3, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Since McCarthy&rsquo;s removal, he has not minced words about Gaetz. In April, the former speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2960634\/mccarthy-says-lost-speakership-over-complaint-alleging-member-slept-with-17-year-old\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"claimed\">claimed<\/a> the Florida congressman ousted him because Gaetz wanted to stop an ethics complaint alleging he slept with a minor. Gaetz has flatly denied the allegations and called McCarthy a &ldquo;liar.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The former House speaker did praise Trump&rsquo;s other Cabinet picks, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for secretary of state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When you look at a Rubio, just the knowledge that he has being on the Intel Committee &mdash; I was on the Gang of Eight &mdash; and his understanding, even when you listen to the other side of the aisle, they say, &lsquo;He&rsquo;ll make a great secretary of state.&rsquo; So, that&rsquo;s strong for me. Waltz, just as background from a Green Beret, and others being them, but John Ratcliffe at CIA, former DNI, that&rsquo;s very strong,&rdquo; McCarthy said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And the difference is to what was eight years ago today, President Trump understands the job. He knows the people that he needs around him to get there, and I think he&rsquo;s gonna be much better prepared because he only has one term, but he&rsquo;ll hit the ground running this time,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3229634\/gaetz-resigns-house-ahead-attorney-general-confirmation-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"announced\">announced<\/a> Wednesday that Gaetz would be resigning his seat effective immediately. The resignation comes days before the House Ethics Committee was reportedly set to vote on whether to release a damaging report on the outgoing congressman. <\/p>\n<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said Thursday that he has asked the state secretary of state to &ldquo;formulate and announce a schedule for the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">upcoming special elections immediately&#038;rdquo<\/a>; to replace Florida congressmen selected to be in Trump&rsquo;s Cabinet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1881023\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1881023\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McCarthy doubts Gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2368850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/kevin-mccarthy-mattt-gaetz-trump.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3624,34742,32603,39855,32076],"class_list":["post-2368849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-gaetz","tag-kevin-mccarthy","tag-political-news","tag-senate-confirmation","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/kevin-mccarthy-mattt-gaetz-trump.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368849","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\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2368849"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368853,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2368849\/revisions\/2368853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2368850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2368849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2368849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2368849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}