Florida governor and GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has weighed in on the Kevin McCarthy saga.

He told Scripps News on Tuesday he opposed Mr McCarthy as speaker back when “it wasn’t cool.”

“He’s really somebody that Donald Trump backed and put in that postion,” Mr DeSantis said. “I think they’ve not delivered results. The contrast between Florida, us delivering results, and what you have in Washington, is typically failure theatre.”

As for who he hopes replaces Mr McCarthy, Governor DeSantis said, “I don’t know if I’d wish that job on any of my friends.”

Mr McCarthy says coup ringleader Matt Gaetz is taking revenge for a House Ethics Committee probe.

“Look, you all know Matt Gaetz. You know it was personal. It had nothing to do about spending. And regardless of what you think, I have seen the texts. It was all about his ethics,” he said.

“So I may have lost a vote today, but as I walk out of this chamber, I feel fortunate to have served the American people,” he told reporters on Tuesday evening.

“I will look at that,” the lawmaker from California told reporters at his news conference when asked if he would now quit Congress.

Matt Gaetz delivered a passionate speech on Tuesday explaining why he led the effort to oust Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker.

“High inflation is on the verge of bankrupting American families. Our economy is breaking in half,” he said. “A typical American family can’t afford to buy a house in 99 per cent of US counties. Inflation is stealing more than $700 a month from working Americans, nearly $9000 a year.”

“Kevin McCarthy is the Speaker of the House of Representatives,” he added. “He has failed to take a stand where it matters.”

Upon assuming the position, Mr McHenry, the former chief deputy whip of the House GOP and lover of bowties, immediately gaveled the House to recess so each party could confer with their members.

Mr McHenry will now serve as the acting speaker – complete with all the power of the elected official speaker – until a formal vote can take place.

He was hand-picked by Mr McCarthy earlier this year when he assumed the speakership.

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Kevin McCarthy, who needed 15 separate tries to be elected as Speaker of the House, will not try to run again after being ousted on Tuesday.

The California Republican will reportedly tell his colleagues during a closed door GOP meeting today, Punchbowl News reports.

The White House wants the House to get back to work.

The Biden administration, after cutting a temporary spending deal with Kevin McCarthy shortly before his ouster, wants Republicans to quickly elect a new leader.

“President Biden has demonstrated that he is always eager to work with both parties in Congress in good faith on behalf of the American people. Because the urgent challenges facing our nation will not wait, he hopes the House will quickly elect a Speaker,” the White House said in a statement to The Independent. “The American people deserve leadership that puts the issues affecting their lives front and center, as President Biden did today with more historic action to lower prescription drug prices. Once the House has met their responsibility to elect a Speaker, he looks forward to working together with them and with the Senate to address the American peoples’ priorities.”