Tag Archives: Matt Gaetz

Cultist Reps Renew Demand To Defund Jack Smith

The Hill reports: Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) are renewing their calls to defund the office of special counsel Jack Smith, who on Tuesday indicted former President Trump on charges stemming from his efforts to remain in power following the 2020 election. Gaetz, a staunch Trump supporter, introduced a bill to prohibit federal funding for Smith’s …

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Eric Trump Launches Attack On Special Counsel’s Wife

“They are doing anything they can to take down my father. Everybody forgets that Jack Smith’s wife was the one who did the Michelle Obama documentary. “I mean, isn’t it really convenient that she’s team Michelle Obama and happens to be the person that’s going after Donald Trump when, in a Harvard Harris poll this morning, my father’s leading Biden …

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Gaetz Vows Bill To “Defund Jack Smith Investigation”

The Hill reports: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) announced on his podcast Tuesday he is introducing legislation to defund investigations into President Trump led by Special Counsel Jack Smith. Gaetz made the announcement hours after Trump said he’d been notified he is a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack and efforts to overturn the …

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Gaetz’s Wife: Boycott Barbie Because Ken Is “Low T”

Mediaite reports: Ginger Gaetz, the wife of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), advised her Twitter followers to skip the much-talked about Barbie movie — despite attending the film’s Washington, D.C. premiere. On Tuesday, Mrs. Gaetz posted pictures of the couple posing on the pink carpet, along with a photo showing her inside a life-size Barbie box. But despite the smiling images …

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Gaetz Vows To Introduce “National School Prayer Law”

The Independent reports: Students can pray in school whenever they’d like. Far-right US Rep Matt Gaetz, however, says he plans to introduce legislation “so that in every classroom in America, there will be time for students to pray if they want to,” a measure that could appear to violates the establishment clause of the US Constitution and mandate Christian prayer …

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Republicans Advance Bill To Defund FBI By $1 Billion

Yahoo News reports: House Republicans on Friday advanced legislation that would cut FBI funding by $1 billion and rein in what the GOP says is the over-politicization of the bureau. In a party-line vote, a House Appropriations subcommittee approved the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies funding bill for 2024. For the FBI, that means a significant 9% cut in …

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MTG And Gaetz Sue CA Cities Over Canceled Rallies

The Riverside Press-Enterprise reports: The cities of Anaheim and Riverside conspired with Democrats and others to violate the free speech rights of GOP Reps. Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, according to a lawsuit stemming from their chaotic 2021 visit to Southern California. The lawsuit, filed Thursday, July 13 in federal court, also names the Riverside …

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MAGA Reps Lose Attempt To Defund Aid To Ukraine

The Hill reports: Five House Republican-backed initiatives to curtail aid to Ukraine using the annual Pentagon policy bill were shot down Thursday afternoon in votes that saw a consensus from both sides of the aisle to keep money flowing to Kyiv. The Ukraine-related amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act would have effectively limited or rolled back U.S. involvement in …

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House Ethics Panel Reopens Sex Probe Into Matt Gaetz

CNN reports: Investigators from the House Ethics Committee have begun reaching out to witnesses as part of a recently revived investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, focused on allegations that he may have engaged in sexual misconduct, illicit drug use or other misconduct. At least one witness in Florida told CNN they have spoken to investigators about the Republican …

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Gaetz: Russia Should Join NATO, Not Ukraine [VIDEO]

“Why would you pick Ukraine? Why not extend NATO to Russia and make it an anti-China alliance? Like, are we really thinking that we’re more afraid of the broke-down tanks from Russia than the fact that China is building a secret military base on the island of Cuba, 90 miles away from the United States? “Like, if we had to …

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Gaetz Accuses FBI Director Of “Protecting The Bidens”

“Sounds like a shakedown, doesn’t it, director? You seem deeply uncurious about it, don’t you? Almost suspiciously uncurious. Are you protecting the Bidens? You won’t answer the question about whether or not that’s a shakedown, and everybody knows why you won’t answer it. Because to the millions of people who will see this, they know it is, and your inability …

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Gaetz Amendment Would End Weed Testing By Military

Politico reports: A proposed amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) would end cannabis testing for members of the military — both when they’re enlisting and accepting a commission. If the amendment is included in the NDAA, H.R. 2670 (118), it would address a growing issue in the U.S. military: the increasing number of recruits …

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Extremist Reps Seek To Defund Salary Of ATF Director

From the far-right Moonie Times: Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene said Monday they will send a measure to the House Appropriations panel that defunds the salary of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director Steve Dettelbach. They announced the move at a field hearing in Mr. Gaetz’s Florida where witnesses spoke about what they said were ATF’s …

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Far-Right Republicans Call Off Blockade On House Bills

Roll Call reports: A disagreement between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and House conservatives that jammed up legislative business last week eased Monday evening, but members of the rebel bloc made clear it may not be the end of trouble for their leadership. Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz said McCarthy agreed to renegotiate the “power-sharing agreement” he worked out in January, when …

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House Ethics Committee Restarts Gaetz Sex Probe

Punchbowl News reports: The House Ethics Committee has restarted an investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), the latest legal problem for the controversial Florida Republican, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. The secretive panel hasn’t decided yet whether to move ahead with a special investigative subcommittee. That would require a vote by the Ethics Committee members and would …

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House Republicans’ FBI “Whistleblower” Was Previously Suspended For Leaking Sensitive Info To Project Veritas

NBC News reports: Garret O’Boyle, an FBI agent who was presented in a public hearing by House Republicans as a whistleblower, was suspended by the bureau because internal investigators had concluded that he leaked sensitive investigative information to the right-wing group Project Veritas, according to a bureau official. House Democrats are now accusing O’Boyle of lying to the committee and …

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Pentagon Cancels Drag Show At Nevada Air Force Base

NBC News reports: Pentagon leaders have stepped in to stop a drag show scheduled for Thursday at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada, according to two defense officials and a U.S. official. The show, which was in celebration of Pride Month, was approved by Air Force leaders, but Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of …

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Gaetz To McCarthy: Change The Debt Bill Or You’re Out

“If a majority of Republicans are against a piece of legislation and you use Democrats to pass it, that would immediately be a black letter violation of the deal we had with McCarthy to allow his ascent to the Speakership, and it would likely trigger an immediate motion to vacate. I think Speaker McCarthy knows that. That’s why he’s working …

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Gaetz Guest Hosts Newsmax In First For Sitting US Rep

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 …

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Gaetz Brags GOP Is Holding Dems “Hostage” Over Debt

Semafor reports: Republicans have often bristled at accusations that they are resorting to hostage tactics by refusing to raise the federal debt ceiling without securing spending cuts. But on Tuesday, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz leaned into the charge as he explained to reporters that he and his fellow hardline conservatives would likely reject any sort of compromise deal that watered …

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