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style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Matt Gaetz</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Gaetz_117th_Congress_portrait_(crop).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Portrait of Matt Gaetz." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Matt_Gaetz_117th_Congress_portrait_%28crop%29.jpg/220px-Matt_Gaetz_117th_Congress_portrait_%28crop%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="297" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Matt_Gaetz_117th_Congress_portrait_%28crop%29.jpg/330px-Matt_Gaetz_117th_Congress_portrait_%28crop%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Matt_Gaetz_117th_Congress_portrait_%28crop%29.jpg/440px-Matt_Gaetz_117th_Congress_portrait_%28crop%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1202" data-file-height="1620" /></a><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Official portrait, 2020</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> from <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 1st congressional district">1st</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office January 3, 2017 – November 13, 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Miller_(Florida_politician)" title="Jeff Miller (Florida politician)">Jeff Miller</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2025_Florida%27s_1st_congressional_district_special_election" title="2025 Florida's 1st congressional district special election">TBD</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <a href="/wiki/Florida_House_of_Representatives" title="Florida House of Representatives">Florida House of Representatives</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_4th_House_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida's 4th House district">4th</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none">In office April 13, 2010 – November 8, 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Sansom" title="Ray Sansom">Ray Sansom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Succeeded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mel_Ponder" title="Mel Ponder">Mel Ponder</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"> (1982-05-07) May 7, 1982 (age 42) <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Florida" title="Hollywood, Florida">Hollywood, Florida</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Ginger Luckey</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 2021)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Don_Gaetz" title="Don Gaetz">Don Gaetz</a> (father)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relatives</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Palmer_Luckey" title="Palmer Luckey">Palmer Luckey</a> (brother-in-law)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><style 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Matt Gaetz on the Retirement of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.ogg">Matt Gaetz's voice</a></div> <div><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="137" data-mwtitle="Rep._Matt_Gaetz_on_the_Retirement_of_Rep._Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Rep._Matt_Gaetz_on_the_Retirement_of_Rep._Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/Rep._Matt_Gaetz_on_the_Retirement_of_Rep._Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen.ogg/Rep._Matt_Gaetz_on_the_Retirement_of_Rep._Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></div> <div class="description">Gaetz on the retirement of his House colleague, <a href="/wiki/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen" title="Ileana Ros-Lehtinen">Ileana Ros-Lehtinen</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Rep._Matt_Gaetz_on_the_Retirement_of_Rep._Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen.ogg" title="File:Rep. Matt Gaetz on the Retirement of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.ogg">Recorded July 11, 2018</a></div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Matthew Louis Gaetz II (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ɡeɪts/</a> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key">GAYTS</a>; born May 7, 1982) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. representative</a> for <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 1st congressional district">Florida's 1st congressional district</a> from 2017 until his resignation in 2024. His district included all of <a href="/wiki/Escambia_County,_Florida" title="Escambia County, Florida">Escambia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_County,_Florida" title="Okaloosa County, Florida">Okaloosa</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_County,_Florida" title="Santa Rosa County, Florida">Santa Rosa</a> counties, and portions of <a href="/wiki/Walton_County,_Florida" title="Walton County, Florida">Walton County</a>. Gaetz is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> and a self-described <a href="/wiki/Libertarianism" title="Libertarianism">libertarian</a> <a href="/wiki/Populism" title="Populism">populist</a><a href="#cite_note-Tracy-1">[1]</a> He is widely regarded as a proponent of <a href="/wiki/Far-right_politics" title="Far-right politics">far-right politics</a> as well as an ally of <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>.<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a> The son of prominent Florida politician <a href="/wiki/Don_Gaetz" title="Don Gaetz">Don Gaetz</a> and grandson of <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota" title="North Dakota">North Dakota</a> politician <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Gaetz" title="Jerry Gaetz">Jerry Gaetz</a>, Gaetz was raised in <a href="/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida">Fort Walton Beach, Florida</a>. After graduating from <a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Law_School" title="William & Mary Law School">William & Mary Law School</a>, he briefly worked in private practice before running for state representative. He served in the <a href="/wiki/Florida_House_of_Representatives" title="Florida House of Representatives">Florida House of Representatives</a> from 2010 until 2016, and received national attention for defending Florida's "<a href="/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law" title="Stand-your-ground law">stand-your-ground law</a>".<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a> In <a href="/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida#District_1" title="2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida">2016</a>, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was re-elected in <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida#District_1" title="2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida#District_1" title="2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida">2020</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida#District_1" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida">2022</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Florida#District_1" title="2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Florida">2024</a>. Gaetz was accused of misconduct during his tenure. In 2020, he was accused of <a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking" title="Sex trafficking">child sex trafficking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Statutory_rape" title="Statutory rape">statutory rape</a> over claims that he paid a 17-year-old girl to travel across state lines so that he could engage in sexual acts with her. Following an investigation, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">United States Department of Justice</a> (DOJ) decided not to pursue charges, finding the evidence against him insufficient.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a> A <a href="/wiki/Florida_Bar_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Bar Association">Florida Bar Association</a> criminal complaint regarding this issue was filed in 2024 but subsequently dismissed.<a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a> Prior to his resignation as representative, Gaetz was also under ethics investigation by the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ethics" title="United States House Committee on Ethics">House Ethics Committee</a> for allegations of <a href="/wiki/Child_sexual_abuse" title="Child sexual abuse">underage sexual abuse</a>, <a href="/wiki/Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">illegal drug use</a>, sharing inappropriate images and videos on the House floor, misusing state identification records, converting <a href="/wiki/Campaign_funds" class="mw-redirect" title="Campaign funds">campaign funds</a> for personal use, and accepting impermissible gifts. Gaetz denied all of the allegations.<a href="#cite_note-auto2-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto1-8">[8]</a><a href="#cite_note-Demirjian-2024-9">[9]</a> President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate Gaetz to serve as <a href="/wiki/United_States_attorney_general" class="mw-redirect" title="United States attorney general">United States attorney general</a> on November 13, 2024, which led to surprise, alarm, and negative reception from some <a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Conference" title="Senate Republican Conference">Senate Republicans</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Demirjian-2024-9">[9]</a> Upon Trump's announcement, Gaetz resigned from the House of Representatives. A week later, Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration for the post of attorney general.<a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a> Though he had already won reelection to the <a href="/wiki/119th_United_States_Congress" title="119th United States Congress">119th United States Congress</a>, he has said he does not intend to rejoin Congress.<a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_career">Early life and career</h2></div> Matthew Louis Gaetz II was born on May 7, 1982, in <a href="/wiki/Hollywood,_Florida" title="Hollywood, Florida">Hollywood, Florida</a>, to Victoria (<a href="/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names" title="Birth name">née</a> Quertermous) and <a href="/wiki/Don_Gaetz" title="Don Gaetz">Don Gaetz</a>, who later became a prominent local politician,<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> earning Matthew Gaetz the nickname "Baby Gaetz".<a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a> His mother became partially paralyzed after being pregnant with his younger sister.<a href="#cite_note-Mencimer-2019-16">[16]</a> He grew up in a conservative and religious family near <a href="/wiki/Fort_Walton_Beach,_Florida" title="Fort Walton Beach, Florida">Fort Walton Beach</a>, and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Niceville_High_School" title="Niceville High School">Niceville High School</a>.<a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a><a href="#cite_note-18">[18]</a> He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_University" title="Florida State University">Florida State University</a> in 2003 with a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> in interdisciplinary sciences, and from the <a href="/wiki/William_%26_Mary_Law_School" title="William & Mary Law School">William & Mary Law School</a> in 2007 with a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">Juris Doctor</a>.