Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) told Punchbowl News that he’s “considering offering a motion to expel Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) from the House Republican Conference.”
Lawler also said “he wants the eight Republicans who voted against McCarthy to lose their committee assignments.”
Said Lawler: “This isn’t a policy difference. This isn’t a bill that came to the floor… This is you decided, eight of you, that your interests were bigger than the conference and you were going to align yourself with AOC, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, Hakeem Jeffries, Adam Schiff, Eric Swalwell, to remove a duly elected House Republican speaker. Are you out of your fucking minds?”
With Republicans holding a four-seat majority, there’s little chance any of these lawmakers will be punished.
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