Alabama's Mike Rogers Went After Matt Gaetz on the House Floor, Had to Be Held Back
Kevin McCarthy's quest to become Speaker of the House continued on Friday night as the House of Representatives voted for the 14th time with McCarthy coming up just short again. There was added drama during the late night vote as Matt Gaetz waited until the very end to join Lauren Boebert in voting "present."
After Gaetz cast his vote, he was approached by McCarthy and they had a prolonged exchange that didn't appear to settle anything. As McCarthy walked away Alabama's Mike Rogers tried to go after Gaetz, but he was pulled away by someone who grabbed him by the shoulders and put his hand over his mouth.
Wild scene as Rep. Mike Rogers has to be physically restrained by another member while going after Gaetz as McCarthy tries to secure final votes pic.twitter.com/c0u2lZxgYr
— Cabot Phillips (@cabot_phillips) January 7, 2023
Rogers v. Gaetz pic.twitter.com/fMe9uaTu37
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) January 7, 2023
Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) walks away from Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) as an altercation with Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) breaks out during a session of the House of Representatives to elect a Speaker of the House. Jack Gruber-USA TODAY @guygruber @usatoday pic.twitter.com/iUiXbdp9RV
— Andrew P. Scott (@apscott) January 7, 2023
Go Birds pic.twitter.com/RG40E0UMk8
— CJ Fogler AKA Perc70 #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) January 7, 2023
Here's the full exchange.
Wow McCarthy goes right to Gaetz and this conversation didn’t end well pic.twitter.com/Nbh6PdA40P
— Acyn (@Acyn) January 7, 2023
This process remains absolutely insane. C-SPAN has never been so thrilling.