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Gaetz says he will not return to Congress
The Hill ^ | 11/22/2024 | Emily Brooks

Posted on 11/22/2024 10:43:30 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Friday he will not return to Congress after resigning his House seat last week, despite having withdrawn from consideration to be President-elect Trump’s attorney general — but added he is “not going anywhere.”

“I’m still going to be in the fight, but it’s going to be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th Congress,” Gaetz told conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, later adding it is a “pretty poetic time” to allow Florida’s 1st District to have new representation.

There were questions about whether Gaetz may try to return to Capitol Hill for the 119th Congress — and whether he would want to — given the careful wording used in his letter announcing his resignation from the 118th Congress last week.

But he put an end to that speculation less than a day after it began.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: congress; gaetz; not; return
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1 posted on 11/22/2024 10:43:30 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

More likely a job in the Trump administration that doesn’t require confirmation.


2 posted on 11/22/2024 10:45:27 AM PST by CedarDave (Pubs need to vote to widen the spread over the Dems; beat the cheat!)
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To: CedarDave

Assistant to the AG?


3 posted on 11/22/2024 10:46:04 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well, ABC is floating the idea of a MAGA to help the ratings for the heifers on the view......it would certainly be incendiary that’s for sure. 😂


4 posted on 11/22/2024 10:47:48 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: CedarDave

There are a ton of “advisor” jobs in the Executive Branch that do not require confirmation.

Many of these “advisors” have more real power than cabinet officers—if they know their way around DC.

The current administration is an excellent example of this—to this day we are debating about who is really in charge.

There is a good chance that several key folks have never faced Senate confirmation for anything.


5 posted on 11/22/2024 10:48:13 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Thats a damned shame.


6 posted on 11/22/2024 10:49:46 AM PST by BigFreakinToad (All she is, is cackles in the wind.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Darn...and the media was so looking forward to pounding him. Alas...no more.


7 posted on 11/22/2024 10:50:46 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
Darn...and the media was so looking forward to pounding him. Alas...no more.

Agreed, whether Gaetz returned to the House or was named as a replacement for Rubio in the Senate. He would have been under constant attacks from the MSM, the DEMs, and the RINOs.

8 posted on 11/22/2024 10:52:47 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We all know the Democrats will vote unanimously for their Presidents appointments. Republicans don’t, and that means results of Republican landslide elections mean nothing. These big government RINOs (Collins, Murkowski, McConnell, Cornyn, and yes, Thune) are the real impediments to true reform in America. They guarantee any Republican majority in the Senate is actually a minority. It’s long past time to primary these dipsticks.


9 posted on 11/22/2024 10:54:27 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: cgbg
"There is a good chance that several key folks have never faced Senate confirmation for anything."

Apart from ambassador, Norm Eisen.
Matthew Coleangelo
Jack Smith for that matter.

10 posted on 11/22/2024 10:54:41 AM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

We all know the Democrats will vote unanimously for their Presidents appointments. Republicans don’t, and that means results of Republican landslide elections mean nothing. These big government RINOs (Collins, Murkowski, McConnell, Cornyn, and yes, Thune) are the real impediments to true reform in America. They guarantee any Republican majority in the Senate is actually a minority. It’s long past time to primary these dipsticks.


11 posted on 11/22/2024 10:54:47 AM PST by OrioleFan (Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Let Gaetz enemies do a victory lap.

Methinks they are not rid of him.

Gaetz is fighter and those who fought against him did not follow Marquis of Queensberry rules.

Gaetz will get down and dirty with those who did the same to him.


12 posted on 11/22/2024 10:56:17 AM PST by Biblebelter
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To: OrioleFan

You mean denirats with an R next to their name


13 posted on 11/22/2024 10:57:11 AM PST by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Take Rubio’s seat.


14 posted on 11/22/2024 11:02:46 AM PST by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

I hope he’s not another Gowdy/Chavezz. Both went to Fox, Chavezz didn’t finish his term. These special elections cost money that can be better spent elsewhere.

These 2 mentioned here were all talk.


15 posted on 11/22/2024 11:02:58 AM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: ChicagoConservative27

There was a deal made on the back end to exchange Gaetz for multiple appointments and confirmations.

Gaetz will serve another role where he is still a threat to the liberal agenda


16 posted on 11/22/2024 11:16:09 AM PST by InsidiousMongo
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To: bray
Take Rubio’s seat.

That would be at Gov. DeSantis' discretion and I'm quite sure the line for that job opening is quite long.

17 posted on 11/22/2024 11:20:46 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hey, Emily.....(Hill writer)....

How would you like it if Pam Bondi appoints Gaetz as the watchdog coordinator in DOJ to go after, say, things like:

Biden family influence/bribery collective,
DOJ lawfare,
USSS DEI malfeasance,
FEMA politically influenced disaster response,
Government agency political corruption, and

Multiple other examples of gross malfeasance and political corruption like actually working actively to allow illegal immigration invasion?

Maybe that’s what Matt can do....you like that?


18 posted on 11/22/2024 11:23:08 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Yes that would suit him. His political career is done


19 posted on 11/22/2024 11:24:16 AM PST by KingofZion
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To: CedarDave

Election Integrity Czar.


20 posted on 11/22/2024 11:24:37 AM PST by suasponte137
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