Matt Gaetz’s next move
By
Byron York
December 10, 2024 3:05 pm
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MATT GAETZ’S NEXT MOVE. Not all that long ago, on Oct. 3, 2023, then-Rep. Matt Gaetz succeeded in his audacious plan to lead a tiny group of Republicans, eight in all, working in an alliance with 208 Democrats, to topple Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy. Today, one year and two months later, Gaetz is out of Congress, out of a job, and has reportedly signed with a small television news outlet, One America News Network, to host a prime-time program.
At age 42, Gaetz will certainly have more acts in his life. But it seems safe to say his effort to bring down the Republican Party in the House did not end well. When President-elect Donald Trump stunned many observers by nominating Gaetz to be attorney general, Gaetz’s past of attacking and undermining his own party came back at him fast — and that was before discussion of a long House Ethics Committee investigation concerning allegations that Gaetz, in the words of a New York Post report, “had engaged in sex with a minor, used illicit drugs and taken bribes, among other alleged crimes.” To say Gaetz was the wrong man to be attorney general of the United States would be a wild understatement, and the nomination proved a bridge too far, even for some Republicans who are eager to support all of Trump’s nominees.
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