Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) slams a resolution to empower Acting Speaker Patrick McHenry.
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00:27 >> I think that I'm against speaker light.
00:31 I'm against bud light.
00:33 I believe it is a constitutional desecration
00:36 to not elect a speaker of the house.
00:38 We need to stay here until we elect a speaker.
00:41 And if someone can't get the votes, we need to go
00:43 on to the next person.
00:44 But twisting and torturing the Constitution
00:48 to empower a temporary speaker is having a speaker light
00:51 that is not constitutionally contemplated, is deeply infirm,
00:54 and I will do everything possible to stop it.
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