There's a New Villain in Town

Gahan Wilson's character===>Matt Gaetz?

The removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House has caused universal opprobrium to fall upon the head of Matt Gaetz (R-FL). Although his politics are anathema to them, Democrats gleefully went along with Mr. McCarthy's ouster by the eight Gaetz-led Republicans, and most Republicans denounced the action. Republican operative Karl Rove's reaction was typical: [bold added]

The Floridian is an egotistical nihilist. He wants to burn things down, including the party to which he belongs, so that he gets more attention. He has no governing vision. He denies the reality of what’s possible with a bare GOP margin in the House and Democratic control of the Senate and White House. Mr. Gaetz is all about himself, focusing on cable-TV appearances, social-media posts, and urgent email appeals for campaign funds in one of the safest Republican districts.

He and the rest of his gang are parasites. Though some required millions from House GOP coffers to get elected, none have raised much of anything for the party’s effort to keep the majority. Now they’ve helped defenestrate its most effective congressional fundraiser. It’s all about them, not the team. And oh yes, Mr. Gaetz is fundraising off the vote, saying the rest of House Republicans are “RINOs” who “grovel and bend the knee for the lobbyists and special interests.”

It’s evident Mr. Gaetz had no plan except to remove Mr. McCarthy and acted on no discernible principle. He tried to hide his contempt for Mr. McCarthy behind supposedly substantive objections to his speakership, but they don’t hold water. Mr. Gaetz is no spending purist—he didn’t go on a jihad against President Trump when he added $6.7 trillion to the national debt.

Karl Rove has never described any Democrat with such vitriol, which is understandable since Matt Gaetz' actions may well cause Republicans to lose the House in 2024.

I'm reserving judgment on Matt Gaetz, however.
1) Anyone who is so disliked by everyone must have something going for himself.
2) It's highly doubtful that the House is indeed "in chaos" if everyone has been told to go home for the weekend to think about their next move.
3) Is Matt Gaetz, 41, really like a naive teenager who demolishes something without a vision for the aftermath? Is he that stupid? (Could be.)
4) OTOH, the House of Representatives' main focus, regardless of who leads it, since 2017 seems to be the impeachment of the President of the opposite party, when everyone knows with 100% certainty that the impeachments will go nowhere in the Senate.

Let's wait and see.