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https://slaynews.com/news/matt-gaetz-overrules-trump-sinks-kevin-mccarthy-for-fourth-time-this-changes-neither-my-view-of-mccarthy-nor-trump-nor-my-vote/

Matt Gaetz Rejects Trump, Sinks Kevin McCarthy for Fourth Time ...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has rejected President Donald Trump’s calls for unity in the GOP to elect Kevin McCarthy as speaker.

https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1610312220268965890?ref_src=patrick.net

@RepMattGaetz
If you want to drain The Swamp, you cannot put the biggest alligator in charge of the exercise.

So... you were lying about that. You did in fact then go on to put the biggest alligator in charge of "draining The Swamp".

Would be nice if it had a chance of passing.

Patrick says

So... you were lying about that. You did in fact then go on to put the biggest alligator in charge of "draining The Swamp".
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What were the alternatives? McCarthy was negotiated into a tight corner to do Trump's MAGA bidding. He can be unseated by agreement if he deviates, no criminal dictatorship like Nancy.

Patrick says

Would be nice if it had a chance of passing.

And in true accordance with the constitution.

https://notthebee.com/article/does-abc-news-think-this-2018-leak-of-desantis-and-gaetz-makes-them-look-bad

Does ABC News think this 2018 leak of DeSantis and Gaetz makes them look bad?

Oh no, normal American men being normal humans as they practice their pitch to voters!

This is like the Tucker leaks of him being a normal guy chatting with people on set.

Is this supposed to make us hate DeSantis?

Gaetz is good, we need 200 more of him and MTG

Patrick says

yet a Democrat jury or "OJ jury" in Greensboro, NC gave the Democrat golden boy John Edwards a free pass for clearly doing this

I agree as Trump had his own money to handle a private matter. Edwards used campaign money to do a lot more than what Trump did.

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https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/fourth-wave-friday-may-19-2023-c

yesterday the House Committee on the ‘political weaponization of the federal government’ hosted several FBI whistleblowers, who have all been savagely and illegally retaliated against by the FBI for speaking out.

Matt Gaetz expressed the issues well during a pre-hearing briefing for the press: Under the Biden Administration, the FBI has been weaponized and aimed at Catholics, school board moms, abortion protestors, January 6th rally-goers, and other purely-political targets.

One of Gaetz’s clips showed an FBI agent who testified that, when asked to investigate January 7th rally-goers in its jurisdiction, his office pushed back, asking for the complete J6 videos so they could confirm the persons to be investigated had actually been in the Capitol. But the field officers were told by DOJ — ominously — that they could not have the video, because it would expose undercover field agents and confidential human sources who were also inside the Capitol.

So there’s one more conspiracy theory that has come true. Check your 2023 bingo card.

Here’s how Gaetz introduced the video clips from witnesses interviewed for the hearings that were then played for reporters:

Thank you chairman… the FBI has been victimized by political capture. And that politicization has manifested in the targeting of Americans who never deserved to have this government weaponized against them. Whistleblowers saw those bad acts, they stepped forward, and they were retaliated against and crushed as a consequence. And our work today will build on the work of Special Counsel Durham, who said recently that at the FBI there is confirmation bias, an over-willingness to rely on information from individuals connected to political opponents, and action without appropriate objectivity.

https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1659194024027213824?ref_src=patrick.net

I like how Gaetz is framing it as the FBI being victimized by political capture. That’s an elegant way to put it, and accounts for the many good FBI agents struggling to stay afloat in their politically-weaponized agency.

Who would have thought Matt Gaetz would become arguably one of the most prominent and important Republicans in the House? I think he’s terrific. And there’s not many issues more important than what he is working on right now.

https://slaynews.com/news/matt-gaetz-issues-warning-to-kevin-mccarthy-talk-is-cheap-i-dont-trust-speaker-mccarthys-word-on-impeaching-joe-biden/

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has issued a warning to the American people after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) finally said he was ready to move forward with impeaching Democrat President Joe Biden.

Gaetz responded to McCarthy’s comments by warning that he doesn’t “trust” the speaker’s “word.”

“Talk is cheap,” Gaetz said.

“I don’t trust Speaker McCarthy’s word on impeaching Joe Biden.

“Before becoming speaker, he said he would open an impeachment inquiry into [DHS] Secretary Mayorkas.

“He hasn’t done that,” he noted.

“Weeks ago, he said the IRS whistleblower information justified an impeachment inquiry in AG Merrick Garland.

“He hasn’t done that.”

Matt Gaetz is just another dramatic thespian in the political theatre.

I like him!

Onvacation says

Matt Gaetz is just another dramatic thespian in the political theatre.

I like him!

It's time for him to walk his talk . . .

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/mandate-freedom-friday-september?r=6gdz

Matt Gaetz (R-Fl.) explained the story much better during a recent radio interview when he said, “I worked very hard in January to develop a toolkit for House Republicans to use in a productive and positive way. I don’t believe we’ve used those tools as effectively as we should have.”