<a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a> Gaetz was admitted to <a href="/wiki/The_Florida_Bar" title="The Florida Bar">the Florida Bar</a> on February 6, 2008.<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a> Gaetz's father represented parts of <a href="/wiki/Florida_Panhandle" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida Panhandle">northwest Florida</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Florida_State_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Florida State Senate">Florida State Senate</a> from 2006 to 2016, was <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Florida_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="President of the Florida Senate">Senate president</a> from 2012 to 2014, and was elected to the Florida Senate again in 2024.<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a> Gaetz's grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Gaetz" title="Jerry Gaetz">Jerry Gaetz</a>, was the mayor of <a href="/wiki/Rugby,_North_Dakota" title="Rugby, North Dakota">Rugby, North Dakota</a>, and a candidate for <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_North_Dakota" title="Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota">lieutenant governor of North Dakota</a> at the 1964 <a href="/wiki/North_Dakota_Republican_Party" title="North Dakota Republican Party">North Dakota Republican Party</a> state convention, where he died of a <a href="/wiki/Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a>.<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> After graduating from law school,<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> Gaetz worked at the law firm Keefe, Anchors & Gordon (now AnchorsGordon)<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> in Fort Walton Beach.<a href="#cite_note-Mencimer-2019-16">[16]</a> In October 2021, the Florida bar suspended Gaetz from practicing law due to unpaid fees.<a href="#cite_note-26">[26]</a> He was reinstated after the $265 fee was paid.<a href="#cite_note-27">[27]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Florida_House_of_Representatives">Florida House of Representatives</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor-elect_Rick_Scott_talking_with_state_legislators_about_his_plans_-_Shalimar,_Florida.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Governor-elect_Rick_Scott_talking_with_state_legislators_about_his_plans_-_Shalimar%2C_Florida.jpg/220px-Governor-elect_Rick_Scott_talking_with_state_legislators_about_his_plans_-_Shalimar%2C_Florida.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Governor-elect_Rick_Scott_talking_with_state_legislators_about_his_plans_-_Shalimar%2C_Florida.jpg/330px-Governor-elect_Rick_Scott_talking_with_state_legislators_about_his_plans_-_Shalimar%2C_Florida.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Governor-elect_Rick_Scott_talking_with_state_legislators_about_his_plans_-_Shalimar%2C_Florida.jpg/440px-Governor-elect_Rick_Scott_talking_with_state_legislators_about_his_plans_-_Shalimar%2C_Florida.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a><figcaption>Gaetz with Governor-elect <a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a> in 2010</figcaption></figure> In March 2010, after <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> state representative <a href="/wiki/Ray_Sansom" title="Ray Sansom">Ray Sansom</a>'s resignation on <a href="/wiki/Corruption" title="Corruption">corruption</a> charges in February 2010,<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> Gaetz ran in the special election to succeed Sansom in the 4th district, which included southern <a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_County,_Florida" title="Santa Rosa County, Florida">Santa Rosa County</a> and <a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_County,_Florida" title="Okaloosa County, Florida">Okaloosa County</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Special_Primary-29">[29]</a> In a crowded <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> primary that included Craig Barker, Kabe Woods, <a href="/wiki/Jerry_G._Melvin" title="Jerry G. Melvin">Jerry G. Melvin</a>, and Bill Garvie, Gaetz won with 43 percent of the vote.<a href="#cite_note-Special_Primary-29">[29]</a> In the special general election, Gaetz defeated <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee Jan Fernald with 66 percent of the vote.<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> During his campaign, Gaetz received almost $480,000 in contributions, about five times more than anyone else in the field, and almost 50 times more than Fernald, including $100,000 of his own money.<a href="#cite_note-Mencimer-2019-16">[16]</a> Gaetz was unopposed for a full term in 2010.<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> In 2012, following the reconfiguration of <a href="/wiki/Florida_House_of_Representatives" title="Florida House of Representatives">Florida House of Representatives</a> districts, Gaetz's district no longer contained any of Santa Rosa County. He was reelected unopposed in 2012<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> and 2014.<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> While serving in the state house, Gaetz and state senator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Negron" title="Joe Negron">Joe Negron</a> proposed legislation that would hasten the execution of many inmates on Florida's death row by requiring the governor to sign an <a href="/wiki/Execution_warrant" title="Execution warrant">execution warrant</a> for those who had exhausted their appeals.<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> He also joined state senator <a href="/wiki/Greg_Evers" title="Greg Evers">Greg Evers</a> in proposing legislation to eliminate the federal <a href="/wiki/Ethanol_fuel_in_the_United_States" title="Ethanol fuel in the United States">ethanol content</a> mandate that 10 percent of gasoline sold in Florida contain ethanol;<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-Kaufman-2017-36">[36]</a> Governor <a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a> signed the legislation in May 2013.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a> Gaetz was one of two members to vote against a Florida bill, due to "personal animosity", criminalizing <a href="/wiki/Revenge_porn" title="Revenge porn">revenge porn</a>, in 2015, after having successfully blocked the bill previously.<a href="#cite_note-38">[38]</a> Florida House speaker <a href="/wiki/Will_Weatherford" title="Will Weatherford">Will Weatherford</a> announced that he would order hearings on the <a href="/wiki/Stand-your-ground_law" title="Stand-your-ground law">stand-your-ground law</a>.<a href="#cite_note-39">[39]</a> Gaetz, the chairman of the Criminal Justice Subcommittee, was tasked with reviewing the legislation; he announced before hearings that he would not support changing "one damn comma", but said he would listen to both sides' testimony.<a href="#cite_note-40">[40]</a> After the hearings, he authored legislation to allow defendants who successfully used a stand-your-ground defense during trial to be able to expunge relevant information from their criminal records.<a href="#cite_note-41">[41]</a> When his subcommittee was considering legislation that would keep suspects' mugshots off the Internet until their convictions, Gaetz brought up <a href="#Driving_offenses">his 2008 arrest and non-conviction</a>, arguing that his mistakes made him who he is and that publicly available mugshots "could be a problem for those unaccustomed to publicity".<a href="#cite_note-42">[42]</a> In 2015, Gaetz supported the <a href="/wiki/Jeb_Bush_2016_presidential_campaign" title="Jeb Bush 2016 presidential campaign">presidential campaign of Jeb Bush</a>.<a href="#cite_note-43">[43]</a> Bush emailed Gaetz about introducing a bill to change the <a href="/wiki/2016_Florida_Republican_presidential_primary" title="2016 Florida Republican presidential primary">2016 Florida Republican presidential primary</a> to an earlier date in order to benefit Bush, Florida's former governor.<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a> Don Gaetz, then the president of the Florida Senate, also endorsed Bush, along with several other members of Florida's state legislature.<a href="#cite_note-45">[45]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3></div> In 2013, Gaetz announced that, in 2016, he would run for the 1st district State Senate seat held by his father, <a href="/wiki/Don_Gaetz" title="Don Gaetz">Don Gaetz</a>, who was term-limited in 2016.<a href="#cite_note-46">[46]</a> On March 21, 2016, Gaetz withdrew from the race, choosing instead to run for the U.S. House seat representing <a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 1st congressional district">Florida's 1st congressional district</a>; the incumbent, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Miller_(Florida_politician)" title="Jeff Miller (Florida politician)">Jeff Miller</a>, had announced 11 days earlier that he would not seek reelection.<a href="#cite_note-47">[47]</a> On August 30, 2016, Gaetz won the Republican primary with 35.7 percent of the vote to <a href="/wiki/Greg_Evers" title="Greg Evers">Greg Evers</a>'s 21.5 percent and Cris Dosev's 20.6 percent, along with five other candidates.<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a> This virtually assured Gaetz of victory in the general election; with a <a href="/wiki/Cook_Partisan_Voting_Index" title="Cook Partisan Voting Index">Cook Partisan Voting Index</a> of R+22, the 1st is Florida's most Republican district, and one of the most Republican in the nation. In the November 8 general election, Gaetz defeated Democratic nominee Steven Specht with 69 percent of the vote.<a href="#cite_note-49">[49]</a> He is only the seventh person to represent this district since 1933 (the district was numbered the 3rd before 1963). Though a financial disclosure form Gaetz filed in 2016 showed a net worth of $388,000, he donated $200,000 of his own money to his congressional campaign. He also resigned from two Florida House <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committees</a> he had started and chaired; the PACs closed down and transferred $380,000 to a federal super PAC, North Florida Neighbors, whose purpose was to support Gaetz's congressional campaign.<a href="#cite_note-Mencimer-2019-16">[16]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Gaetz_at_US_98_Interchange_Completion.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Matt_Gaetz_at_US_98_Interchange_Completion.jpg/220px-Matt_Gaetz_at_US_98_Interchange_Completion.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Matt_Gaetz_at_US_98_Interchange_Completion.jpg/330px-Matt_Gaetz_at_US_98_Interchange_Completion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Matt_Gaetz_at_US_98_Interchange_Completion.jpg/440px-Matt_Gaetz_at_US_98_Interchange_Completion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="808" data-file-height="591" /></a><figcaption>Gaetz speaking at a celebration for the completion of a <a href="/wiki/U.S._Route_98" title="U.S. Route 98">Route 98</a> interchange in 2018</figcaption></figure> Following the death of <a href="/wiki/Miami_Marlins" title="Miami Marlins">Miami Marlins</a> pitcher <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(pitcher)" title="José Fernández (pitcher)">José Fernández</a>, Gaetz criticized the <a href="/wiki/2016_U.S._national_anthem_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="2016 U.S. national anthem protests">athletes protesting during the national anthem</a> in a tweet on September 25, 2016.