By Free Republic | Created at 2024-11-22 19:46:05 | Updated at 2024-11-23 02:49:00
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Matt Gaetz says he doesn't plan to rejoin Congress after withdrawing as Trump's pick for attorney general
NBC News ^ | 11/22/24 | Rebecca Shabad
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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: congress; election; gaetz; trump
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This is strange. He just ran for re-election and won.
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.
1 posted on 11/22/2024 11:25:50 AM PST by CFW
To: CFW
Senator Gaetz [R-FL].
Man they love him in his District.
2 posted on 11/22/2024 11:29:40 AM PST by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
To: StAnDeliver
That was my thought too — U.S. Senate.
3 posted on 11/22/2024 11:31:04 AM PST by Blurb2350 (posted from my 1500-watt blow dryer)
To: CFW
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.
4 posted on 11/22/2024 11:31:25 AM PST by iamgalt
Putting on my tinfoil hat, was this a Machiavellian move to get him out of Congress so there would be smoother sailing of Donald's agenda?
Or was he promised something in turn for his Congressional resignation?
Intriguing.
5 posted on 11/22/2024 11:32:21 AM PST by llevrok (On to judicial appointments!!)
To: CFW
He’s probably going to become a podcaster.
6 posted on 11/22/2024 11:33:39 AM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
To: Blurb2350
When Gaetz said "I do not intend to join the 119th Congress", I assume that also means the Senate. Could he change his mind? I suppose.
7 posted on 11/22/2024 11:35:01 AM PST by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
To: CFW
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 posted on 11/22/2024 11:38:50 AM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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