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“We’re not empowering certain members over others,” McCarthy said. “Last night I was presented the only way to have 218 votes was if I provided certain members with certain positions, certain gavels, to take over certain committees and have certain budgets.
“And they even came to the position where one, Matt Gaetz, said, ‘I don’t care if we go to plurality and we elect Hakeem Jeffries, and it hurts the new frontline members not to get re-elected.’”
But Gaetz denied McCarthy’s account of their conversation.
“As usual, he’s lying,” Gaetz told Florida via direct message. He also shared a Mediate article on colleagues of McCarthy previously scolding him for dishonesty.