<a href="#cite_note-50">[50]</a><a href="#cite_note-51">[51]</a> Gaetz was listed as a member of the moderate <a href="/wiki/Republican_Main_Street_Partnership" title="Republican Main Street Partnership">Republican Main Street Partnership</a> from at least January to June 2017.<a href="#cite_note-52">[52]</a><a href="#cite_note-53">[53]</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a> Gaetz served as a top campaign adviser to <a href="/wiki/Ron_DeSantis" title="Ron DeSantis">Ron DeSantis</a> during his <a href="/wiki/2018_Florida_gubernatorial_election" title="2018 Florida gubernatorial election">2018 gubernatorial</a> campaign. He managed debate preparations and "drafted early administration organizational charts, helped steer early policy decisions and played a huge role in DeSantis' appointments", according to <a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a>.<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a> Gaetz hired Darren Beattie as a speechwriter in April 2019. Beattie had previously been fired as a speechwriter for the <a href="/wiki/First_presidency_of_Donald_Trump" title="First presidency of Donald Trump">Trump administration</a> after attending a conference associated with <a href="/wiki/White_nationalism" title="White nationalism">white nationalists</a>.<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a> Gaetz attended political rallies in 2018 and 2019 at which members of the <a href="/wiki/Proud_Boys" title="Proud Boys">Proud Boys</a> were present.<a href="#cite_note-57">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-58">[58]</a> After the <a href="/wiki/2020_State_of_the_Union_Address" title="2020 State of the Union Address">2020 State of the Union Address</a>, Gaetz filed an ethics complaint against <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">speaker of the House</a> <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, claiming she had committed a "flagrant violation of decorum" and perhaps broken the law by ripping up her copy of the speech.<a href="#cite_note-59">[59]</a> Gaetz announced that he would no longer accept <a href="/wiki/Campaign_contributions" class="mw-redirect" title="Campaign contributions">campaign contributions</a> from federal <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">political action committees</a> in February 2020.<a href="#cite_note-60">[60]</a> House Republican leader <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> complained on a January 10, 2021, phone call that Gaetz was unnecessarily "putting people in jeopardy", noting that the rioters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6 "came prepared with rope". The conversation was reported in April 2022.<a href="#cite_note-61">[61]</a> Gaetz and <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> representative <a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene" title="Marjorie Taylor Greene">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> began a nationwide "<a href="/wiki/America_First_(policy)" title="America First (policy)">America First</a> Tour" on May 7, 2021, in <a href="/wiki/The_Villages,_Florida" title="The Villages, Florida">The Villages, Florida</a>.<a href="#cite_note-62">[62]</a> During the tour, Gaetz and Greene repeated debunked claims of fraud in the <a href="/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election" title="2020 United States presidential election">2020 election</a>, attacked <a href="/wiki/Big_Tech" title="Big Tech">Big Tech</a> and, at one event, claimed that the <a href="/wiki/Second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Second Amendment to the United States Constitution">Second Amendment</a> was for "maintaining, within the citizenry, the ability to maintain an armed rebellion against the government, if that becomes necessary."<a href="#cite_note-63">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-64">[64]</a> As a consequence of the controversy the speakers had generated, their appearance at a conference site at <a href="/wiki/Laguna_Hills" class="mw-redirect" title="Laguna Hills">Laguna Hills</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Orange_County,_California" title="Orange County, California">Orange County, California</a>, was canceled.<a href="#cite_note-65">[65]</a> Gaetz was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the <a href="/wiki/Congressional_Gold_Medal" title="Congressional Gold Medal">Congressional Gold Medal</a> to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol <a href="/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 United States Capitol attack">on January 6</a> in June 2021.<a href="#cite_note-66">[66]</a> Gaetz invited Corey Ryan Beekman to lead the pledge of allegiance at a Judiciary Committee hearing in February 2023. Beekman was charged with murder in 2019 in Michigan, and the victim's family criticized the invitation.<a href="#cite_note-67">[67]</a><a href="#cite_note-68">[68]</a><a href="#cite_note-69">[69]</a> Gaetz apologized to the family.<a href="#cite_note-70">[70]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2023_speakership_election">2023 speakership election</h4></div> Republicans regained a narrow House majority in the 2022 midterm elections. Although sitting minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> sought the speakership and had the support of 213 members, he needed five more votes to reach a majority to be elected. Certain members of the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_Caucus" title="Freedom Caucus">Freedom Caucus</a>, including Gaetz, could contribute the required margin. Democrats held 212 votes, with one seat unfilled due to the November death of a holdover incumbent. The anti-McCarthy members withheld more than four votes through 14 ballots. They were thought to be holding out for substantial concessions regarding House rules and committee chair assignments. Their withholding of votes prevented McCarthy earning a majority of votes needed for the speakership.<a href="#cite_note-71">[71]</a> Thirteen months earlier, Gaetz had discussed with former president Trump the possibility of getting Trump elected to the speakership, for which House membership is not required.<a href="#cite_note-72">[72]</a> Gaetz nominated him once and voted for Trump on the 7th, 8th and 11th ballots.<a href="#cite_note-73">[73]</a> After midnight, January 7, on the 15th and last ballot, Gaetz switched his vote to "present", lowering the number of votes McCarthy needed and allowing him to win the speakership.<a href="#cite_note-74">[74]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Removal_of_Kevin_McCarthy_as_Speaker_of_the_House,_ethics_committee_investigation">Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, ethics committee investigation</h4></div> On October 2, 2023, Gaetz filed a resolution to <a href="/wiki/Removal_of_Kevin_McCarthy_as_Speaker_of_the_House" title="Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House">oust McCarthy</a> from his role as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives</a> after the latter had negotiated with <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrats</a> to pass a <a href="/wiki/Government_shutdown" title="Government shutdown">shutdown-averting</a> <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_federal_budget" title="2024 United States federal budget">continuing resolution</a> which did not include <a href="/wiki/Fiscally_conservative" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiscally conservative">fiscally conservative</a> reforms. Gaetz's resolution ended up passing by a vote of 216–210.<a href="#cite_note-75">[75]</a> In April 2024, McCarthy accused Gaetz of filing the motion to oust him as a means of protecting himself against allegations of having had sex with a 17-year-old minor.<a href="#cite_note-76">[76]</a><a href="#cite_note-77">[77]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[78]</a> According to McCarthy, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ethics" title="United States House Committee on Ethics">House ethics committee</a> had been investigating the case since 2021, prior to McCarthy's appointment as speaker of the House.<a href="#cite_note-79">[79]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ethics_controversies">Ethics controversies</h4></div> On February 26, 2019, the night before the scheduled public hearing of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Cohen_(lawyer)" title="Michael Cohen (lawyer)">Michael Cohen</a>, Trump's former personal attorney, before the <a href="/wiki/House_Oversight_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Oversight Committee">House Oversight Committee</a>, Gaetz directed a tweet to Cohen that implied without evidence that Cohen had had multiple extramarital affairs and also suggested his wife might be unfaithful while he was imprisoned due to new information disclosed to her.<a href="#cite_note-Blake-2019-80">[80]</a> Other members of Congress saw the tweet as an attempt to <a href="/wiki/Witness_intimidation" class="mw-redirect" title="Witness intimidation">intimidate a witness</a>.<a href="#cite_note-81">[81]</a><a href="#cite_note-Cillizza-2019-82">[82]</a> Gaetz initially defended his tweet, saying it was part of "witness testing, not witness tampering" and "I don't threaten anybody." Asked to clarify, he said his "tweet speaks for itself".<a href="#cite_note-83">[83]</a><a href="#cite_note-Clark-2019-84">[84]</a> After sharp criticism from other members of Congress and an implicit rebuke by <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">speaker of the House</a> <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>,<a href="#cite_note-85">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-Pascus-2019-86">[86]</a> Gaetz deleted the tweet and posted a tweet in which he apologized.<a href="#cite_note-Clark-2019-84">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-Cillizza-2019-82">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-87">[87]</a> Despite not being a member of the House Oversight Committee,<a href="#cite_note-Clark-2019-84">[84]</a> Gaetz appeared at Cohen's hearing, saying that he wanted to observe and ask questions.<a href="#cite_note-88">[88]</a> During the hearing, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="United States Virgin Islands">U.S. Virgin Islands</a> <a href="/wiki/Non-voting_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Non-voting members of the United States House of Representatives">delegate</a> <a href="/wiki/Stacey_Plaskett" title="Stacey Plaskett">Stacey Plaskett</a>, a member of the Oversight Committee, recommended that Gaetz be referred to both the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ethics" title="United States House Committee on Ethics">House Ethics Committee</a> and criminal prosecutors for witness intimidation and tampering.<a href="#cite_note-Pascus-2019-86">[86]</a><a href="#cite_note-89">[89]</a> After the hearing, Gaetz reportedly texted an apology to Cohen, who thanked him for it.