Fox Business host Larry Kudlow and Fox News host Brian Kilmeade took shots at Lauren Boebert (R-CO) and Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for fundraising off their efforts to thwart Kevin McCarthy’s bid to be the next speaker of the House.
McCarthy failed to gain enough votes on the 13th ballot, though afterward, he said he will have the votes when the House reconvenes Friday at 10 p.m.
During the 13th vote, 14 Republicans who had been voting against McCarthy flipped their votes in his favor. Six Republicans voted for Jim Jordan (R-OH), but McCarthy can only afford four defections.
Two of the holdouts are Boebert and Gaetz, who drew the ire of Kudlow and Kilmeade.
“Here’s the thing that bothers me,” Kilmeade said, appearing as a guest on Friday’s Kudlow. “I don’t want to get a fundraising letter because you stood up to Kevin McCarthy. Boebert’s camp has sent me two or three–they wanna raise money, as does Gaetz. …