How Kevin McCarthy lost political cage fight with arch-enemy Matt Gaetz

2023-10-04 10:18

At times it seemed like the Florida rebel versus the rest of the Republican party as he brought down the Speaker.

Matt Gaetz has for weeks been dangling a threat to oust Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the US House of Representatives. It was a fight he picked - and one he ultimately won.

For the past couple of days, it looked like the media-savvy and sharp-tongued Mr Gaetz - from the other Hollywood, in Florida...