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Matt Gaetz

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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Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 1, 2023 an interview on ABC's "This Week"
"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 debt."
Half-True
By Louis Jacobson • October 2, 2023
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 10, 2022 a Facebook post
Image shows a Rebekah Jones campaign event.
Mostly False
By Yacob Reyes • September 19, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 4, 2022 interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News
The government is arming up the IRS because “Joe Biden is raising taxes and disarming Americans.”
False
August 12, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on June 7, 2022 a podcast episode
“Bennie Thompson actively cheer-led riots in the ’90s.”
False
By Yacob Reyes • June 13, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on March 31, 2022 a Twitter thread
“The price of insulin increases as waistlines increase.”
False
By Colleen DeGuzman, Victoria Knight • April 21, 2022
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 21, 2019 a tweet
"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • October 25, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 10, 2019 an interview on Fox News
In Australia "they went and confiscated all the guns. You know who did what Australia did? Venezuela."  
Mostly False
By Amy Sherman • August 19, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 a CNN interview
"One out of every 5 people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien."
False
By Miriam Valverde • February 19, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2019 an interview on CNN
"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 then they were right back across the border to do the same thing."
Mostly True
By Amy Sherman • February 13, 2019
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on February 7, 2018 In a tweet
The "FBI was actively investigating Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server" on Sept. 2, 2016.
False
By Manuela Tobias • February 12, 2018
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 17, 2017 a tweet
"Opioid crisis (is) the worst in ObamaCare expansion states!"  
Mostly False
By Allison Graves • October 23, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on August 18, 2017 a newsletter
"As of 2014, illegal aliens made up roughly 3.5 percent of our population, and committed over 10 percent of all murders."
Mostly False
By Miriam Valverde • August 30, 2017
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on October 6, 2015 a press conference
"In the states that allow open carry, violent crime was 23 percent lower."  
Half-True
By Amy Sherman, Joshua Gillin • October 9, 2015
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on September 29, 2011 an op-ed article
"A Cornell University research study concludes that ethanol generates a 29 percent energy loss, meaning it takes more than a gallon of gasoline to produce a gallon of ethanol."
Mostly True
By Becky Bowers • October 19, 2011
Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz
stated on March 16, 2011 comments before a House subcommittee
Says his bill, HB 97, would prevent the use of taxpayer dollars on abortions.
False
By Aaron Sharockman • March 17, 2011
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Latest Fact-Checks About Matt Gaetz

Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on December 12, 2022 a Facebook post
A video shows Rep. Matt Gaetz threatening Robert Mueller with jail time.
False
December 20, 2022
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Viral image
stated on April 5, 2021 a Facebook post
“Marjorie Taylor Greene just scrubbed her Twitter feed of all things Gaetz.”
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April 15, 2021
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on March 30, 2021 a Facebook post
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz was the lone vote in the House against an anti-human trafficking bill.
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By Amy Sherman • March 31, 2021
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Occupy Democrats
stated on March 12, 2020 a Facebook post
Says Rep. Matt Gaetz and Sen. Ted Cruz took two weeks paid sick leave to self-quarantine. Gaetz “voted in 2013 to make it illegal for any city in Florida to enact paid sick leave,” and Cruz “voted in 2015 in the U.S. Senate against paid sick leave.”
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By Amy Sherman • March 17, 2020
Facebook posts
Facebook posts
stated on October 27, 2019 a Facebook post
"Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time. He was part of a company that had to pay 75 million in hospice fraud. They stole from dying people."
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By Amy Sherman • November 1, 2019
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