Heated moment on the House floor

Tensions flared in the House of Representatives as Rep. Matt Gaetz chose not to vote for GOP leader Kevin McCarthy in his bid to become House speaker.
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[@396375a]

How could the cameraman pan away from what has to be a historical moment of shame on the house floor!!!

[@turdferguson2982]

To hide the truth from us.

[@topbins1391]

Foreal. What a fail

[@GenericScreenName808]

@@turdferguson2982it’s Cspan they have rules specifically in place not to hide anything. More likely they were focused on the main character of the whole ordeal and never expected anything to happen after he walked away. People really need to cool their jets with all this conspiracy stuff, things are bad enough without it

[@scotteilers5626]

Shame? Have you ever seen what happens on the floor of Parliament? I think this is actually refreshing finally something authentic.

[@Kjleed13]

I need a bad lip reading of this in my life.

[@ancientkaleidoscope]

Oh they made one!

[@Kjleed13]

@@ancientkaleidoscope thank you ☺️ 🙏

[@BS-dq1kz]

It’s on Tik Tok. Lol. That’s why I’m here.

[@KennyG881]

your wish is granted

[@DeviantRabbits]

"Hey man, you're gonna pay for dinner!"

[@budoutsidethebox2491]

"This never happened when I was Speaker." _ George Santos

[@kennieb5606]

LOL SILLY TALK

[@coloradobowers]

😂😂😂😂

[@barnhartequipmentbrentbarn5662]

LMAO LMAO LMAO.... We love you George.

[@henrylivingstone2971]

“Stay civil” 😂😂😂 its like a grade school classroom full of children and the teacher having to admonish them for bad behavior

[@Bruuski]

...and we wonder why/how a 6yr brought a gun to school today, shot his teacher and left her in critical condition.

[@Rjames1099]

@@Bruuskiyou know if the teacher was armed, this wouldn’t have happened 😕

[@Bruuski]

@ROB LIVE87 Really? You could shoot a 6yo? I was thinking more in the line that if parents got arrested for mishandling a firearm and adding to the delibgancy of a child, they would be more careful keeping their firearms away from their children. Don't parents check kids' backpacks at 6yo? Last private citizen that tried to play Okay Corral at a mass shooting ended up one of the dead. He lost at stick around & find out.

[@henrylivingstone2971]

@@Rjames1099 …..what? So what would be the end of that situation? A teacher shooting and most likely killing a 6 year old? What are you even talking about? What do you expect the teacher to do? Turn their gun on a child? Prevention is ALWAYS better than treatment. The child should NEVER had access to a firearm. The parents of that child are irresponsible gun owners and should never have allowed their children to even now about the firearm. Arming teachers especially in this situation is entirely inappropriate.

[@patrickbuglass973]

Like the incivility that won the Revolutionary War.

[@darkmankind]

This is a harbinger of what the next two years will look like.

[@silentmoniker]

Better than what the last two years..which has destroyed all trust in government

[@darkmankind]

You should check that timeline. It seems like you are blatantly forgetting the big lie started earlier than that.

[@Bruuski]

However, watching the GOP implode on themselves might be the best entertainment of 2023.

[@jonnyfendi2003]

You got to be an idiot or constantly turning a blind eye to think the Biden administration has actually been doing a good job.

[@Bruuski]

@jonnyfendi2003 Gee, please enlighten us on what is worse now in 2023 than before. Inflation doesn't count since it's been proven by the numbers that corporate America has increased their profits ~54% & regular people are paying them for the privilege of those higher prices. Also, the increase in gas prices is worldwide. Go to Hong Kong ~$11/gal or live cheap in Denmark at >$9/gal.

[@TeaReesa26]

Jeez it’s like a high school cafeteria. Except this time I’m actually disappointed that the fight didn’t escalate.

[@nogarage.]

I like how every single one of them look like they would be disgusted if they had to shop at your local grocery store. 😂

[@turdferguson2982]

I am, and not just with the shrinkflation.

[@wewillwin24]

Your's..most people people probably would

[@lifeongps]

Like when Hillary called everyone a deplorable on National tv? LMAO. Cost her an Election!

[@petejames1326]

these are the ELITES of society, i doubt they even do their own grocery shopping im sure they have paid HOUSEKEEPERS to do this PLEBIAN task, lol they are all out of touch with normal society they are nearly as bad as CEOS who make $100million a yr PLUS bonus'

[@melissaleoncreolenola]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cwilliams793]

The first thing that came to mind for me: "Jerry, Jerry, Jerry!"

