Rep. Mike D. Rogers (R-Ala.) is expressing his regrets after nearly coming to blows with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) over the House speaker vote in a chaotic scene Friday night.
Gaetz tweeted a response, saying the two men have worked together for six years and will cooperate going forward. “I don’t think there should be any punishment or reprisal just because he had an animated moment. He has my forgiveness,” Gaetz wrote.
Late Friday, as the House voted on the 14th ballot for speaker, Gaetz voted “present,” thus denying Rep. Kevin McCarthy the speakership by one vote.McCarthy and some of his allies rushed over to Gaetz to question him. But it was Rogers who stormed over and leaned angrily toward Gaetz. Rep. Richard Hudson McCarthy later won the votes for speaker on the 15th ballot as Gaetz and other GOP foes voted present.
Rogers believes there are more qualified people to lead the subcommittee than Gaetz, according to one lawmaker, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to freely describe private deliberations.Seats on committees and chairmanships of subcommittees were a pivotal part of negotiations with the McCarthy holdouts last week, but it was not clear whether any positions were guaranteed or were just being used as negotiating tools.
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