Fox Host Goes on Tirade Against Gaetz and Other Republicans Who Ousted McCarthy: ‘What Have They Gotten?!’

Fox News host and former Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) went on a tirade about Republicans voting to vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in October, and now possibly his successor, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), as proposed Friday by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

Gowdy spoke with Rich Edson in for Bret Baier on Friday’s Special Report.

“Let’s start with the budget that’s looking like it’s going to pass eventually in the Senate tonight. Do you think Speaker Johnson, the Republicans, got the best deal here that they could have gotten given that they don’t control the Senate or the White House?” Edson asked.

Gowdy responded:

GOWDY: I mean, you know, Speaker Johnson — Speaker McCarthy, I think, got a better deal. Remember, they got rid of him. Rich, all you got to do is look back to November. November midterms. where the House Republicans under performed…So, if you’re wondering why you’re trying to negotiate against Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden it’s because Republicans can’t pick the right candidate and they can’t win elections. And now the margin is, what, razor thin in the House. They’re on the verge of losing the House. You want to see a bad budget bill? Let the Democrats control the House, the Senate and the White House. They got nobody to blame but themselves, picking wrong candidates, running bad races, and losing winnable elections.

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So, look, I like Mike Johnson. He was a great colleague. He is a wonderful person. You and I would not be talking about Speaker Mike Johnson had it not been for Matt Gaetz and seven of his comrades who decided to pursue fame and get rid of Kevin McCarthy. What have they gotten as a result of that? How has the House been improved?

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EDSON: In a few weeks, are we going to be seeing three more weeks, four more weeks, without a speaker of the House? And then, what does that mean? We are even closer to the November election.

GOWDY: What person that can pass a competency test would want to be the speaker of the House? What person who could actually pass a psychiatric competency test would want to lead a group that includes Matt Gaetz and Bob Good and some of the other people that you just showed? I mean, Mike Johnson is as good as it gets. You had a speaker. Remember, you had Kevin McCarthy. And you wanted to get rid of him and Jimmy Jordan wasn’t good enough and Tom Emmer and Steve Scalise. No, you got Mike Johnson.