Rep. Matt Gaetz said now that House Speaker Kevin McCarty has won the chamber’s top job, it’s unlikely that he or the other GOP rebels will try to eject him, despite new rules making it much easier to toss the speaker out.
But Mr. McCarthy will face a threat to his leadership if he seeks retribution against those who tried to block him from wielding the gavel, Mr. Gaetz said, promising “mutually assured destruction,” within the slim GOP majority.
Mr. Gaetz, the Florida Republican who led the GOP rebellion, told The Washington Times that he believes none of the 20 conservatives who helped him try to prevent Mr.