Matt Gaetz may bow out of Congress early: report
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© Getty Images Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), an ally of former President Trump, is reportedly considering retiring from Congress to take a job with Newsmax, according to an Axios report.
Gaetz, who was first elected to the House in 2016, the same year Trump won the presidency, has told allies that he is thinking about ending his congressional career in its third term. He's started early conversations with Newsmax about joining the conservative network, according to Axios.
Newsmax saw its ratings shoot up in the weeks following Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election and is seeking to cast itself as an alternative to Fox News, the ratings leader among cable news networks.
Gaetz, 38, has gained a lot of attention for his support for Trump, and has frequently made cable news appearances to talk up the former president. Trump has teased running for office again in 2024.
According to a source, Gaetz believes having a prominent spot in the media could help him gain momentum for a national political role in the future.
Gaetz recently made political waves by backing an effort to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) from House leadership after she voted to impeach Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.
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That surely did not take very long...
Maybe he needs more time to focus on his lover....I mean, "son", Nestor.
Gaetz is just another far right wing radical that had some traction when trump was in office, but now he has become completely irrelevant. Good riddance to bad trash.
The Justice Department has allegedly been investigating Congressman Matt Gaetz of Florida since the final months of Trump’s presidency over whether Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him, according to The New York Times
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Let him pollute the airwaves to his own kind.
Sex is the least of the problems facing Gaetz.
Follow the money. It is dirty and much of it is foreign.
He's done.
Gastz is a loud-mouthed jerk with no accomplishments at all, unless you call being a Trump sycophant an accomplishment.
Judge a person by their friends ... in Gaetz's case ... oops!
Haha. This guy is grasping at straws...