Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) “unleashed the demons” with his motion to vacate then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy last October, creating a “disaster” for the House Republican Conference ever since.

Gingrich joined Fox News host Laura Ingraham on The Ingraham Angle on Friday to discuss the recent retirement announcement of Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), who joins a growing line of GOP representatives who have decided to leave Congress before the ends of their terms. That news came hours after the House passed a bipartisan $1.2 trillion spending bill, which prompted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to file a motion to vacate Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), not even five months after he replaced the ousted McCarthy.