Rep. Matt Gaetz on Fox News (screengrab).
During his appearance on Steve Bannon's show Wednesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) proclaimed that he had the votes to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from the House Republican leadership. He told Bannon that somehow the "establishment" would stop the vote from happening to ensure she stayed in power.
As it turns out, Gaetz was not only wrong, he was overwhelmingly proven wrong with just 61 members being willing to vote out Cheney and 145 supported her. Gaetz and his team lost big and it was reportedly so embarrassing that Gaetz refused to do interviews after the vote.
See the rest of the mockery of Gaetz below:
Is Gaetz now going to say Liz vote to retain leadership was due to voting machine manipulation?
— Norma #1-06 (@therealNormaA) February 4, 2021
Well his statement aged terribly and rotted. Apparently they did vote and he did not have the votes to remove her. Cheney-1 Gaetz-0
— Iris 🇵🇷🇺🇸 (@EdaIris) February 4, 2021
If there was a secret vote on Matt Gaetz I wonder how that would turn out?
— Always1968 (@Always0468) February 4, 2021
