Rep. Gaetz: ‘I Will Resign’ if Democrats Help Elect Moderate GOP Speaker
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) isn’t worried about House Democrats teaming up with other members of his party to elect a moderate Republican speaker of the House.
“That will not happen,” Gaetz told Fox News’ Laura Ingraham on Jan. 5 after the House failed for the 11th time to elect a speaker.
“I’m on the floor,” he noted. “These 212 Democrats are going to vote for Hakeem Jeffries every single time. He is a historic candidate for them. They are not going to cleave off under any circumstance, I assure you. If Democrats join up to elect a moderate Republican, I will resign from the House of Representatives—that is how certain I am.”…