Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) attacked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on the floor of the House on Thursday, saying that his caucus is a “circus” and can’t gather enough votes to pass any significant legislation.
“This speaker doesn’t even have the votes for impeachment, doesn’t even have the votes to fund the government,” Frost said. “It’s unclear if he even has the votes to keep his own job.”
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“Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the extremist House Republicans, who care more about themselves and their politics than you.”
Frost, the House’s youngest member, also railed against Republican attempts to impeach President Biden over his son’s business deals.
“And the cherry on top of all of this is that instead of getting to work on funding the government, they’re trying to impeach Hunter Biden, I think, who — spoiler alert — is not the president of the United States,” he added.
Gaetz has floated votes to oust McCarthy in recent days.
The House has struggled to move forward on bills crucial for government funding, including a bill on defense funding measures that sank after opposition from far-right Republicans.
“We are 15 days from a government shutdown that will impact millions of working people, and Speaker McCarthy can’t get his own party to pass any significant pieces of legislation,” Frost said.
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