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Rep. Matt Gaetz said Monday that a new report about funding the war in Ukraine undermined claims from critics that he ousted former GOP House Speaker Kevin McCarthy because of a personal vendetta. The Fort Walton Beach Republican cited a Washington Examiner report from Friday that argued Democrats were now “reaping the rewards of chaos” because they sided with Gaetz to dump McCarthy last year. Had they not done so, columnist Conn Carroll wrote, President Joe Biden, congressional Democrats, and neocon Republican hawks would have had an easier time locking down military aid for Ukraine. Read: Fl…