[@SilenceDogood76]

We need a Jomboy Breakdown of this to get the lip reading...

[@Scott-hr9yc]

My popcorns never tasted so good! Yummy 🍿🍿

[@ronschwigel8140]

and with butter and salt hee hee

[@bobknull7502]

Matt Goetz angerly pointing........" You promised me high school girls. Lauren wants to see my junk but she is WAY too old."

[@elizabethr4107]

🤣🤣🤣

[@patr70]

I think that is the far more of what you see happening in the Democrats lives..

[@healingv1sion]

@@patr70 nah both parties are guilty of harboring predators at this point

[@markrhodes1717]

Hahahahahaha. I can just imagine Rapey McForehead saying that!

[@ThomasFromTN]

@@patr70 even you have to appreciate just how weak your comment is when evidence live and in color is right in front of the entire world to see exactly who is who in this dynamic. Seriously dude give it up.

[@sharonhein85]

I thought I heard somebody yelling it’s getting hot in here!😂

[@SuperBullaMan]

Nelly😃

[@BenthebelieverYTGaming]

As long as they don't take off their clothes LMAO. That is all we need to scare us all

[@patrickbuglass973]

Fortunately they all kept their clothes on.

[@deanbusch2727]

The best reality show on tv, loved it, been watching for last few days and it only gets better, there was almost a fight tonight, and now I can't wait till Monday. Marjorie and Boebert are going to fight it out with nerf bats to decide the winner.

[@AndorranStairway]

I'm just amazed at the pathetic quality of the congressmen we see today

[@user-il4br8du1s]

All a bunch of self righteous narcissistic self absorbed crooks.Gaetz the perv,and many others who don't give a crap about us Americans other than their own power.

[@insightfulhistorian1861]

Congressmen are ultimately a reflection of their constituents. So they are just as pathetic as the losers who voted for them. People tend to elect politicians who behave the same as they do. Dirtbags are elected by dirtbags.

[@dreswan1]

What happens when we vote for power hungry bigots

[@davidlewis4001]

You forgot to add “Republican”

[@Bredaxe]

What are you talking about, congress has been full of bums since the beginning. They use to fight, shoot, and stab each other at one point. Let's get back to the blood sport.

[@axelrobles6444]

The whole Republican Party is in shambles, love it!😂😂😂

[@janismartinmooradian1312]

Why are criminals allowed in these offices?

[@ericalashay0209]

I find it funny politicians fight but when civilians fight they’re arrested

[@travisdozier1357]

Politicians are civilians. Don’t give them what they don’t deserve. Only active military are not considered civilians. That goes for those cops who deserve to be called cops and the ones that deserve to be called pigs.. they are civilians also. But they have brained washed you sheep into believing they are above.

[@ericalashay0209]

@@travisdozier1357 here we go… 😒🙄

[@jukio02]

This has to be the first time I've seen US politicians get into a fight like this.

[@TheElectronNinja]

This is why I watch the Brits and Canadians with their respective Parliaments. If the wrong thing is said, it turns into UFC 229

[@pyro7358]

I know back in the 1800s a wild brawl broke out in Congress, we gotta bring that back

[@TheElectronNinja]

@pyro7358 You know that the fight you are referring too was one of the catalysts to the American Civil War correct? On second thought. I agree with you. I am prepared for round 2.

[@Dakotamandude95]

@@pyro7358#bleedingKansas

[@smokeymcpot69]

​@@TheElectronNinjaufc 369 😏

[@a.barker7792]

You can only imagine what he yelled at Gaetz in public.

[@henrylivingstone2971]

You can imagine all the groveling and bootlicking McCarthy is doing to get Gaetz’s vote

[@insightfulhistorian1861]

"I'm gonna whoop your ass if you don't fall in line and vote for Kevin, boy! I'm gonna show you the Alabama slammer"

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

After four crude years of tRump, I will believe anything... 💫 🐥 💫

[@kennieb5606]

@@Austin8thGenTexan U MADE A CLOWN OF YOURSELF AGAIN LOON

[@melindausher8671]

I'm pretty sure Gatez will have accident real soon. R.I.Hell

[@azazel166]

Pfft, I was hoping for a brawl, now that would be a show.

[@_hootjohnson]

🍿

[@cath6256]

however was in charge of the cameras had one job and failed

[@omararellano6249]

They only panic when it involves their paycheck. Now they are passionate.

[@badbeat7108]

You know what to say.

[@sint5990]

If you’ve not yet watched the “bad lip reading” remake of this incident, I highly recommend you do so post-haste. 😂

[@iPhone5244]

Matt Gaetz “never back down, never give up”

[@AwakeInAnacortes]

I always hate it when the best part of the movie happens right when I'm getting more nachos.

