Matt Gaetz says Kamala Harris ‘wrapped in bubble wrap’ ahead of Donald Trump debate
FILE - Representative Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. Gaetz is being challenged by Mark Lombardo and Greg Merk. In 2020, Gaetz won the primary with 80.9% of the vote against Merk and another candidate. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

Matt Gaetz
Does the VP have more to lose Tuesday night?

A Congressman from the Florida Panhandle is panning Kamala Harris ahead of Tuesday night’s debate with Donald Trump.

“She’s been wrapped in bubble wrap since securing the nomination,” said U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz on a Trump press call, referring to the Vice President’s very light interview schedule in recent weeks.

He added that “a lot of people haven’t really seen her pressed with a straightforward question about her record and her policy,” which presents a contrast to Trump.

In addition to suggesting that Harris hasn’t been tested by media, Gaetz also expects her “dangerously liberal” policy positions to be litigated Tuesday, in what for now is the only scheduled debate between the two major-party candidates.

“Kamala is not a new arrival in American politics. She has a record as a District Attorney and as Attorney General, that record is dangerously liberal and President Trump is going to tie her to that record during the debate,” Gaetz vowed.

If Gaetz’s mentioning various victims of violent crime during the call is a reliable preview, Trump will investigate Harris’ “claims she’s inspired by the progressive prosecutors” and how that’s “unleashed violent crime” in “Democrat-run cities.”

The 90-minute debate in Philadelphia will be moderated by “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir and ABC News Live “Prime” anchor Linsey Davis. No audience will be on hand. The telecast starts at 9 p.m.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. He writes for the New York Post and National Review also, with previous work in the American Conservative and Washington Times and a 15+ year run as a columnist in Folio Weekly. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


18 comments

  • Alexa is Biased

    September 9, 2024 at 3:32 pm

    I’m no fan of Matt Gaetz but he is exactly correct on this.

    • Yrral

      September 9, 2024 at 7:19 pm

      You never met a pervert,you did not like,

      • Alexa is Biased

        September 10, 2024 at 7:32 am

        I told you that I don’t like Gaetz. Now I’m wondering if Kammy and Willie got freaky with bubble wrap. 🤣

  • Michael K

    September 9, 2024 at 3:32 pm

    Only a pervert conjures images of people wrapped in bubble wrap.

    • Tjb

      September 9, 2024 at 5:01 pm

      If VP Harris was underaged he would be praising her and asking her for a date —- and the opportunity to bubble wrap the two of them together.

  • MH/Duuuval

    September 9, 2024 at 4:30 pm

    Law & order candidate KH got nothing to learn from the lawless scion of west Florida millionaire Don Gaetz. If the House should go Blue in Nov., Matt gonna be looking at an investigation from the opposite side of the room. Daddy G won’t be able to pull strings, either.

    • Yrral

      September 9, 2024 at 7:22 pm

      Google Matt Gaetz Sex Trafficking Investigation

    • Barrett Haynes

      September 9, 2024 at 11:49 pm

      Burn in the Eternal Infernal, the same one you are sure-as-hell doesn’t exist.

  • Venmo Matt

    September 9, 2024 at 5:25 pm

    No let’s ask Trump about being a convicted felon and how he wouldn’t get a security clearance. Or how he has been convicted of rape ? How about Matt and the fake IDs and Venmo you used ?? What pictures were you showing in Congress ? Slime sticks together

  • Jojo

    September 9, 2024 at 5:31 pm

    Yikes! Matty is getting his panties in a twist.
    In what world does he not think she’ll blow Trump out of the water?

  • JD

    September 9, 2024 at 5:38 pm

    Everytime I see a picture of Gaetz I hear Bevis and Butthead laughing in the background.

  • Jared Kushner's Pardoned Father

    September 9, 2024 at 6:11 pm

    Eddie Munster Matt never got that pardon he wanted from Trump, so he’s keen to get Trump another 4 years.

  • Frankie M.

    September 9, 2024 at 8:07 pm

    Gaetz said the same thing about Biden before the debate. He really needs to come up with some new material.

  • MH/Duuuval

    September 9, 2024 at 8:52 pm

    Word is that Gaetz is prepping DJT for the debate. Oy!

  • Politics 🤣

    September 10, 2024 at 4:21 am

    In the 20s housing department was corrupt. Cash funnelled in and out . So millions of cash went clean into hands

    • MH/Duuuval

      September 10, 2024 at 7:45 pm

      What hands, where?

      A lot of chiseling going on during Covid, including one ex-Florida MAGA legislator now doing time.

      • MH/Duuuval

        September 11, 2024 at 3:35 pm

        Speak of the devil: The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to remove Andrew Do, a Republican who represents the county’s first district, from all of his committee assignments and regional board positions. The move comes amid mounting pressure for Do to resign and a county lawsuit against the nonprofit that allegedly embezzled more than $10 million, most of which had been intended for meals for the elderly and people with disabilities in Orange County.”

        Not chiseling from housing, but going straight to food for the needy. Nice.

  • Andy

    September 10, 2024 at 11:12 am

    Funny how all little girls have to wear bubble wrap, anytime Matt the creep Gaetz shows up!

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