On Friday, one day after Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), voted with Democrats for a resolution limiting President Donald Trump’s military powers, a bill only supported by two other Republican congressmen, he took to Twitter to bash the House Majority Leader, who was “very shocked” by the vote.
The tweet links to a Washington Post article casting doubt on the Florida congressman as the “Trumpiest” in the House. Gaetz wrote, “1) Still proudly the Trumpiest. I enjoy the President’s support and he enjoys mine. (2) I was “very shocked” when [Leader McCarthy] voted against [President Trump] on the Turkey/Kurds/Syria Resolution where history has clearly shown [Trump] to be right and McCarthy & Dems wrong.”
Gaetz appeared to challenged McCarthy on his vote for a resolution opposing the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria, which was supported by 129 House Republicans, or 65% of the Republican conference.
By bashing McCarthy, it appears Gaetz is also bashing 65% of the Republicans in the House, branding them, in effect, as warmongers for supporting the resolution.
Gaetz later tweeted a link to the vote tally, seeming to try and reaffirm his case.