<a href="#cite_note-90">[90]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Florida_Bar" title="The Florida Bar">The Florida Bar</a> opened an investigation into Gaetz for the tweet,<a href="#cite_note-91">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-92">[92]</a> as did the House Ethics Committee.<a href="#cite_note-93">[93]</a> In August 2019, the Florida Bar announced it had found no probable cause that Gaetz had violated its rules.<a href="#cite_note-94">[94]</a> <a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a> reported in April 2020 that Gaetz had spent nearly $200,000 of taxpayer funds renting an office from Collier Merrill, a <a href="/wiki/Pensacola,_Florida" title="Pensacola, Florida">Pensacola</a> real estate developer and restaurateur and longtime friend, adviser, campaign donor, and legal client.<a href="#cite_note-Sherman-2020a-95">[95]</a> Gaetz and Merrill separately told Politico that Gaetz paid below-market rent for the space, but Gaetz later said that the rent was "at or below market rate".<a href="#cite_note-96">[96]</a> House rules explicitly disallow below-market rentals, and require that parties to such leases "have [not] had, [n]or continue to have, a professional or legal relationship (except as a landlord and tenant)".<a href="#cite_note-Sherman-2020a-95">[95]</a> On July 1, 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Congressional_Ethics" title="Office of Congressional Ethics">Office of Congressional Ethics</a> notified Gaetz it had terminated its review of the lease arrangements.<a href="#cite_note-97">[97]</a> In July 2020, Politico reported that its investigation had found expenditures by Gaetz that appeared to violate the House ethics rules: spending tens of thousands of dollars for a speech-writing consultant and having a private company install a television studio in his father's home in <a href="/wiki/Niceville,_Florida" title="Niceville, Florida">Niceville, Florida</a>, which Gaetz uses when he appears on television.<a href="#cite_note-Sherman-2020-98">[98]</a> Gaetz's office acknowledged that he spent $28,000 on speech-writing services, which is prohibited by House rules except in special circumstances and with prior approval from congressional officials, but said that it was a clerical error that would be fixed.<a href="#cite_note-99">[99]</a><a href="#cite_note-Little-2020-100">[100]</a> Of the television studio, Gaetz said that the company received $100 per month from his office, an amount not reported in his congressional spending records, and also charged television networks each time a network connected to the studio.<a href="#cite_note-Sherman-2020-98">[98]</a> A statement from Gaetz's office said the arrangement complied with House rules, and that during the setup process, his office consulted with the <a href="/wiki/House_Ethics_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Ethics Committee">House Ethics Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/House_Administration_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Administration Committee">House Administration Committee</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Little-2020-100">[100]</a> Gaetz and a dozen other Republican House members skipped votes and <a href="/wiki/Proxy_voting" title="Proxy voting">enlisted others to vote for them</a> in late February 2021, citing the ongoing <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic_in_the_United_States" title="COVID-19 pandemic in the United States">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. But he and the other members were actually attending the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Political_Action_Conference" title="Conservative Political Action Conference">Conservative Political Action Conference</a>, which was held at the same time as their absences.<a href="#cite_note-101">[101]</a> In response, the <a href="/wiki/Campaign_for_Accountability" title="Campaign for Accountability">Campaign for Accountability</a>, an ethics watchdog group, filed a complaint with the House Committee on Ethics and requested an investigation into Gaetz and the other lawmakers.<a href="#cite_note-102">[102]</a> <a href="/wiki/The_Intercept" title="The Intercept">The Intercept</a> reported in March 2023 that Gaetz had hired Derrick Miller as his military legislative aide. Miller spent eight years in prison after he was convicted of murdering a civilian during his army service in <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>.<a href="#cite_note-103">[103]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3></div> For the <a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th Congress</a>:<a href="#cite_note-104">[104]</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Armed_Services" title="United States House Committee on Armed Services">Committee on Armed Services</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Cyber,_Information_Technologies,_and_Innovation" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation">Subcommittee on Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Armed_Services_Subcommittee_on_Military_Personnel" title="United States House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel">Subcommittee on Military Personnel</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_the_Judiciary" title="United States House Committee on the Judiciary">Committee on the Judiciary</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_Crime_and_Federal_Government_Surveillance" title="United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance">Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Judiciary_Subcommittee_on_the_Administrative_State,_Regulatory_Reform,_and_Antitrust" title="United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust">Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Judiciary_Select_Subcommittee_on_the_Weaponization_of_the_Federal_Government" title="United States House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government">Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Congressional_Blockchain_Caucus" title="Congressional Blockchain Caucus">Congressional Blockchain Caucus</a><a href="#cite_note-105">[105]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Salvador_Caucus" title="El Salvador Caucus">El Salvador Caucus</a><a href="#cite_note-106">[106]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Freedom_Caucus" title="Freedom Caucus">Freedom Caucus</a><a href="#cite_note-107">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-108">[108]</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republican_Study_Committee" title="Republican Study Committee">Republican Study Committee</a><a href="#cite_note-109">[109]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nomination_for_attorney_general">Nomination for attorney general</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Unsuccessful_nominations_to_the_Cabinet_of_the_United_States" title="Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States">Unsuccessful nominations to the Cabinet of the United States</a></div> <a href="/wiki/President-elect_of_the_United_States" title="President-elect of the United States">President-elect</a> Trump announced he would nominate Gaetz to serve as <a href="/wiki/United_States_attorney_general" class="mw-redirect" title="United States attorney general">United States attorney general</a> on November 13, 2024.<a href="#cite_note-110">[110]</a> Gaetz resigned from the U.S. House of Representatives shortly after the announcement.<a href="#cite_note-111">[111]</a> His planned nomination was received negatively by multiple <a href="/wiki/Senate_Republican_Conference" title="Senate Republican Conference">Senate Republicans</a>, several of whom indicated that they would not support it due to standing allegations against him (see <a href="#Legal_issues_and_controversies">#Legal issues and controversies</a>) and perceived lack of qualifications.<a href="#cite_note-joke-112">[112]</a><a href="#cite_note-Demirjian-2024-9">[9]</a> Gaetz announced on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">X</a> that he was withdrawing his name from consideration as attorney general, citing the fact that his nomination was becoming a distraction for the Trump transition, on November 21, 2024.<a href="#cite_note-withdraw-113">[113]</a> The procedure for determining the next representative to fill Gaetz's former seat in the US House is to hold an interim election in Gaetz's former Florida district. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has already requested for such an election to be scheduled.<a href="#cite_note-114">[114]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2></div> Gaetz has self-identified as a "libertarian populist".<a href="#cite_note-Tracy-1">[1]</a> Observers have described his views as <a href="/wiki/Far-right" class="mw-redirect" title="Far-right">far-right</a>.<a href="#cite_note-far-right-bundle-115">[115]</a> In January 2018, Gaetz invited <a href="/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right">alt-right</a> <a href="/wiki/Holocaust_denier" class="mw-redirect" title="Holocaust denier">Holocaust denier</a> <a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Johnson" title="Charles C. Johnson">Charles C. Johnson</a> to attend <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a>'s <a href="/wiki/State_of_the_Union" title="State of the Union">State of the Union</a> address.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2018-116">[116]</a> Johnson previously raised money for the <a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Nazi">neo-Nazi</a> website <a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer" title="The Daily Stormer">The Daily Stormer</a>.<a href="#cite_note-117">[117]</a> Gaetz defended Johnson in an interview, saying that Johnson was neither a Holocaust denier nor a <a href="/wiki/White_supremacist" class="mw-redirect" title="White supremacist">white supremacist</a>.<a href="#cite_note-The_Guardian-2018-116">[116]</a> Gaetz has endorsed the white nationalist <a href="/wiki/Great_Replacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Replacement">Great Replacement</a> theory. In 2021, he called the <a href="/wiki/Anti-Defamation_League" title="Anti-Defamation League">Anti-Defamation League</a> a "racist organization" after it condemned <a href="/wiki/Tucker_Carlson" title="Tucker Carlson">Tucker Carlson</a>'s promotion of Great Replacement theory. Gaetz said that Carlson "is CORRECT about Replacement Theory as he explains what is happening to America."<a href="#cite_note-118">[118]</a><a href="#cite_note-119">[119]</a> Gaetz was an early supporter of Trump and his appeal to the Republican Party base, echoing his talking points. In several commercials during his 2016 congressional campaign, Gaetz promised to "kill Muslim terrorists and <a href="/wiki/Trump_wall" title="Trump wall">build the wall</a>".<a href="#cite_note-120">[120]</a> In a September 2022 episode of <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bannon" title="Steve Bannon">Steve Bannon</a>'s War Room podcast, Gaetz said that Republicans should prioritize "impeachment inquiries" against Democrats "to investigate them and to hold them accountable" if Republicans won the <a href="/wiki/2022_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections" title="2022 United States House of Representatives elections">2022 U.S. House of Representatives elections</a>. He added, "it should be investigations [of Democrats] first—[and] policy, bill-making, to support the lobbyists and the PACs, as a far, far diminished priority."