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It was Round Two Thursday between U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois and Rep. Matt Gaetz in the dispute over who should be the Speaker of the House.
Bost, a Republican who represents the 12th District including parts of the metro-east in southwestern Illinois, stood up and yelled at Gaetz when the Republican from Florida was giving a speech saying Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-California, should not be the speaker.
This wasn鈥檛 the first time Bost had during a meeting of lawmakers. Back when he was a state representative, Bost tossed a bunch of papers and ranted about the power held by then-Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan.
In the U.S. House, McCarthy eventually won the speaker鈥檚 post in January but then was ousted on Oct. 3 when Gaetz and seven other Republicans did not support McCarthy.
In the effort to get a new Speaker, the Republicans, who have a 221-212 majority in the House, met privately Thursday after Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, failed to get elected in two votes this week.
During this closed meeting, something happened between Bost and Gaetz. The question is: What?
The Daily Mail reports that 鈥淏ost was for ousting鈥� McCarthy on Oct. 3.
Bost could not be reached for comment Thursday.
Gaetz, however, spoke to reporters as he walked down a hallway after the meeting, and was asked if Bost lunged at him.
Here鈥檚 how Gaetz described what happened:
鈥淚 think he was I don鈥檛 know if I would describe it as a lunge,鈥� Gaetz said in a YouTube video posted by Forbes Breaking News.
The Daily Mail quoted Gaetz as saying that Bost had apologized to him.
There are two things Bost and Gaetz could agree on: They both said Thursday they don鈥檛 want the temporary speaker, Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-North Carolina, to be given additional powers until January, and they both said they support Jordan to be the speaker.
鈥淚 support #JordanForSpeaker. If he brings another vote to the House floor today, I鈥檒l vote for him again. What I don鈥檛 support is a plan to extend short-term powers to a temporary Speaker,鈥� Thursday on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Mike Koziatek is a reporter with the , a news partner of 漏 2024 外网天堂.