[@jimkurth]

that's what the cameraman said

[@adventuresofluluthecat5580]

I know lol

[@grupogr472]

Tell me why this happened right when my Uber dropped off my food 🙄🙄

[@gigiis526]

@@grupogr472 Uber doesnt deliver food

[@bigmike1052]

@@gigiis526 where do you live? Under a rock?

[@MrChowbaby69]

This better than Jerry Springer!!!

[@kotoniuriuson4911]

This is what happens when you fail to realize that the eyes of the world are upon you.

[@chrisneil2779]

They don't care not one of them because we mean nothing to them

[@patrickbuglass973]

And we need more of it. The eyes of the world are the evil in the world.

[@atas2561]

This is way less heated than the House Of bloody Commons.

[@kevindurant5721]

To stay civil one must be of civility, not just wearing a tuxedo

[@marianna1513]

The one that covered the other ones mouth 😭🤣

[@SqkTap]

how is it that they keep voting until KM wins?! that’s BS!!😤

[@NebraskaWilliams8491]

Because politics in America is a fucking joke.

[@patrickbuglass973]

And let me guess, he was finally elected with 80 million votes...Same hoax and fraud that is rapidly destroying this nation.

[@tflg3257]

They didn't seem to have anybody else for the job. Who? And then that person would end up in the same predicament as McCarthy having to squeak out votes. The people in power don't want change.

[@willeliot7090]

In the old days they'd settle this with a duel

[@ColinoDeani]

lol yep... that shouldn't have gotten outlawed lol

[@markrhodes1717]

Please. No downside for America... I don't see why dueling is illegal in a designated area away from innocent people. The duelists' seconds and volunteer EMTs could be waiting in a van. It could be a hit reality show, generating millions in revenue for the Federal Government. Two consenting adults should be able to settle their differences however they want as long as no one else gets hurt.

[@gjmjajaj]

and one of them would be gone and we wouldn't have to worry about it

[@turdferguson2982]

All politicians and lobbyists should have to duel if a majority vote demands it. That'd weed out the weak and dishonest. I'd duel fauci today.

[@kennieb5606]

CLUELESS

[@posthocprior]

The guy with the orange tie tried to use the space laser.

[@AwakeInAnacortes]

hehe

[@SuperBullaMan]

He tried to spit at Gaetz.

[@lakotatoafrika]

I saw that and was trying to figure out who that dude was with the orange tie. 😯

[@frankstein9982]

Richard Hudson, North Carolina

[@energyideas]

@@frankstein9982 thanks

[@lakotatoafrika]

@@frankstein9982 thank you!

[@lakotatoafrika]

So found out Richard Hudson is the one that muzzled Mike Rogers, who is in the orange tie

[@LazyIRanch]

Mike Rogers (R-AL) is the guy in the orange tie, Richard Hudson (R-NC) is the guy who restrained him and put his hand over his mouth. Witnesses say that Rogers said, "Matt, you're finished!" before Hudson tried to muzzle him.

[@wewillwin24]

Come on Gaetz, Ukraine really needs more money now.. how dare you defend your constituents!

[@myko740]

“Hey man, your gonna pay for dinner!!” 😂

[@Megatraum504]

rofl exactly. man im so happy to see a lot of comments like this. People are waking up to this staged divisive bullshit!

[@alanwinkle8903]

Never shake another man's hand while sitting down.

[@eleanordixon9678]

And all the time Mat Gaetz is fundraising off this chaos.

[@stevenanderson724]

they all are, wake up.

[@blackmarketyardsale]

He needs to make sure he has a defense fund since his pardon didn’t happen

[@blackandgold676]

Off Florida Man (men and women).

[@LazyIRanch]

Matt sure is cozy with Liar Bobo! Is she going to give him a lap dance next? Probably not his thing since she's over 18. McCarthy probably promised Gaetz a daily private visit from middle school girls if Matt votes for him!

[@tyronevincent1368]

You mean to tell me with all the guns floating in US, those politicians didn't solve their differences with fire power?

[@chriseder5006]

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here, this is the war room!

[@Hartleymolly]

“stay civil” hahahahaha

[@dankelly5150]

McCarthy looked like he wanted to duke it out with Gaetz didn't he? 😂

[@Wayner71]

Gaetz is a real cat. He is the cattiest man yet.

[@dankelly5150]

Poor baby McCarthy had a little hissy fit because he's not been handed the gavel on a silver platter like Auntie Nancy has been !

