WATCH: Matt Gaetz On Fire After Moving To Oust McCarthy From The Speakership - 'I've Had It'

On Monday evening, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) spoke to reporters outside Capitol Hill after he issued a motion to vacate the chair on the House floor against Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). 

Gaetz explained his reasoning for the move, saying, "I think the die is cast based on the motion I just filed. I think the time for that discussion would have been over the last several weeks....The speaker did not just fail to remediate the breach of the agreement that he made with us in January but he accelerated the instances of the breach."

"So he seems to be reverting to the very unfortunate muscle memory of Washington, D.C. that has put our nation on top of $33 trillion in debt, that has led to $2 trillion annual deficits in our near future, and the rapid global de-dollarization of the economy," the Florida Republican explained. 

The lawmaker went on to explain how BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have been moving away from the dollar alongside various Gulf states and nations in the Western Hemisphere.

"You all get all worked up that there is going to be some uncomfortable, chaotic moment. That I'll feel pressure from conservatives or Democrats or whomever, I feel the judgment of history. I feel the weight of that. I worry that when the history books are written about this country going down, that my name is going to be on the board of directors here," he continued. "If this country's going down, and if we're losing the dollar, I'm going down fighting. And I don't care if that means fighting Republicans, Democrats, the Uniparty, the leadership, the PACs, the lobbyists. I've had it."

"I've been here seven years. We don't have a f*cking budget. We haven't had it since the mid-90s. I am through with it," he said. "The only path forward here is to have single subject spending bills that can be reviewed, amended, considered, and I think that is the responsible way that our legislatures all over this country operate for good reason," he explained.

As the House prepares to take up a vote on McCarthy's speakership, Gaetz's arguments are not falling on deaf ears. A number of Republicans have voiced their support for ousting McCarthy as the Democrats are expected to vote as a block to remove him as speaker. The new few days in Washington will be dramatic as the fight for the gavel intensifies.

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