Gaetz was referring to a deal struck between the House Freedom Caucus and establishment Republicans over Kevin McCarthy’s election as Speaker. Under the tensely-negotiated agreement, McCarthy agreed to lower the threshold for a motion to vacate the chair — a move to force a vote on recalling the Speaker — from five members down to just one.

Now, Florida Representative Gaetz has demanded the House vote on commencing impeachment proceedings against Joe Biden, and vowed “if Speaker McCarthy stands in our way, he may not have the job long.”

I suspect that Gaetz is also spineless, but would be happy to be proven wrong.

REPLACE MCCARTHY NOW

Patrick says

I suspect that Gaetz is also spineless, but would be happy to be proven wrong.

I suspect Gaetz has made the calculation that with a vote, McCarthy would survive because spineless Establishment GOP won't get rid of McCarthy. He's doing nothing of import, which is why they and their donors are fine with McCarthy.

McCarthy has sung a song and has MTG in his camp now.

Sternly Worded Letters! Potential Inquiry that might possibly lead to Impeachment! Maybe, we'll see, we might investigate some more. Action wouldn't be prudent, at this juncture.

https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/the-mills-of-the-gods/

It also appears that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FLA) intends to force the issue of opening an impeachment ASAP against “Joe Biden.” In last January’s maneuvering to seat a new Republican House majority, Mr. Gaetz pushed through an agreement that the process to remove and replace the Speaker of the House could be activated by one vote. Mr. Gaetz reiterated last week that he means business. He’s the one vote.

The argument that Republicans should leave hands-off “Joe Biden” so they can run against the feeble old grifter in 2024 is preposterous because there is no way that the “JB” can possibly run for reelection under any circumstances. It’s just another trip being laid on the American public — and one that illustrates how tragic and dangerous is the absence of an honest news media for challenging such insolent gambits. The President can barely totter into a room now without making some embarrassing pratfall or gaffe. He couldn’t possibly survive a debate, especially with all the new records of his crimes unearthed since the last time around in 2020 when he pretended to know nothing about his son’s business dealings.

I don't like "intends" or "ASAP" or "means business".

I want to SEE IMPEACHMENT HAPPEN NOW.

Everything else is bullshit.

https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/09/14/gaetz-has-doubts-sad-and-pathetic-mccarthy-will-follow-through-on-biden-impeachment-1395774/

Gaetz has doubts ‘sad and pathetic’ McCarthy will follow through on Biden impeachment

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) expressed skepticism that Speaker Kevin McCarthy is serious about impeaching President Joe Biden and has “no real intent to follow through” on holding the deeply corrupt Democrat accountable.

The Florida Republican appeared on MSNBC where he rejected McCarthy’s assertion that the source of the tension between the two lawmakers was his being upset about an ethics probe into allegations of sex trafficking, a case that was closed by the Biden Justice Department.

Gaetz reacted to McCarthy’s remarks on Wednesday’s edition of “The Beat” with Ari Melber, blasting McCarthy as “a sad and pathetic man who lies to hold on to power” before the subject turned to the speaker’s waffling on the Biden impeachment inquiry that he just announced.

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https://realclearwire.com/articles/2023/09/29/im_fighting_for_taxpayers_982998.html

see above link which is an open letter by Matt Gaetz

i think it is impossible to get a balanced budget but they can at least cut down on spending to reduce the deficit as a percentage of the budget and the debt as a percentage of GDP

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https://slaynews.com/news/russia-prepares-for-wwiii-as-public-receives-nuke-incoming-warnings/

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., the leader of the rebellion that ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy this week, has long enraged the Beltway establishment.

Gaetz has blazed an unusual path, frequently partnering with House Democrats against powerful special interest groups. He backed regulation to weaken the power of Silicon Valley technology giants and fought to restrict weapons transfers to Ukraine and Saudi Arabia.

In a message posted earlier today, Gaetz floated a sweeping ethics reform package as a key demand moving forward. He offered to partner with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., on legislation to ban congressional stock trading, institute a twelve-year term limit for lawmakers, and ban lobbyist and PAC donations, in exchange for his support to increase the threshold for removing the Speaker of the House. The motion to vacate change has been demanded by GOP officials concerned about future political volatility.

But industry insiders are pushing back.

Cesar Conda, a former aide to Dick Cheney, whose defense industry lobbying firm Navigators Global helps the Ukrainian government secure American funds, scorned Gaetz as an “arsonist” and endorsed a call for lawmakers to expel the Florida lawmaker from the Republican conference.

Americans for Tax Reform, a dark money group funded in part by Amazon, Google, and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, unveiled a radio and digital advertising campaign against Gaetz yesterday, accusing him of spending "too much time chasing TV cameras."

Dropped a few bucks for the balls.

https://gaetzforcongress.revv.co/gaetz_don_av_er_va-km_rs_20231003?recurring=true

Patrick says

Gaetz has blazed an unusual path, frequently partnering with House Democrats against powerful special interest groups. He backed regulation to weaken the power of Silicon Valley technology giants and fought to restrict weapons transfers to Ukraine and Saudi Arabia.

