Posted on 01/23/2020 10:49:45 AM PST by conservative98
One of President Donald Trump’s strongest supporters on cable news and Capitol Hill was surprisingly excluded from his impeachment defense team — and he has suspicions as to why.
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) was widely believed to have been a frontrunner to join a select group of House Republicans to defend the president through media outreach and providing consultation to his legal team, but he was snubbed.
In an interview with Politico, Gaetz said he wasn’t entirely sure why he was kept off the team, but he has been told by someone in the White House that Eric Ueland, the legislative affairs director, was “responsible for the brush back.”
“I don’t know why it would serve someone in the White House to manufacture a divide between the president and one of his best communicators during impeachment,” Gaetz told the outlet.
When reached by Politico, Ueland wouldn’t comment directly on the Florida Republican’s allegation. He did, however, mention Gaetz’s support for the House’s war powers resolution, which would limit the president’s ability to wage further military action against Iran without congressional approval.
Rep. Gaetz: Trump suspended Ukraine military aid over corruption concerns The resolution did not signify a shift in policy or position for Gaetz, who began courting fellow House Republicans to support the measure after Democrats added one of his amendments to it, but Trump loyalists dragged him for the move nonetheless.
“While the Trump administration was disappointed in Mr. Gaetz’s [Iran war powers] vote, the president’s successful policy to reduce Iranian terror and misbehavior proves the path laid out by the president is working,” Ueland said in a statement to Politico. “We look forward to working with Mr. Gaetz in the future.”
Gaetz responded, “He knows it’s House Democrats, not Iran, who are impeaching the president, right?”
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In other words, don't be a pain in the ass.
Good.
Idiot.
I don’t intend to vote for you again either.
The Gaetz family is full of Jeb! supporters.
Maybe you like backstabbing a-hole Repubics, but the rest of us don’t.
Get a clue Gaetz!
You broke trust!
Matt’s a good guy, he made a stupid vote that could have hurt the country but he will be back in everyone’s good graces soon.
true
I think that sums it up.
He’s like Ann Coulter in my mind. That lady, has a long to go to win me back... a long way to go...
“I’ve enjoyed watching Gaetz as a talking head on news shows...”
Same here, don’t see him on Fox any longer. He usually appeared with Jordan and/or Meadows. He should have known better IMO
>>> We had a saying at work, one Oops equals 100 Attaboy’s.
The real saying should be -
One Ooops wipes out all previous good behavior, and needs a hundred future Attaboy’s to make up the error.
Boo Hoo Matt !!!
Seemed like a pretty decent dude up until then!!
Either you’re 100% for the President, or you’re not.
They don't trust you, dude.
Boo-hoo. Grow up, Matt.
When it is personal, no amount of atta-boys will ever fix.
Note to self.
Never trust anyone that looks like Ted Kennedy.
Apparently, they share more charateristics than just facial features.
A monumentally stupid and unnecessary move that cost you the goodwill of the American people!
Why are politicians so fu*king stupid at times?
I am so so sorry MaryJo, I’ll make it up to you I promise...
Tough tacos Matt. Stop voting with dems.
Well...yeah...
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