<a href="#cite_note-121">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cannabis">Cannabis</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Gaetz_Americans_for_Safe_Access_medical_cannabis_May_2018_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Matt_Gaetz_Americans_for_Safe_Access_medical_cannabis_May_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Matt_Gaetz_Americans_for_Safe_Access_medical_cannabis_May_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Matt_Gaetz_Americans_for_Safe_Access_medical_cannabis_May_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Matt_Gaetz_Americans_for_Safe_Access_medical_cannabis_May_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Matt_Gaetz_Americans_for_Safe_Access_medical_cannabis_May_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Matt_Gaetz_Americans_for_Safe_Access_medical_cannabis_May_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Gaetz at the U.S. Capitol in 2018 advocating for medical cannabis legislation</figcaption></figure> Gaetz has introduced legislation to <a href="/wiki/Removal_of_cannabis_from_Schedule_I_of_the_Controlled_Substances_Act" title="Removal of cannabis from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act">reclassify cannabis</a> from Schedule I to Schedule III under the <a href="/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act" title="Controlled Substances Act">Controlled Substances Act</a>.<a href="#cite_note-122">[122]</a><a href="#cite_note-123">[123]</a> He has also introduced legislation to loosen <a href="/wiki/Medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States#Research" title="Medical cannabis in the United States">federal restrictions on the cultivation of cannabis for research purposes</a>.<a href="#cite_note-124">[124]</a><a href="#cite_note-125">[125]</a> Gaetz has criticized the federal government for having "lied to the American people for a generation" about the medical benefits of cannabis.<a href="#cite_note-126">[126]</a> As a member of the Florida House, he sponsored a bill, eventually signed into law,<a href="#cite_note-127">[127]</a> to expand the state's <a href="/wiki/Right-to-try_law" title="Right-to-try law">Right to Try</a> Act to include the medical use of cannabis.<a href="#cite_note-128">[128]</a><a href="#cite_note-129">[129]</a> In September 2017, Gaetz keynoted the <a href="/wiki/American_Medical_Marijuana_Association" title="American Medical Marijuana Association">American Medical Marijuana Physicians Association</a>'s annual conference.<a href="#cite_note-130">[130]</a> In November 2019, Gaetz was one of only two Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee to vote for the <a href="/wiki/Marijuana_Opportunity_Reinvestment_and_Expungement_Act" title="Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act">Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act</a>, which among other reforms sought to remove cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act.<a href="#cite_note-131">[131]</a> He was also the only Republican cosponsor of the bill (of 55 cosponsors) at the time of its passage.<a href="#cite_note-132">[132]</a> Gaetz introduced the <a href="/wiki/STATES_Act" title="STATES Act">STATES Act</a> to prevent federal interference in states that have legalized cannabis for medical or recreational purposes.<a href="#cite_note-133">[133]</a> Gaetz said he had multiple conversations with <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_policy_of_the_first_Donald_Trump_administration" title="Cannabis policy of the first Donald Trump administration">President Trump about cannabis policy</a>.<a href="#cite_note-134">[134]</a> Nonetheless, Gaetz did not find positions on marijuana to be a dealbreaker in the 2024 Republican Speaker nominee selection, repeatedly supporting anti-cannabis candidates.<a href="#cite_note-135">[135]</a><a href="#cite_note-136">[136]</a><a href="#cite_note-137">[137]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Donald_Trump">Donald Trump</h3></div> Worried about protesters disrupting his appearance at his <a href="/wiki/Town_hall_meeting" title="Town hall meeting">town hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/Pace,_Florida" title="Pace, Florida">Pace, Florida</a>, Gaetz prepared what his staffers called a nonverbal town hall on February 23, 2017. He printed out part of his speech onto giant boards that he would hold up if he was unable to speak.<a href="#cite_note-138">[138]</a> Gaetz arrived 30 minutes late to the meeting, where at least 500 constituents crowded into a bowling alley. At the meeting, he was questioned about his relationship with Trump, his stance on repealing the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Affordable Care Act</a>, and his proposal to abolish the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a>. He said that Trump should release <a href="/wiki/Tax_returns_of_Donald_Trump" title="Tax returns of Donald Trump">his tax returns</a>, but stopped short of saying Congress should subpoena them. Gaetz closed his town hall by shouting Trump's 2016 campaign slogan, "<a href="/wiki/Make_America_Great_Again" title="Make America Great Again">Make America Great Again</a>".<a href="#cite_note-139">[139]</a><a href="#cite_note-140">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-141">[141]</a> <a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a> called Gaetz "one of the most enthusiastic defenders of president Trump on cable news" and a "proud Trump protégé" in April 2018.<a href="#cite_note-142">[142]</a> Aaron Blake of <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a> called him one of Congress' "most controversial members", and one who has "unabashedly aligned himself with Trump on basically all things".<a href="#cite_note-Blake-2019-80">[80]</a><a href="#cite_note-143">[143]</a> In May 2018, Gaetz was one of 18 House Republicans to vote to nominate Trump for the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a> for his role in peace talks with North Korea.<a href="#cite_note-144">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-145">[145]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Gaetz_(50042428901).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Gaetz waving in front of a lectern. "Students for Trump" logo emblazon the background." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Matt_Gaetz_%2850042428901%29.jpg/220px-Matt_Gaetz_%2850042428901%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Matt_Gaetz_%2850042428901%29.jpg/330px-Matt_Gaetz_%2850042428901%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Matt_Gaetz_%2850042428901%29.jpg/440px-Matt_Gaetz_%2850042428901%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4964" data-file-height="3309" /></a><figcaption>Gaetz speaking at a Donald Trump event in June 2020</figcaption></figure> Appearing on <a href="/wiki/The_View_(talk_show)" title="The View (talk show)">The View</a> in February 2020, shortly before Trump associate <a href="/wiki/Roger_Stone" title="Roger Stone">Roger Stone</a> was sentenced, Gaetz said he would support a <a href="/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States" title="Federal pardons in the United States">pardon</a> for Stone.<a href="#cite_note-146">[146]</a> Gaetz is a member of the House Judiciary Committee, but not of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Permanent_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence" title="United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence">Intelligence</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Foreign_Affairs" title="United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs">Foreign Affairs</a>, or <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Oversight_and_Reform" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House Committee on Oversight and Reform">Oversight and Reform Committees</a>, and so was not allowed to join lawmakers' closed-door deposition of former <a href="/wiki/White_House_Office" title="White House Office">White House</a> Russia aide <a href="/wiki/Fiona_Hill_(presidential_advisor)" title="Fiona Hill (presidential advisor)">Fiona Hill</a> in October 2019. He told reporters that, since his committee oversees impeachment, he should have been allowed to be part of depositions related to the <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_inquiry_into_Donald_Trump" title="Impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump">Trump impeachment inquiry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-147">[147]</a> On April 6, <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> reported that during the final weeks of <a href="/wiki/Trump%27s_first_presidency" class="mw-redirect" title="Trump's first presidency">Trump's first presidency</a>, Gaetz privately asked the White House for a blanket pardon for himself and some unknown congressional allies for any crimes they may have committed.<a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021-148">[148]</a> The White House reportedly never seriously considered the request, because it was decided that issuing preemptive pardons would set a bad precedent.<a href="#cite_note-149">[149]</a><a href="#cite_note-150">[150]</a><a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021-148">[148]</a> The Times also reported that aides had told Trump of the request. On April 7, Trump denied that Gaetz had asked him for a pardon and noted that Gaetz "totally denied the accusations against him".<a href="#cite_note-151">[151]</a> The same day, CNN's <a href="/wiki/Maggie_Haberman" title="Maggie Haberman">Maggie Haberman</a> revealed that Trump had reportedly wanted to defend Gaetz, but that his advisors talked him out of it due to the seriousness of the allegations.<a href="#cite_note-Haberman-2021-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sheth-2021-153">[153]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mueller_investigation">Mueller investigation</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Mueller_special_counsel_investigation" title="Mueller special counsel investigation">Mueller special counsel investigation</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Links_between_Trump_associates_and_Russian_officials_and_spies" class="mw-redirect" title="Links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies">Links between Trump associates and Russian officials and spies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Business_projects_of_Donald_Trump_in_Russia" title="Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia">Business projects of Donald Trump in Russia</a></div> In November 2017, Gaetz introduced a congressional <a href="/wiki/Resolution_(law)" title="Resolution (law)">resolution</a> calling for <a href="/wiki/Robert_Mueller" title="Robert Mueller">Robert Mueller</a> to recuse himself as <a href="/wiki/Special_Counsel" class="mw-redirect" title="Special Counsel">special counsel</a> because of what were said to be <a href="/wiki/Conflict_of_interest" title="Conflict of interest">conflicts of interest</a>.