In a message posted earlier today, Gaetz floated a sweeping ethics reform package as a key demand moving forward. He offered to partner with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., on legislation to ban congressional stock trading, institute a twelve-year term limit for lawmakers, and ban lobbyist and PAC donations, in exchange for his support to increase the threshold for removing the Speaker of the House. The motion to vacate change has been demanded by GOP officials concerned about future political volatility.

I think he's on to something - he's fighting against the uniparty, for fuck's sake, so it doesn't matter if he gets a few lucid-thinking Dems along for the ride.

The rage is building. Those who know what to do are taking protective measures against 2024 election thuggery.

We shall indeed see, and it ain't gonna be pretty . . .

Somebody called the whole 212 of demon rats in the House "a few lucid thinkers"? LOL

Oh cry me a river, it could have gone the other way. Had the majority of the Republican Congress NOT been Majority RINOs and were voting for in favor of removing KM. Then 8 RINOs would have voted with the Democrats to keep him. I bet nobody would be crying Crocodile tears then!

https://slaynews.com/news/matt-gaetz-pelosi-still-secretly-leads-democrats-jeffries-just-frontman/

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz has alleged that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is still leading the Democrats from the shadows, with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) serving as “just a frontman.”

During an appearance on Newsmax, Gaetz said Pelosi “still rules with an iron fist.” ...

Gaetz said it is Pelosi’s control of House Democrats which allows them to stay in lockstep.

“By the way, she’s still the one in charge of that conference,” Gaetz continued

“I mean, Hakeem Jeffries is the frontman, but the person who’s really calling the shots among the Democrats is Nancy Pelosi.”

Patrick says

Gaetz said it is Pelosi’s control of House Democrats which allows them to stay in lockstep.

There is no "diversity" within the Dems. The "self identified moderates" religiously toe the Democrat line.

What about those +15 Dems who won in former Republican districts ? They all do whatever Stretch Face Nancy Pelosi wants via Hakeem Jeffries.
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Stretch Face Nancy Pelosi

She's just another avatar for the Senior Executive Service. Her clout comes with Intel Agency threats aforethought. After all, the original Nancy was always a Mob Moll.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/crooked-trio-friday-november-3-2023

💉 On Wednesday, I covered the breaking story about a Montana NIH lab infecting bats with a SARS-like virus from Wuhan back in 2018, right before the pandemic started. I was pleased to see that Representative Matt Gaetz (R-Fl.) picked up the story yesterday, and among other salty comments on his podcast, suggested the NIH’s experiments were “potentially criminal.”

https://twitter.com/WhiteCoatWaste/status/1720055072791392367

Now we’re getting somewhere. More talk like this, please. (And then, of course, action.)

Gaetz also said the new information about the lab would be help lawmakers “root out these inappropriate foreign collaborations.” Yes! Root them out!

https://twitter.com/RepMattGaetz/status/1787632541828092199

Well, bills get introduced all the time and often go nowhere. But still, a good idea.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/china-syndrome-thursday-november

Matt is completely qualified for the job, especially from Trump’s point of view, since he is yet another victim of weaponized federal government and false prosecution. The short version is, in 2021 (during the pandemic), while Matt was fiercely fighting Biden’s lockdown and mandate agenda, the FBI quietly opened an investigation into “child sex trafficking” against the Congressman. Then, they un-quietly leaked their investigation to the Washington Post, which ran multiple, breathless front-page stories, all anonymously sourced, about the Gaetz investigation.

Later, once Matt’s reputation was fully soiled, the FBI quietly dropped the investigation. Whoops! Never mind! This time, there was hardly any media coverage. Here’s a Federalist story with more details about the sordid affair.

https://thefederalist.com/2022/09/26/the-fbis-matt-gaetz-operation-sidelined-an-effective-republican-voice-at-a-crucial-time-that-was-the-point/

Yesterday, when President Trump announced Gaetz’s selection, the non-MAGA world went wild. Everybody knows the Senate must confirm Trump’s nominations, and Democrats and corrupt FBI agents pray that Senatorial RINOs will buck Trump and refuse to confirm Representative Gaetz as Attorney General.

Patrick says

Yesterday, when President Trump announced Gaetz’s selection, the non-MAGA world went wild. Everybody knows the Senate must confirm Trump’s nominations, and Democrats and corrupt FBI agents pray that Senatorial RINOs will buck Trump and refuse to confirm Representative Gaetz as Attorney General.

That would be a stupid move is all I'll say. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elections



Not good for midterms even if the RINO's don't like it. That incumbent map looks a lot different in 2026 for Senate seats if Republicans cannot play nice in the sandbox with each other. You have Congress and a lame duck POTUS that gives no shits, but does things that will benefit your constituents. Suck it up and approve Matt when the time comes.

The risk is higher you get tossed out of the senate come election time. I would just roll out the red carpet for Trump appointees even if you dislike the people he's selecting.