Posted on 04/04/2019 11:49:03 AM PDT by GIdget2004
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Trump’s most devoted loyalists on Capitol Hill who represents the Florida Panhandle, has told GOP colleagues he is considering moving across the state line to run for the Senate in Alabama in 2020, several House lawmakers told The Hill.
Some of those discussions took place as recently as Thursday. The rumor had been bouncing around the Capitol for weeks but took a more serious turn in recent days when Gaetz began privately discussing the idea with fellow lawmakers.
“He’s talking about running for Senate in Alabama. They have a one-day residency requirement there,” said a GOP lawmaker who knows Gaetz well. “POTUS [President of the United States] would probably endorse him.”
Sources close to Gaetz, 36, said that "people in Trump's orbit" are personally encouraging the sophomore congressman to run for the Senate seat now held by freshman Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.). Those Trump allies are pointing to Alabama’s liberal requirement that people can run for the Senate so long as they are 30 years old and have been a resident for a minimum of one day.
Gaetz would be pitted him against Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) in the GOP primary. Byrne, 64, has been traversing the Yellowhammer State for nearly a year to meet with voters and officially launched his Senate bid in February.
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Gaetz is an idiot. that wackjob stunt he pulled on twitter against Michael Cohen was a dumpster fire. Mo Brooks is my man.
“personally encouraging the sophomore congressman to run for the Senate seat now held by freshman Sen. Doug Jones (D-Ala.)”
Gaetz will probably get the Roy Moore special “treatment” and have women he’s never met say he molested them..
Carpetbagging is never a good idea. It is even a worse idea in the south.
I’d rather see him in Rubio’s seat.
Hadn’t read it before.
“Hey @MichaelCohen212,” Gaetz tweeted on Tuesday afternoon. “Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot...”
I think Mo is the best bet. Byrne is a slimy swamp wanna-be.
“Gaetz will probably get the Roy Moore special “treatment” and have women he’s never met say he molested them..”
It worked very well HERE.
But is a move from the Redneck Rivera to Alabama proper really carpetbagging?
Me too, but ruby is just smart enuff to stay inside the lines to keep Trump's support.
Although ruby isn't up until 2022, and maybe the situation will change by then.
I think they call it linoleum-bagging, cain't use no carpet, too damp near the swamps.
Mo Brooks? Does he owe fealty to Mitt and the Mornons??
I don’t like the idea. Senators should have a history in their respective states. 24 hours in no way cuts it !
This like the “rotten borough” system of parliament seats in the UK! (I don’t know if that’s allowed anymore. I would hope not!)
I’m in his district and he’s my Congress critter.
They wouldn’t have to look real hard to find real ones.................
“Fat slob politician thinks he is entitled to lifetime on dole.”
It would be a better headline
I used to live in “LA”. Folks in places like Wewa and Enterprise don’t particularly care where the official state line is.
Gaetz is my rep. He has pretty much done the right things but I just don’t feel right.
Another FR poster put it this way about Gaetz. “I like him but I don’t trust him”.
No kidding. Brooks should have been the nominee the last time around. If he’s healthy enough (Mo had a recent battle with cancer), he should be the nominee by acclamation. If Gaetz pulls his carpet-bagging stunt, it will make a race that should be a slam dunk much more difficult.
Agreed. We have local talent that will send dougie to the unemployment line.
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