<a href="#cite_note-154">[154]</a> He also asked for a special counsel investigation into the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">Federal Bureau of Investigation</a>'s handling of the <a href="/wiki/Hillary_Clinton_email_controversy" title="Hillary Clinton email controversy">Hillary Clinton email controversy</a>, undue interference by <a href="/wiki/United_States_Attorney_General" title="United States Attorney General">U.S. attorney general</a> <a href="/wiki/Loretta_Lynch" title="Loretta Lynch">Loretta Lynch</a> in the investigation, and the Russian state corporation <a href="/wiki/Rosatom" title="Rosatom">Rosatom</a>'s acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Uranium_One" title="Uranium One">Uranium One</a> during Mueller's time as <a href="/wiki/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI director</a>.<a href="#cite_note-155">[155]</a><a href="#cite_note-156">[156]</a> Gaetz said he did not trust Mueller to lead the investigation because of Mueller's alleged involvement in approval of the <a href="/wiki/Uranium_One_controversy" title="Uranium One controversy">Uranium One deal</a> and alleged close relationship with dismissed FBI director <a href="/wiki/James_Comey" title="James Comey">James Comey</a>, a probable <a href="/wiki/Person_of_interest" title="Person of interest">person of interest</a> in a proposed new investigation.<a href="#cite_note-157">[157]</a><a href="#cite_note-158">[158]</a> After <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> congressman <a href="/wiki/Jim_Jordan" title="Jim Jordan">Jim Jordan</a> denied that he was aware of <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University_abuse_scandal" title="Ohio State University abuse scandal">the sexual abuse of Ohio State University wrestlers</a> during the period when Jordan was a coach there,<a href="#cite_note-159">[159]</a> Gaetz said that the allegations came from people in the "<a href="/wiki/Deep_state_in_the_United_States" title="Deep state in the United States">deep state</a>" and were intended to reduce the credibility of Jordan's criticism of Mueller's investigation of the <a href="/wiki/Mueller_special_counsel_investigation" title="Mueller special counsel investigation">Trump campaign and Russia</a>.<a href="#cite_note-160">[160]</a><a href="#cite_note-161">[161]</a> Gaetz said of then-U.S. attorney general <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">Jeff Sessions</a> that "over at the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice" title="United States Department of Justice">Department of Justice</a>, he's got <a href="/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome" title="Stockholm syndrome">Stockholm syndrome</a>, he's become sympathetic with his captors over there in the Deep State."<a href="#cite_note-162">[162]</a> During Mueller's testimony to two congressional committees on <a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_investigations_into_Trump_and_Russia_(2019%E2%80%932020)#20190724" class="mw-redirect" title="Timeline of investigations into Trump and Russia (2019–2020)">July 24, 2019</a>, Gaetz told him, "If Russians were lying to <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Steele" title="Christopher Steele">Christopher Steele</a> to undermine our confidence in our newly elected president, that would be precisely in your purview because you stated in your opening that the organizing principle was to fully and thoroughly investigate <a href="/wiki/Russian_interference_in_the_2016_United_States_elections" title="Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections">Russian interference</a>. But you weren't interested in whether the Russians interfered through Steele—and if Steele was lying, then you should have <a href="/wiki/Making_false_statements" title="Making false statements">charged him with lying</a> like you charged a variety of other people."<a href="#cite_note-163">[163]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="First_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump">First impeachment of Donald Trump</h4></div> In October 2019, Gaetz organized a "storming" of a <a href="/wiki/Sensitive_Compartmented_Information_Facility" class="mw-redirect" title="Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility">Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility</a> on <a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">Capitol Hill</a> by about two dozen Republican congressmen, including <a href="/wiki/House_minority_whip" class="mw-redirect" title="House minority whip">House minority whip</a> <a href="/wiki/Steve_Scalise" title="Steve Scalise">Steve Scalise</a>, in an effort to sit in on and hear the deposition of a <a href="/wiki/The_Pentagon" title="The Pentagon">Pentagon</a> official during the impeachment inquiry into Trump. The congressmens' cell phones and other devices put the secure facility, and U.S. national security, at risk.<a href="#cite_note-164">[164]</a><a href="#cite_note-Gattis-2019-165">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-Balsamo-2019-166">[166]</a> One committee member said, "It was the closest thing I've seen around here to mass civil unrest as a member of Congress."<a href="#cite_note-Raju-2019-167">[167]</a><a href="#cite_note-168">[168]</a> <a href="/wiki/House_Homeland_Security_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Homeland Security Committee">House Homeland Security Committee</a> chairman <a href="/wiki/Bennie_Thompson" title="Bennie Thompson">Bennie Thompson</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a> wrote to the <a href="/wiki/Sergeant_at_Arms_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives">House sergeant-at-arms</a> about Gaetz and others, requesting that he take action regarding their "unprecedented breach of security". <a href="/wiki/South_Carolina" title="South Carolina">South Carolina</a>'s senior U.S. senator, <a href="/wiki/Lindsey_Graham" title="Lindsey Graham">Lindsey Graham</a>, admonished the House members, calling them "nuts" for having made a "run on the SCIF".<a href="#cite_note-Creitz-2019-169">[169]</a><a href="#cite_note-Balsamo-2019-166">[166]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ohio" title="Ohio">Ohio</a> representative Jim Jordan said, "The members have just had it, and they want to be able to see and represent their constituents and find out what's going on."<a href="#cite_note-Balsamo-2019-166">[166]</a> A day later, Jordan appeared on <a href="/wiki/Fox_News" title="Fox News">Fox News</a> to justify the intrusion, saying of the chair of the committee: "<a href="/wiki/Adam_Schiff" title="Adam Schiff">Adam Schiff</a> is doing this unfair, partisan process in secret and our members finally said, 'Enough'. We're so frustrated. They reached a boiling point and these guys marched in and said we want to know what's going on."<a href="#cite_note-Creitz-2019-169">[169]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/116th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="116th Congress">116th Congress</a>, Pelosi, who is a committee member <a href="/wiki/Ex_officio" class="mw-redirect" title="Ex officio">ex officio</a>, appointed Schiff and 12 Democratic members of the <a href="/wiki/House_Intelligence_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="House Intelligence Committee">House Intelligence Committee</a>.<a href="#cite_note-170">[170]</a> <a href="/wiki/House_Minority_Leader" class="mw-redirect" title="House Minority Leader">House minority leader</a> <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a>, also an ex officio member, appointed the <a href="/wiki/Ranking_member" title="Ranking member">ranking member</a>, <a href="/wiki/Devin_Nunes" title="Devin Nunes">Devin Nunes</a>, and eight other Republicans to the committee.<a href="#cite_note-171">[171]</a> Each side got equal time to question witnesses.<a href="#cite_note-Raju-2019-167">[167]</a> The disruption delayed Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary <a href="/wiki/Laura_Cooper" title="Laura Cooper">Laura Cooper</a>'s testimony by many hours.<a href="#cite_note-Gattis-2019-165">[165]</a><a href="#cite_note-Balsamo-2019-166">[166]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump">Second impeachment of Donald Trump</h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/2021_storming_of_the_United_States_Capitol" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 storming of the United States Capitol">2021 storming of the United States Capitol</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second impeachment of Donald Trump">Second impeachment of Donald Trump</a></div> On January 7, 2021, after Trump supporters violently broke into the U.S. Capitol, Gaetz falsely blamed <a href="/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)" title="Antifa (United States)">antifa</a> for the attack, suggesting that rioters were "masquerading as Trump supporters".<a href="#cite_note-172">[172]</a><a href="#cite_note-173">[173]</a> Joel Valdez, a senior communications aide to Gaetz, posted a video on <a href="/wiki/Parler" title="Parler">Parler</a> hours before the storming of the Capitol with the caption "From the top of the Capitol office buildings, WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR! <a href="/wiki/Stop_the_Steal" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop the Steal">#StopTheSteal</a>".<a href="#cite_note-174">[174]</a> Gaetz voted against the <a href="/wiki/Second_impeachment_of_Donald_Trump" title="Second impeachment of Donald Trump">second impeachment of Donald Trump</a>. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Support_for_impeaching_President_Biden_and_Secretary_Mayorkas">Support for impeaching President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Efforts_to_impeach_Joe_Biden" title="Efforts to impeach Joe Biden">Efforts to impeach Joe Biden</a> and <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_of_Alejandro_Mayorkas" title="Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas">Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas</a></div> Gaetz co-sponsored a resolution by <a href="/wiki/Andy_Biggs" title="Andy Biggs">Andy Biggs</a> to <a href="/wiki/Federal_impeachment_in_the_United_States" title="Federal impeachment in the United States">impeach</a> Secretary of Homeland Security <a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Mayorkas" title="Alejandro Mayorkas">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> in August 2021.<a href="#cite_note-175">[175]</a> Later that month, Gaetz co-sponsored a resolution by Representative <a href="/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene" title="Marjorie Taylor Greene">Marjorie Taylor Greene</a> to impeach president Biden.<a href="#cite_note-176">[176]</a> In September 2022, he called impeaching Biden a "priority".<a href="#cite_note-177">[177]</a> He expressed the belief that many Republicans in Congress were hesitant to impeach Biden, but that Republican voters would feel "betrayed" if they did not.<a href="#cite_note-178">[178]</a> Very early into the <a href="/wiki/118th_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="118th Congress">118th Congress</a>, Gaetz cosponsored another resolution to impeach Mayorkas.<a href="#cite_note-179">[179]</a> In May 2023, Gaetz co-sponsored resolutions by Marjorie Taylor Greene to impeach Biden and Mayorkas.<a href="#cite_note-180">[180]</a><a href="#cite_note-181">[181]</a> During an invitation-only video conference moderated by <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bannon" title="Steve Bannon">Steve Bannon</a> days after a <a href="/wiki/Impeachment_inquiry_into_Joe_Biden" title="Impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden">Biden impeachment inquiry</a> was opened in September 2023, Gaetz denounced the impeachment effort as a political stunt. Gaetz said, "I don't believe that we are endeavoring upon a legitimate impeachment of Joe Biden ... I think it's for the sake of having another bad thing to say about Joe Biden."