[@BS-dq1kz]

He’s great!

[@BiGSmooth9010]

​@@BS-dq1kzhe's a great pedo

[@jwilk5606]

The Dems are like: best dinner theater ever

[@Pinkricaan]

Homie in the orange tie was about to get active...

[@charwest9449]

THIS COMMENTARY IS WRONG. MATT COULD NOT HAVE "JUST VOTED PRESENT" BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE VOTED WHEN HE PUT MCCARTHY OVER THE TOP, WINNING, AND EVERYONE STOOD UP AND CLAPPED BECAUSE IT WAS OVER! So in this clip Gaetz must have just voted for someone else. A vote of "present" was actually a win for McCarthy as it lowered the threshhold.

[@thereelrantreviewer]

These old dudes beefing really gives me the shivers...

[@MizAmeliaTv]

Eating popcorn emoji

[@ColinoDeani]

"Oh and Matt... I brought the tiger" lol only the real ones know 😂😂😂😂🤣

[@Mourningwood95]

Rats will always eat themselves to stay alive. Gotta love Nature repeating itself.

[@lifeongps]

Finally, the hearings can begin! A Democrat did not yell Stay Civil! lol

[@Gargoyle3438]

Anyone who aligns themselves with Donald Trump always ends up in far worse condition than when they started. McCarthy is no exception. Elon. America. On and on.

[@donxx1206]

all we can do is watch them impold and pick up the pisces

[@energyideas]

Mike Rogers (orange tie), from the back of the chamber with Richard Hudson close behind. Theater, Academy award on the line.

[@tinamarie3749]

THE GOP CAN'T EVEN START "RIGHT" LOL

[@nice2you164]

Ugh we need the SNL version

[@JohnBelleville-iq6jc]

Pure theater!

[@patrickbuglass973]

No theater is the every day... this was finally something real.

[@hectornavarro1349]

People are tired of the norm! Our government was never meant for this. Politicians do not care about their constituents. All about power!

[@chrisdonovan8795]

Elected officials should have their entire incomes and total assets capped for life. No bribes, and no favors. Do it because you believe in what you're doing. You'll see these losers walk out the door.

[@punapeter]

I *LOVE* the *republican't* drama theater.

[@oilch1621]

the news anchors sound like sports commentators trying to narrate a football game

[@rankat1841]

She bangs the gavel and shouts, "Stay civil." 🤣🤣 Sure, demanding civility from the party that encouraged an un-civil, violent attack on the Capitol and attempt an insurrection on Jan 6 by it's voting electorate! 🤣🤣🤣

[@ColinoDeani]

Well said... Civil & Moral is not what Conservatives do..

[@waikintang8246]

BLM is more civilized than...

[@tflg3257]

The Dems are responsible for Jan 6. Ask Ray Epps.

[@jennifercottee9002]

Isn’t the speaker of the house supposed to bring order. ?

[@rankat1841]

@@jennifercottee9002 During the process of voting for a new speaker, the secretary of the house fulfills the role of the process of taking roll call votes, keeping or "calling the house to order". The house secretary does not have the full powers of the speaker assignment. I fully expect that now that McCarthy is the speaker, the house will be in disorder, more than in order. 😉

[@christlegacytv]

They putting on a good show

[@veshaw.]

I guarantee he wouldn't talk to OG Chip like that

[@petejames1326]

they will NOT get a rock solid conviction simply from the stupid sheath that Kohberger allegedly left and his phone pings and his elantra, they need something must stronger and more convincing otherwise it will be circumstantial, we still need the 2 survivors to be greatly GRILLED by the defense team, there are literally dozens of questions these 2 especially DM need to asked, and "I WAS IN SHOCK AND SCARED" will not be a good enough answer as to why you saw something suspicious that made you scared that you had to lock yourself in your room, but you didnt call the cops, AND you say you saw his eye brows but you didnt see him holding a knife, which he had too be because he lost the sheath, all this in DARKNESS, yet on the other hand people will say THE LIGHTS WERE ON, oh really, WHY DIDNT YOU SEE THE BLOOD WHICH MUST HAVE BEEN EVERYWHERE? so you could see someones stupid eye brows but not the mass of blood everywhere after 4 killings? oh really,i call BS. and by the way 21 yr old are NOT KIDS, if a 21 yr old shot up a school, would you be calling him a kid? NO, but i guess when 21 yr olds are victims than they are kids right? lol give me a break

[@dianaprince6944]

Wrong video lol

[@andrewnewton5221]

Our U.S.A. is DOOMED!

