Drew Dixon
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz openly mused this weekend about seeking Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, which is about to be vacated by Marco Rubio, who is seeking confirmation as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state.
Gaetz, who resigned his District 1 congressional seat representing Florida’s Panhandle area, spoke at the conservative Turning Point Action’s AmericaFest event this weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. He attacked congressional leaders for what he described as foot-dragging on many of Trump’s suggested cabinet picks.
Gaetz himself withdrew from Trump’s nomination for U.S. Attorney General.
Gaetz was ruminating in the speech that he was miffed at some of the responses to former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s nomination for National Intelligence Director. At that point, he floated the idea of replacing Rubio in the Senate.
“Many have asked which perch I will be fighting from,” Gaetz said before a crowd in Phoenix. “Maybe I’ll just run for Marco Rubio’s vacant seat in the United States Senate and join some of those folks.”
The crowd cheered his suggestion.
It’s not clear how serious Gaetz was when he expressed his thoughts.
While the controversial far-right Republican voluntarily resigned from his congressional seat and withdrew his name for consideration for the Attorney General position, he did so as U.S. House members were concluding an ethics investigation on his conduct. Some members of Congress, such as House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said the report should not be made public because Gaetz had resigned.
But unknown to many lawmakers, the members of the House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release the content of that investigative report, which supposedly details the sexual conduct and illicit drug use of Gaetz.
Gaetz has said he acknowledged he had some personal foibles when he was younger. But he denied he did anything illegal.
The report has not been disclosed yet.
11 comments
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December 22, 2024 at 3:03 pm
Just forget it, Matt Gaetz! The state of Florida is so over you!
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Josh Green
December 22, 2024 at 8:02 pm
He’s a pedophile. And anybody considering supporting him is also a supporter of pedophilia.
Anonymous
December 23, 2024 at 2:13 am
People voted for a pedo to be president. So it’s possible
ScienceBLVR
December 22, 2024 at 9:01 pm
I suspect after the ethics report is released Monday, OAN will be withdrawing their talk show offer. No one, likes a degenerate, even MAGA folks, they have daughters, too..
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December 23, 2024 at 2:13 am
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Harold Finch
December 23, 2024 at 8:12 am
He has been and always will be a scum bag! His political career is over!
Ocean Joe
December 23, 2024 at 8:46 am
Let’s not forget, it’s Florida. Look what got elected to the other seat. I’d say he’s got a great chance, especially if Trump endorses him.
KathrynA
December 23, 2024 at 9:04 am
What has Gaetz ever done for the state of Florida but brought ridicule and show his pornographic pictures on the floor of the Senate? He is a drug user, a liar, a sexual pedophile and much more? He deserves to be in prison same as his friend, Joel. He absolutely has no shame or morals.
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