deals with that caucus after the small but effective group of republicans showed impact. yanked away mid tirade against congressman gaetz. now, that process was used to take new powers away from leadership and em power mccarthy foes. in a new piece reporting that whatever everyone think of gaetz his critics across the spectrum acknowledge he must be dealt with after the speaker clash, and mccarthy allies don t like it, saying it s not the outcome they preferred but gaetz s stature has been elevated. true on house rules and visibility as well. mccarthy setbacks in this early period, they often played as gaetz s gains. there are a handful of far right holdouts and they warn they will not support him. the more conservative freedom caucus members pledged not to vote for kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy celebrating a victory that almost didn t happen. this looks like a bit of a heated conversation. this is incredible. this is an incredible moment. mccarthy is directly enga
let me read you what he evolved and his allies say it wasn t you at the end pushing and i want to give you a chance to respond. mick henry said by the end you were not requesting a receiving items beyond what mccarthy handed over, and we have this quote. i think that you were showing you could just hold things, quote, for no reason. was there anything specific you were asking for in that dramatic end period we all witnessed? what was at issue in the 14th and 15th vote was the one person motion to vacate, because just moments before the 14th ballot, a moderate republican tony gonzalez tweeted out he was going to vote against the rules package. i was worried that tony gonzalez wasn t the only person that felt that way and his tweet could have led to a moderate jailbreak on the rules where we could have elected mccarthy and been absent the enforcement tool if he did not keep his commitment, so what we secured during the 14th and