[@ColinoDeani]

Nope.. just the republican party.. we will be fine as along as we stop voting for them.

[@Lumantrix]

No it’s not and it’s not your USA it’s my usa

[@connorforbes5412]

Absolutely embarrassing.

[@robertdobson2846]

Who is here after watching the badlipreading videos?

[@Ty-ni4em]

Who is watching this after McCarthy got the boot

[@irenemacias7423]

Daycares have more maturity than this circus show … embarrassing!

[@greenteam2442]

hHow many times does he have to fail the vote and not be elected?

[@andrebailey3436]

15

[@greenteam2442]

@@andrebailey3436 Ok, but the question is what would have happened if they had not voted 15 times? So on, 16, 17...etc...how long would it go...100 times? Until it is chosen?

[@andrebailey3436]

@@greenteam2442 it just keep going

[@andrebailey3436]

They said just keep going

[@taipan1234]

"Stay Civil" comment was greatly NOT needed.. that woman is clearly looking for attention..

[@reha1066]

Can ANYONE show the complete video?

[@donaldtackett2878]

Well nobody’s going to get physical because no or of them have a backbone!

[@noelmcmahon4566]

The loonies are running the asylum

[@Bonjour-World]

First order of business after swearing in: Name George Santos chairman of the Ethics committee.

[@susannaguillory6590]

😂 yeah, he is a congressman full of ethics. You see, that is why Congress is a swamp look who we elect to represent us.

[@markrhodes1717]

Maybe someone should check Congessional candidates' resume BEFORE Election Day? I nominate the Press- that's supposed to be their job!

[@OttoByOgraffey]

Terrible camera work

[@trentp8035]

We need more of this, people need to see how Democracy really gets down.

[@Streksti]

I’m really hoping for an all out fistfight next year. It may be the death knell for American Democracy(which is to say, if it even was democratic to begin with), but it’ll at least be entertaining!

[@donnasmith940]

Stop acting like it children and do your job . This is the republican party's chance to shine. But no ,work for the American people not yourself. Fix this country now before there is nothing left to fix. But your work in on this country.

[@charleslewis1444]

Lol! Someone hollared stay civil? That's not possible in the party of chaos.

[@mrronan2007]

Sad and disgraceful

[@alexischavez96]

Imagine these two were 2 black democratic women 🙄

[@generaluriah9569]

Someone getting mad about losing the best parking space to Gaetz .

[@carolynlambert6989]

There’s children in the room 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@thoughtsurferzone5012]

Be careful. Lauren is packing a .38 in her garter belt.

[@M4A1MA5TER]

These Republicans need to be checked

[@hectornegron9155]

Just another day in the daily republican soap opera.

[@ottochristensen4841]

In the 1930s Germany had the Night of the Long Knives, a century later the USA had the Day of the Long Fingers.

[@windmillin-in-the-dirt2489]

Let them fight, give them the gloves and put them in the ring.

[@sheilaheathcoat6752]

Stay civil?? Our ancestors used to came one another, bring back those days!

[@Paraaronoid]

I'm just a Canadian here, but I like a good game of Name that Politician. Is that Richard Hudson from N. Carolina that had started the physical stuff at :35 seconds?

[@Paraaronoid]

And would that be Mike Rogers from Alabama that was on the receiving end?!

[@tuanh_duong]

* swap the names around * Gaetz probably just got Chair of the House Armed Services Committee which Rogers was formally chair of.

[@floraguilar60]

Fight fight!

[@jumperman1962]

Getting rid of corruption. It’s the reason why things are hard for Americans….

[@johngalactus4014]

Why does Gaetz look like Kenneth Copeland

[@jeanetterivera1113]

Holy crap! What the heck is this world coming to? Even politicians are acting out loud, 😆🤣

[@tuanh_duong]

Gaetz probably just got Chair of the House Armed Services Committee which Rogers was formally chair of.

[@Ebstract12]

Just remember this is our government, there no better then you. Never forget that.

[@somesinger1575]

Where's the other camera angle?

[@Sharyk808]

Stay civil.😂😂. A vote to remove Speaker with one vote will come back to bite him.👏🏼

[@kennycoye3907]

You know what happens at most jobs?? People get run off... Fired... for doing that!!! The Man the lunged at the younger one, one be Fired! ASAP!! IDC!! I/WE, Don't pay for that!!! And as a tax payers, no good!!!

[@hubitheratlord3649]

It's like seeing rappers confront eachother

[@ASBGRL1]

Wasn’t it a security guard grabbing him? That’s one way they are trained to restrain ppl There have to be ppl there who do it