Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida has roiled members of his own Republican Party with his budget demands as the deadline for a federal government shutdown looms.
Just last week, he led a push tofor leaving a meeting where ultraconservative lawmakers had hoped to reach agreement on their extreme budget cuts. Axios reported that Granger left the meeting to attend a fundraising reception; Gaetz said Republicans “need to fire” her.
In an interview Saturday, former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Virginia Republican who was part of the disastrous GOP-led shutdown in 2013,But whatever Gaetz’s motivations may be, it looks like he’s in the driver’s seat — with McCarthy merely along for the ride. And Gaetz might just drive off a cliff, with America’s economy inside.
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