Gaetz Guest Hosts Newsmax In First For Sitting US Rep

May 27, 2023 Republicans, Trump cultists

The Daily Beast reports:

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) appeared on Newsmax Friday night not as a guest, but as the fill-in host of the 10 p.m. show Greg Kelly Reports. “You’re on the right channel,” Gaetz told viewers at the top of the hour.

“If you’re confused, your eyes are not failing you, and Greg Kelly did not suddenly get better hair. I’m Matt Gaetz. Thanks for joining us on Greg Kelly Reports. Greg has the night off and I have the biggest stories driving Washington, D.C. right now,” the congressman said.

Bizarrely, he went on to discuss debt ceiling negotiations between President Joe Biden and House Republicans, despite himself being a part of those negotiations.

Mediaite reports:



“I was surprised seeing a sitting member of Congress hosting a network show,” a source who works at Newsmax told Mediaite. “Worst idea I’ve heard in a long time.”

Gaetz’s hosting gig came two years after Axios reported he was considering retiring from Congress to potentially take a job at Newsmax.

The congressman had contacted the network seeking a job, but was rebuffed, according to Reuters. At the time, Gaetz was under federal investigation in a case involving the alleged sex trafficking of a minor.

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