Posted on 03/30/2021 12:05:29 PM PDT by Red Badger
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.
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It may be incorrect but I read years ago that a Congressperson needs 3 terms to collect their full pension.
Maybe it's just moi, but I believe that finishing the current term confers much, much more bona fides and authenticity than abandoning ship to be a show person.
Matt, you're better than a ship jump like this (and we need your vote).
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Max will be missed in Congress, but I can see why he would make the switch. Max is a perfect fit for some talk show forum. His move will be similar to Joe Scarborough stepping from politics to becoming a media personality.
Both like to entertain. I don’t agree with most of what Scarborough has now become, but I can see he’s suited for that role. Max is young at age 37. He can always step back into political waters twenty years from now if he wants to.
6 years to vest, now that's a nice gig.
Didn’t he co-sponsor a pretty terrible piece of legislation recently?
His district is in the Redneck Rivera. Safe. It just tells me these people are out for themselves. Chaffetz had to quit and leave his supporters hanging for a job in media? Scarboro quit in June, effective in September to spend time with the family as they all say. What happens in Sept? School. So much for the family.
5 years, then you can collect full pension after age 62.
That would be a mistake for Gaetz to do that right now.
Also, didn't the founder of Newsmax go from being a fierce opponent of the Clintons, to real chummy with the Clintons?
Yeah, let someone else fill the chair and vote the same way he would, his communications skills can be better used in other venues.
worthless people
Yep, he can better flog the RINOs from behind a mic than in Congress.
LOL. What are you a shill for Scarborough? He most certainly did not step from politics to become a media personality. He fled as fast as he could, because one of his interns died in his office in the shadow of Gary Condit and Chandra Levy.
He only became a media personality later, and the first had nothing to do with the second.
Pro tip: if you have to call yourself a firebrand, you ain’t.
Yes.
I do not trust Newsmax.
It may be incorrect but I read years ago that a Congressperson needs 3 terms to collect their full pension.
It's 5 years, and the amount is based on how many years they served. It's not just a "5 years and you get 100%" like many claim.
I have never trusted Matt. Something about him.
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