What did Matt Gaetz predict about elections in January 2023?
Matt Gaetz, U.S. Representative-elect (R-FL) ·
You only earn the position of speaker of the House if you can get the votes. Mr. McCarthy doesn't have the votes today. He will not have the votes tomorrow, and he will not have the votes next week, next month, next year.
McCarthy elected next day, 216-212
Gaetz said McCarthy would not have the votes for Speaker tomorrow or for the next year. McCarthy was elected Speaker early the next morning, 216 to 212.
Kevin McCarthy was elected Speaker on the 15th ballot at 12:34 a.m. on Jan. 7, 2023, with 216 votes to Hakeem Jeffries' 212 and 6 voting present (House Clerk roll call 20).
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- House floor speech nominating Jim Jordan on the 12th ballot of the 2023 speaker election.