Conrad Hoyt is the overnight news editor at the Washington Examiner.
Rep. Garret Graves did not mince words about the tensions inside the House of Representatives during and after the vote to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, saying,"You would have seen fists thrown" if they had not left for the night.
"What's going on in this country today? What's going on in this body? My phone keeps sending text messages saying, 'Hey, give me money. Give me money, I filed a motion to vacate,'" Graves said, referring to Gaetz's fundraising efforts."Using official actions to raise money. It's disgusting. It's what's disgusting about Washington."
Graves evoked the moment in January when the GOP-controlled House needed 15 votes to elect McCarthy as speaker. In order to win the necessary votes, McCarthy was forced to appease hard-line Republicans, such as Gaetz, with one of his sacrifices being to allow any one congressman to file a motion to vacate the speaker. To Graves, that move was cause for the dysfunction seen on Tuesday.
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