"That's nothing new, he's tried to do that from the moment I ran for office," said McCarthy, adding "I'll survive, you know this is personal with Matt."

"Matt voted against the most conservative bill to protect our border…secure border," McCarthy continued.

Gaetz, meanwhile, hopped on ABC's "This Week" to say that McCarthy will get his wish, and that he's going to file a motion this week to vacate him as speaker.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) announced on Sunday that he will file a motion this week to remove McCarthy as speaker, and will use a parliamentary process that hasn't resulted in the removal of a speaker since 1910.

The move comes after McCarthy reached across the aisle for bipartisan support to pass a Continuing Resolution which will keep the US government operating until mid-November, and then Democrats revealed that McCarthy had struck a side deal to guarantee Ukraine funds at a later date.