Posted on 11/22/2024 11:25:50 AM PST by CFW
WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Friday that he doesn't plan to rejoin Congress after he withdrew his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general amid sexual misconduct allegations.
"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 said in an interview with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
“There are a number of fantastic Floridians who stepped up to run for my seat, people who have inspired with their heroism, with their public service. And I’m actually excited to see Northwest Florida go to new heights and have great representation,” he added.
Gaetz, who was first elected to Florida’s state House when he was 28 years old, noted he has been in elected office for 14 years,
“I’m 42 now, and I’ve got other goals in life that I’m eager to pursue — my wife and my family — and so I’m going to be fighting for President Trump," he said. "I’m going to be doing whatever he asks of me, as I always have. But I think that eight years is probably enough time in the United States Congress.”
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"We need a leadership structure under President Trump that’s going to allow for durability of our movement and the ability to continue this great realignment of our politics, and so I’ll play a part in that," he said. "I plan to be a big voice, but maybe not as an elected member of the government."
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However, he may have had a Plan A and a Plan B.
In Plan A -- Run for re-election knowing he'd win and if Harris won he could be a part of keeping her policies from being passed in the House. Plan B -- run for re-election and if Trump wins, step down knowing that a special election would put another conservative in that seat so nothing lost and he could play another part in the "resistance"
I'm wondering what part he is going to play in Trump's administration? The entire theater of him being nominated as AG seems to have been a head-fake of some type. It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out.
Man they love him in his District.
That was my thought too — U.S. Senate.
The entire theater of him being nominated as AG seems to have been a head-fake of some type“
We’d like to think so but l doubt it. I think Thunes rino brigade let it be known there were 6-8 hard no votes that could not be moved.
Or was he promised something in turn for his Congressional resignation?
Intriguing.
He’s probably going to become a podcaster.
we should be watching the DNC Election Theft Machine now
AZ, NV, CA, PA senate seat just barely saved from theft by one judge’s vote there
WI or anywhere else are there still any thefts afoot?
8 years in enough, term limits now!!!
Maybe not a head-fake but perhaps let’s-see-what-happens
I thought the beauty of this chess move was that it prevented the release of that skewed report and also allowed him to save face. I thought it was a stroke of genius!
Could be. I think Trump found out he is in the exact position he was in with the 2016 Senate. They are the deep state firewall.
we should be watching the DNC Election Theft Machine now
I’ve had those pages open since election day. Most districts are at 95 percent reported but they are slowly stealing one district after another while few are watching. It is obvious it is election theft. Most people think all these races were decided two weeks ago and know who there representative will be. They are in for a surprise.
Many think Alaska voted out RCV. Nope they stole it earlier this week and then just stopped counting any additional votes.
After this most recent election, Democrats are going to regroup, as they did in 2016, to make sure the unexpected can’t happen to them again. We did “too big to rig” this time. That will not work again.
The most important job for conservatives over the next two years is to tighten election laws, reverse this non-stop voting and counting, and make sure they can’t do this again in 2026.
Great headway was made in the past couple of years and especially since Lara Trump and Whately were put in charge of the RNC. But a lot more work needs to be done if we don’t want both the Senate and House going to Democrats in two years.
Plan A = Be named by DeSantis as Rubio replacement.
Plan B = Be named by DeSantis as Bondi replacement.
Gaetz is a relatively big and well liked name in Florida. His dad is a senator. There is a rule that senators cannot serve more than 2 consecutive terms, so dad served 2 terms, sat one out, now is back in serving a 3rd term.
I’m getting deja vu of how I felt when Governor Palin was forced out of office due to lawfare.
Nah, it leaked anyway just as he should have predicted.
Thanks for all you do.
We aren’t gonna have to wait two years to lose control of the senate and house.
It’s already a fait accompli
Razor thin paper margins and more seats in theft process
Plus, it will only take 1,2,3 RINOS to block every possible reform, any presidential appointment, anything.
Does anyone even dream there aren’t enough RINOs already in congress (.both houses) to do this?
Prepare for a really rough four years
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