<a href="#cite_note-182">[182]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economy">Economy</h3></div> Gaetz voted for the <a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017">Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017</a>.<a href="#cite_note-183">[183]</a> He acknowledged that <a href="/wiki/Tax_Cuts_and_Jobs_Act_of_2017#Pass-through_business_taxation" class="mw-redirect" title="Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017">the bill's pass-through tax deduction</a> would benefit Trump, but added, "so many Americans benefit when commercial real estate becomes easier and more accessible."<a href="#cite_note-184">[184]</a> Gaetz was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the <a href="/wiki/Fiscal_Responsibility_Act_of_2023" class="mw-redirect" title="Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023">Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023</a> in the House.<a href="#cite_note-185">[185]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3></div> Gaetz acknowledged <a href="/wiki/Global_warming" class="mw-redirect" title="Global warming">global warming</a> in 2016 but said he disagrees with the <a href="/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_change" class="mw-redirect" title="Scientific opinion on climate change">scientific consensus on climate change</a> that human activity is the primary cause.<a href="#cite_note-186">[186]</a> In April 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Center_for_American_Progress" title="Center for American Progress">Center for American Progress</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vice_Media" title="Vice Media">Vice Media</a> said Gaetz was a <a href="/wiki/Climate_change_denial" title="Climate change denial">climate change denier</a>, citing his 2016 statements.<a href="#cite_note-187">[187]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Primary,_secondary_and_tertiary_sources" title="Wikipedia:No original research">non-primary source needed</a>]<a href="#cite_note-188">[188]</a> Gaetz proposed legislation to abolish the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="United States Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a> in January 2017, claiming that it hurts small businesses via the costs associated with compliance.<a href="#cite_note-Kaufman-2017-36">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-189">[189]</a> Gaetz joined the bipartisan <a href="/wiki/Climate_Solutions_Caucus" title="Climate Solutions Caucus">Climate Solutions Caucus</a> in November 2017.<a href="#cite_note-190">[190]</a><a href="#cite_note-191">[191]</a> He said he advocated technological innovation and economic incentives that address climate change, and increased federal funds for global warming research by <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>, <a href="/wiki/NOAA" class="mw-redirect" title="NOAA">NOAA</a> and universities, but remained opposed to increased environmental regulation.<a href="#cite_note-192">[192]</a> Gaetz and Democratic Representative <a href="/wiki/Scott_Peters_(politician)" title="Scott Peters (politician)">Scott Peters</a> introduced the bipartisan Super Pollutants Act, which aimed to slow climate change by regulating <a href="/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouses gases</a>, especially <a href="/wiki/Black_carbon" title="Black carbon">black carbon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hydrofluorocarbon" title="Hydrofluorocarbon">hydrofluorocarbons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Methane" title="Methane">methane</a>, in 2019.<a href="#cite_note-193">[193]</a> A press release stated, "These short-lived climate pollutants, also called super pollutants, are significantly more potent than <a href="/wiki/Carbon_dioxide" title="Carbon dioxide">carbon dioxide</a>."<a href="#cite_note-194">[194]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_policy">Foreign policy</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Mattis_and_Matt_Gaetz.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/James_Mattis_and_Matt_Gaetz.jpg/220px-James_Mattis_and_Matt_Gaetz.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/James_Mattis_and_Matt_Gaetz.jpg/330px-James_Mattis_and_Matt_Gaetz.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/James_Mattis_and_Matt_Gaetz.jpg/440px-James_Mattis_and_Matt_Gaetz.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1997" /></a><figcaption>Gaetz speaks with Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/James_Mattis" class="mw-redirect" title="James Mattis">James Mattis</a> in October 2017</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Myanmar">Myanmar</h4></div> In 2021, Gaetz was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the <a href="/wiki/2021_Myanmar_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2021 Myanmar coup d'état">Myanmar coup d'état</a> that overwhelmingly passed, for reasons reported to be unclear.<a href="#cite_note-195">[195]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Middle_East">Middle East</h4></div> On October 12, 2017, Gaetz introduced a resolution affirming the connection between the Jewish people and <a href="/wiki/Jerusalem" title="Jerusalem">Jerusalem</a> and condemning <a href="/wiki/UNESCO" title="UNESCO">UNESCO</a>'s efforts to the contrary.<a href="#cite_note-196">[196]</a> In December 2017, he supported Trump's decision to <a href="/wiki/United_States_recognition_of_Jerusalem_as_capital_of_Israel" title="United States recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel">recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital</a> and said that the move would pressure <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" title="State of Palestine">Palestine</a> to <a href="/wiki/Recognition_of_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="Recognition of Israel">recognize Israel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-197">[197]</a> In 2019, Gaetz was one of 60 representatives to vote against condemning Trump's withdrawal from <a href="/wiki/Syria" title="Syria">Syria</a>.<a href="#cite_note-198">[198]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reuven_Rivlin_with_Matt_Gaetz_in_Jerusalem_(7538).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Reuven_Rivlin_with_Matt_Gaetz_in_Jerusalem_%287538%29.jpg/220px-Reuven_Rivlin_with_Matt_Gaetz_in_Jerusalem_%287538%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Reuven_Rivlin_with_Matt_Gaetz_in_Jerusalem_%287538%29.jpg/330px-Reuven_Rivlin_with_Matt_Gaetz_in_Jerusalem_%287538%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Reuven_Rivlin_with_Matt_Gaetz_in_Jerusalem_%287538%29.jpg/440px-Reuven_Rivlin_with_Matt_Gaetz_in_Jerusalem_%287538%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="1910" /></a><figcaption>Gaetz with Israeli president <a href="/wiki/Reuven_Rivlin" title="Reuven Rivlin">Reuven Rivlin</a> in May 2018</figcaption></figure> In April 2019, after the House passed a resolution withdrawing American support for the <a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabian-led_intervention_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen">Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen</a>, Gaetz was one of nine lawmakers to sign a letter to Trump requesting a meeting with him and urging him to sign Senate Joint Resolution 7, which invokes the <a href="/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution" title="War Powers Resolution">War Powers Act of 1973</a>, to end unauthorized US military participation in the Saudi-led coalition's armed conflict against <a href="/wiki/Houthi_insurgency_in_Yemen" class="mw-redirect" title="Houthi insurgency in Yemen">Houthi forces in Yemen</a>.<a href="#cite_note-199">[199]</a> In June 2021, Gaetz was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the <a href="/wiki/Authorization_for_Use_of_Military_Force_Against_Iraq_Resolution_of_2002" title="Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002">Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002</a>.<a href="#cite_note-200">[200]</a><a href="#cite_note-201">[201]</a> In 2023, Gaetz was among 47 Republicans to vote in favor of H.Con.Res. 21, which directed president <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> to remove U.S. troops from Syria within 180 days.<a href="#cite_note-202">[202]</a><a href="#cite_note-203">[203]</a> He voted to provide Israel with support following <a href="/wiki/2023_Hamas_attack_on_Israel" class="mw-redirect" title="2023 Hamas attack on Israel">2023 Hamas attack on Israel</a>.<a href="#cite_note-204">[204]</a><a href="#cite_note-205">[205]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Niger">Niger</h4></div> In March 2024, <a href="/wiki/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a> announced it was ending its security relationship with the United States, which had been in place since 2012.<a href="#cite_note-Turse-2024-206">[206]</a> In a report issued by Gaetz the following month, Gaetz stated that the United States embassy in Niger was suppressing information related to the decay of <a href="/wiki/Niger%E2%80%93United_States_relations" title="Niger–United States relations">Niger-United States diplomatic relations</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Turse-2024-206">[206]</a> According to Gaetz's report, Niger has not authorized flights for United States Department of Defense efforts, including the sending of food, equipment, mail, or medical supplies.<a href="#cite_note-Turse-2024-206">[206]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Ukraine">Ukraine</h4></div> In April 2024, Gaetz voted against the $60 billion military aid package for Ukraine, although much of the money would have gone to his constituency.<a href="#cite_note-207">[207]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="George_Floyd_protests">George Floyd protests</h3></div> On June 1, 2020, during the nationwide <a href="/wiki/George_Floyd_protests" title="George Floyd protests">George Floyd protests</a>, Gaetz tweeted, "Now that we clearly see <a href="/wiki/Antifa_(United_States)" title="Antifa (United States)">antifa</a> as terrorists, can we hunt them down like we do those in the <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>?" In response, Twitter hid the tweet and labeled it as "[violating] the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence". Gaetz called the label a "badge of honor", accused Twitter of enabling antifa, and again said that "[o]ur government should hunt [Antifa] down".<a href="#cite_note-208">[208]</a> On August 26, 2020, Gaetz tweeted "The mob wants to destroy America. We need PATRIOTS who will defend her"<a href="#cite_note-209">[209]</a> in support of <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Rittenhouse" title="Kyle Rittenhouse">Kyle Rittenhouse</a>, a 17-year-old from <a href="/wiki/Antioch,_Illinois" title="Antioch, Illinois">Antioch, Illinois</a>, who traveled to <a href="/wiki/Kenosha,_Wisconsin" title="Kenosha, Wisconsin">Kenosha, Wisconsin</a>, and shot and killed two people and injured another claiming self-defense during the riots that occurred during the protests of the <a href="/wiki/Kenosha_protests" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenosha protests">Jacob Blake shooting</a>. Rittenhouse was arrested and charged with first-degree intentional homicide,<a href="#cite_note-210">[210]</a><a href="#cite_note-211">[211]</a> but was acquitted based on self-defense in November 2021.