Gaetz Files Ethics Complaint Over McCarthy’s “Assault”

November 14, 2023 Infighting Is Funny, Republicans

The Daily Beast reports:

In a letter addressed to Ethics Committee Chairman Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), Rep. Matt Gaetz called for an “immediate and swift investigation” into the “assault” — something Burchett had declined to pursue. “This Congress has seen a substantial increase in breaches of decorum unlike anything we have seen since the pre-Civil War era,” Gatez wrote without a trace of irony, adding that “I myself have been a victim of outrageous conduct on the House floor as well.”

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SCOOP: Matt Gaetz is filing a formal ethics complaint against Kevin McCarthy over his altercation w/ Tim Burchett this morning – the latest sign of escalating tension between McCarthy & his critics in the wake of his ouster.

Gaetz didn’t witness but anyone can file a complaint. pic.twitter.com/eT8FKzJ8in

— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) November 14, 2023