Alabama Rep Has To Be Physically Restrained In Confrontation With Matt Gaetz

In a tense exchange on the House floor Friday night, one Republican representative had to be physically restrained from his colleague as McCarthy failed yet again to secure a win for the speakership. Republican Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers and Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz had a heated exchange when the latter refused once again to support Kevin McCarthy’s bid for House speaker on the fourteenth vote. When it became clear that McCarthy would not secure the necessary number of votes in that round, Rogers angrily lunged at Gaetz reportedly telling...