Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz was elected to Congress in 2016 representing Florida's 1st District. Gaetz resigned from Congress on Nov. 13, 2024, just before President-elect Donald Trump nominated him for U.S. attorney general. Gaetz withdrew from consideration for attorney general Nov. 22, 2024, amid allegations of sexual misconduct and said he wouldn't rejoin Comgress. He was elected to the Florida House of Representatives serving District 4 in 2010. His father is former Florida state Sen. Don Gaetz.
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"Since the mid-'90s, this country has been governed by revolving continuing resolution and omnibus spending bill(s). … That is the reason we're $33 trillion in…
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The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”
“Bennie Thompson actively cheer-led riots in the ’90s.”
“The price of insulin increases as waistlines increase.”
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"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."
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In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."
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"One out of every 5 people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien."
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"In 1992, the Democratic Party had in their platform provisions that said that illegal aliens were coming in this country, committing felonies, sent back and…
The "FBI was actively investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server" on Sept. 2, 2016.