Opinion
By NICK GILBERTSON, Breibart
12-16-23
Republican Mara Macie, who is running for Rep. John Rutherford’s (R-FL) seat, told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday that she is ready for any establishment candidate she may face in the Republican primary, saying her opponent is not “Rutherford in particular – it is the establishment uniparty machine.”
Rutherford, who represents Florida’s Fifth Congressional District, was one of the House Republicans who broke with the rest of the Republican House conference during the speakership vote for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-FL) in October. He and 19 other Republicans blocked Jordan from getting to the 217 votes he needed on one ballot and went against him on other ballots despite a hard push from the grassroots against what Breitbart News Saturday host and Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle refers to as the group of “intransigents.”
Now, several of these members have announced they will not run for reelection amid feelings of betrayal among the grassroots, while challengers are starting to line up against others, like Rutherford, who have not yet announced whether they will run for another term.
Read the full article here: Exclusive: Rutherford Challenger Ready to Take on ‘Establishment Uniparty Machine’ (breitbart.com)
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