State Rep: Send Money To Stop McCarthy As Speaker

Florida Politics reports:

Anthony Sabatini doesn’t want current House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy ascending to House Speaker. And while the Howey-in-the-Hills Republican has no say whatsoever after losing his own race for Congress, he’s still raising money off the controversy.

In a move called out on social media as a potential scam, the former state lawmaker blasted emails to supporters asking for donations to stop McCarthy. He lays out no plan as to how to do it. An email promises his new PAC, Florida Freedom Action, will stop McCarthy.

The PAC itself has no history. Documents creating the PAC were filed on Sept. 16, weeks after Sabatini lost his primary bid for Congress. It bears an address not in Washington, but in Clermont, near Sabatini’s Lake County home.

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As I’ve mentioned here before, Sabatini is the cultiest of Florida’s Trump cultists. He last appeared on JMG when he called for arresting FBI agents. Sabatini also appeared on JMG in August when he headlined a convention of white nationalists. In July, he floated a bill that would make taking children to drag shows a felony and “terminate the parental rights” of those convicted.