Fox News anchor pressed Rep. Matt Gaetz on his months-long crusade

A Fox News anchor pressed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on his months-long crusade to keep Kevin McCarthy from becoming Speaker of the House, and his late Friday capitulation which ultimately handed McCarthy the job.

In an interview on Fox News Live Sunday, Fox anchor Mike Emanuel quizzed Gaetz on the givebacks McCarthy made to land the Speakership.

“You were quoted as saying the construct of these rules concessions functionally turn the speakership into a ceremonial position,” Emanuel said. “Do you mean that?”

“Speaker McCarthy is our speaker and long live the Speaker,” Gaetz said — in a comment that seemed unfathomable coming from him as recently as 48 hours ago. “I look forward to working closely with him. But he did agree to his great credit to democratize power to the membership.”