U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) floated the idea that he would himself replace Speaker Kevin McCarthy after the speaker made a deal with Biden on the debt ceiling, with Gaetz saying he would be "great" at the job.
Gaetz was responding to a comment on a right-wing news story, which reported that fellow Republican Rep. Ralph Norman had claimed that McCarthy lost the confidence of House conservatives. One Twitter user responded to the story, saying, "'Speaker Gaetz' has a nice ring to it!!"
In response, Gaetz shared the comment, and said with it, "In the House, I’d make a great leader! (Only thing I’m missing is followers)."
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Gaetz has been among the Republicans protesting the debt ceiling deal, even coming into conflict with fellow far-right Republicans who supported the compromise, such as Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA). The conservative opponents of the deal have also organized protest votes to make a point to McCarthy.
The development comes more than a week after former Rep. Conor Lamb, of Pennsylvania, slammed Gaetz and other purported obstructionist Republicans. He said they "only know what they are against and they really don't have much of an idea of what they're for."
The news was also picked up by Newsweek.
