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Matt Gaetz

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Matthew Louis “Matt” Gaetz, II, born May 7, 1982 (age 44), is a Republican U.S. representative representing Florida's 1st congressional district since 2017.

Matt Gaetz
Matt Gaetz, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg
U.S. Representative from Florida's 1st Congressional District
From: January 3, 2017 – present
Predecessor Jeff Miller
Successor Incumbent (no successor)
Former State Representative from Florida's 4th District
From: April 13, 2010 – November 8, 2016
Predecessor Ray Sansom
Successor Mel Ponder
Information
Party Republican
Religion Baptist

Gaetz gave a notable speech in May 2019 advocating for an America First foreign policy.[1] He has criticized Congress' prioritizing Russia/Ukraine issues over securing the U.S. southern border.[2]

Gaetz has been targeted by neocons for among other things his opposition to Saudi Arabian influence on American politics, his opposition to war with Iran, his open contempt for George W. Bush, and his public feud with Liz Cheney.[3][4][5][6] Their influence may have resulted in him being excluded from Trump's impeachment defense team.[7]

He indicated in December 2020 that he would object on the House floor to the certification of Joe Biden based on Electoral fraud in the United States presidential election, 2020.

Despite all of the above, Gaetz does have some liberal views on social issues. In 2015, while serving in the Florida state legislature, he sponsored a repeal on its ban on adoption by homosexuals,[8]. In 2019, he defending Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) before she resigned over a sex scandal. Gaetz also defied conservatives by voting to increase visa caps for high-skilled (i.e., high-paid) workers (2019 roll call h437).[9] Some of those views on social issues have since been reversed, such as when he voted against the radical Equality Act. In September of 2021, he voted with Democrats and RINOs to pass a red flag gun confiscation bill, leaving many conservatives outraged;[10][11] however, he expressed regret and successfully fought to remove them from the bill. Gaetz has otherwise remained strongly pro-Second Amendment.[12] Gaetz also endorsed the idea (or the plan?) to make President Donald J. Trump speaker of the House to reinstate the latter as the true, official and legitimate President and impeach and indict Joe Biden and Kamala Harris and other globalist, leftist/liberal/neo-Marxist and RINO criminals, conspirators, insurrectionists, parasites and traitors.[13][14]

Matt Gaetz has asked Donald Trump for a pardon for sex trafficking and pedophilia, which he is currently under investigation for.

References

  1. ↑ Wong, Kristina (May 23, 2019). Matt Gaetz Delivers Impassioned Foreign Policy Speech: ‘America First Means the American People First’. Breitbart News. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
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  2. ↑ Poor, Jeff (November 17, 2019). Gaetz: My Constituents Question Congress Concerns over Russia-Ukraine Instead of U.S.-Mexico Border. Breitbart News. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri4D0Raczqo
  4. ↑ https://twitter.com/mattgaetz/status/1215447980305797122
  5. ↑ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/21/liz-cheney-asked-some-republicans-step-down-after-trump-criticisms/5480384002/
  6. ↑ https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/us-rep-matt-gaetz-urges-wyoming-unseat-liz-cheney#stream/0
  7. ↑ Matt Gaetz says he was kept off impeachment defense team over war powers vote. New York Post.
  8. ↑ https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=720277.docx&DocumentType=Amendments&BillNumber=7013&Session=2015
  9. ↑ http://politicsthatwork.com/voting-record/Matt-Gaetz-412690
  10. ↑ https://welovetrump.com/2021/09/25/here-are-the-135-republicans-who-just-voted-for-red-flag-gun-confiscation/
  11. ↑ https://americanfaith.com/read-the-names-135-republicans-vote-with-democrats-to-advance-red-flag-gun-confiscation-bill-as-part-of-ndaa/
  12. ↑ https://www.ontheissues.org/FL/Matt_Gaetz_Gun_Control.htm
  13. ↑ https://newrepublic.com/article/164670/matt-gaetz-trump-speaker-2024
  14. ↑ https://www.newsweek.com/matt-gaetz-trump-speaker-house-gorka-1681738

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