Matt Gaetz Gets Called an ‘A**hole’ While Heckling Kevin McCarthy at RNC

Rep. Matt Gaetz is keeping his beef with ex-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy alive and well at the RNC — taunting his nemesis on the floor … and getting checked in the same breath.

A couple different videos from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee show Gaetz heckling McCarthy as the former congressman gives a TV interview … interrupting him while he was speaking and mockingly wondering if he was set to speak Tuesday night.

Gaetz — who led last year’s charge to oust McCarthy as House Speaker — can be overheard taunting KM over his lack of a speaking slot at the RNC … at which point Gaetz drops the hammer, saying … “If you took that stage, you would get booed off of it.”

It might’ve felt like a sweet W for Matt — but just a second later, as he’s turning around, he’s confronted by an older gentleman who gets right in his face … and tells him a thing or two.

Check it out … the dude tells Gaetz — whom he addresses by last name, BTW — to stop being an “a**hole” … and you can tell Matt’s thrown off by the whole interaction. MG says he doesn’t even know this fella, but the senior citizen holds his ground … staring him down.

Eventually, Matt shimmies his way around and gets out of the tense situation — but this is literally almost right out of a movie … a strong-willed do-gooder telling a bully to buzz off, and as a result — some think the nameless guy here got the better of Matt in the exchange.