<a href="#cite_note-212">[212]</a> Gaetz was one of three representatives to offer Rittenhouse a Congressional internship.<a href="#cite_note-213">[213]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gun_policy">Gun policy</h3></div> Former <a href="/wiki/National_Rifle_Association" title="National Rifle Association">National Rifle Association</a> president <a href="/wiki/Marion_Hammer" title="Marion Hammer">Marion Hammer</a> called Gaetz "one of the most pro-gun members to have ever served in the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Legislature" title="Florida Legislature">Florida Legislature</a>".<a href="#cite_note-Gaetz-214">[214]</a> Gaetz is a lifetime member of the NRA,<a href="#cite_note-Gaetz-214">[214]</a> and has an A+ rating from it.<a href="#cite_note-215">[215]</a> When Gaetz served in the Florida House of Representatives, he led an unsuccessful effort to allow Floridians with <a href="/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States" title="Concealed carry in the United States">concealed-weapons permits</a> to carry those weapons openly in public.<a href="#cite_note-216">[216]</a> In lobbying for the bill, he said that the open carry of weapons was a right "granted not by government but by God".<a href="#cite_note-217">[217]</a> Gaetz supports Florida's stand-your-ground law and supported legislation that strengthened it against legal challenges.<a href="#cite_note-Gaetz-2017-218">[218]</a> He also supports <a href="/wiki/Concealed_carry_in_the_United_States#Reciprocity" title="Concealed carry in the United States">concealed carry reciprocity</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Gaetz-2017-218">[218]</a> During a May 2021 "America First" rally with Marjorie Taylor Greene, Gaetz told an audience: "We have a Second Amendment in this country, and I think we have an obligation to use it!" He then said this meant allowing Americans "the ability to maintain an armed rebellion against the government if that becomes necessary".<a href="#cite_note-219">[219]</a><a href="#cite_note-220">[220]</a> Immediately before his remarks on the Second Amendment, Gaetz criticized <a href="/wiki/Big_Tech" title="Big Tech">Big Tech</a> companies for trying to "suppress us, discourage us", saying, "Silicon Valley can't cancel this movement, or this rally, or this congressman". As a result, politicians including <a href="/wiki/Ted_Lieu" title="Ted Lieu">Ted Lieu</a> accused Gaetz of inciting violence against Silicon Valley employees, which Gaetz denied.<a href="#cite_note-221">[221]</a><a href="#cite_note-222">[222]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Health_care">Health care</h3></div> In October 2017, Gaetz claimed that the <a href="/wiki/Medicaid" title="Medicaid">Medicaid</a> expansion permitted by the Affordable Care Act fueled the <a href="/wiki/Opioid_epidemic" title="Opioid epidemic">opioid crisis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Graves-2017-223">[223]</a> <a href="/wiki/PolitiFact" title="PolitiFact">PolitiFact</a> rated the claim "mostly false", noting that "experts were universal in saying that the evidence that Medicaid expansion is somehow fueling the opioid crisis doesn't exist."<a href="#cite_note-Graves-2017-223">[223]</a> In June 2021, Gaetz introduced the Digital Health Pass Prevention Act (DHPPA), a bill aimed at preventing the federal government from funding and enforcing any digital passes associated with COVID-19 vaccination status, with the support of representatives <a href="/wiki/Louie_Gohmert" title="Louie Gohmert">Louie Gohmert</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lance_Gooden" title="Lance Gooden">Lance Gooden</a>.<a href="#cite_note-224">[224]</a> The full title of the bill is "To prohibit Federal funds from being used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out programs with respect to digital health passes, and for other purposes."<a href="#cite_note-225">[225]</a> It was sent to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Energy_and_Commerce" title="United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce">House Committee on Energy and Commerce</a> which referred it to the Subcommittee on Health. No further action was reported.<a href="#cite_note-226">[226]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="COVID-19">COVID-19</h4></div> In early March 2020, Gaetz wore a <a href="/wiki/Gas_mask" title="Gas mask">gas mask</a> during a House debate on funds to combat the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<a href="#cite_note-227">[227]</a> Gaetz has claimed that wearing the gas mask was not an act of mockery but a way of "demonstrating his concern".<a href="#cite_note-228">[228]</a> Several journalists characterized the decision as a stunt.<a href="#cite_note-229">[229]</a><a href="#cite_note-230">[230]</a><a href="#cite_note-231">[231]</a> A few days later, on March 9, Gaetz's office reported that he had been in contact with a <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Political_Action_Conference" title="Conservative Political Action Conference">Conservative Political Action Conference</a> attendee who tested positive for <a href="/wiki/Coronavirus_disease_2019" class="mw-redirect" title="Coronavirus disease 2019">COVID-19</a>. As a result, Gaetz was placed under self-quarantine for 14 days. On March 10, he said his test was negative, but that he would stay under self-quarantine until the 14-day period ended on March 12.<a href="#cite_note-232">[232]</a> On April 14, Gaetz said the <a href="/wiki/Wuhan_Institute_of_Virology" title="Wuhan Institute of Virology">Wuhan Institute of Virology</a> "birthed a monster", a reference to the <a href="/wiki/Investigations_into_the_origin_of_COVID-19#Laboratory_incident" class="mw-redirect" title="Investigations into the origin of COVID-19">hypothesis</a> that COVID-19 was leaked out of a Chinese research lab.<a href="#cite_note-Pelley-2020-233">[233]</a> He also claimed that the <a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Health" title="National Institutes of Health">National Institutes of Health</a> had given the Institute a $3.7 million grant. The U.S.-based <a href="/wiki/EcoHealth_Alliance" title="EcoHealth Alliance">EcoHealth Alliance</a> that worked with the Institute under a grant the Trump administration approved, eventually had that funding withdrawn.<a href="#cite_note-Pelley-2020-233">[233]</a> The EcoHealth Alliance later said that, under the grant, it had enhanced a bat coronavirus so it became potentially more infectious to humans, which the NIH said was an "unexpected result" of the research it had funded that was carried out in partnership with the Wuhan Institute. Nevertheless, the NIH denied it had helped create the virus that sparked the COVID-19 pandemic.<a href="#cite_note-234">[234]</a><a href="#cite_note-235">[235]</a> After <a href="/wiki/Politico" title="Politico">Politico</a> reported on November 7 that Gaetz had tested positive for COVID-19, he texted Politico "I have tested positive for <a href="/wiki/Antibodies" class="mw-redirect" title="Antibodies">antibodies</a>" and "I have no live virus". He said he had no symptoms and was not sure when he had contracted the disease.<a href="#cite_note-236">[236]</a> On December 4, 2020, Gaetz attended an indoor <a href="/wiki/New_York_Young_Republicans_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Young Republicans Club">New York Young Republicans Club</a> conference in <a href="/wiki/Jersey_City,_New_Jersey" title="Jersey City, New Jersey">Jersey City</a>, New Jersey, during a period of surging COVID-19 cases throughout the state and the country. He was seen posing for photos in a crowd of unmasked attendees, prompting New Jersey governor <a href="/wiki/Phil_Murphy" title="Phil Murphy">Phil Murphy</a> and Jersey City mayor <a href="/wiki/Steven_Fulop" title="Steven Fulop">Steven Fulop</a> to publicly condemn him. Gaetz and other <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">GOP</a> members mocked Democrats and their COVID-19 regulations on social media. Murphy also said state officials were investigating whether the event violated the state's COVID-19 regulations.<a href="#cite_note-237">[237]</a> After a contentious House committee hearing on June 10, 2021, Gaetz claimed a Chinese whistle-blower possessed text messages and documents concerning COVID-19's origins that US government investigators had failed to pursue.<a href="#cite_note-238">[238]</a> On July 31, Gaetz said of <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_variants" class="mw-redirect" title="COVID-19 variants">COVID-19 variants</a> that "next it'll be the Chi Omega variant or the Pi Kappa Psi variant. I got the Florida variant. I got the freedom variant. It affects the brain. It gets you to think for yourself where you don't just surrender to the truth that they're trying to create in corrupt big media."<a href="#cite_note-239">[239]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Abortion">Abortion</h4></div> Gaetz opposes abortion. On July 23, 2022, he gave a speech at a Student Action Summit gathering in Tampa, Florida, in which he said that overweight or unattractive women were unlikely to become pregnant and mocked them for supporting abortion rights, saying, "They're like 5'2", 350 pounds, and they're like, 'Give me my abortions or I'll get up and march and protest.'"<a href="#cite_note-Jones-2022-240">[240]</a><a href="#cite_note-241">[241]</a> <a href="/wiki/Olivia_Julianna" title="Olivia Julianna">Olivia Julianna</a>, a Texas teenager, tweeted a post mocking Gaetz, who responded with a photo of her that, according to <a href="/wiki/NPR" title="NPR">NPR</a>, implied his comments had touched a nerve; she used the incident to raise over $2 million for abortion funds.<a href="#cite_note-Jones-2022-240">[240]</a><a href="#cite_note-242">[242]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Human_trafficking">Human trafficking</h3></div> On December 19, 2017, Gaetz was the only representative to vote against the Combating Human Trafficking in Commercial Vehicles Act, a bill allocating additional government resources to help combat <a href="/wiki/Human_trafficking" title="Human trafficking">human trafficking</a>.<a href="#cite_note-243">[243]</a><a href="#cite_note-244">[244]</a><a href="#cite_note-Snodgrass-2021-245">[245]</a> Gaetz later explained that his vote was due to his <a href="/wiki/Small_government" class="mw-redirect" title="Small government">small government</a> principles and his belief that existing federal agencies could adequately combat human trafficking.<a href="#cite_note-Snodgrass-2021-245">[245]</a><a href="#cite_note-246">[246]</a> On February 27, 2018, Gaetz voted against the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which had by then been combined with the <a href="/wiki/Stop_Enabling_Sex_Traffickers_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act">Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act</a>. It passed, 388–25.<a href="#cite_note-247">[247]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Matt_Gaetz_(50752397727).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Matt_Gaetz_%2850752397727%29.jpg/220px-Matt_Gaetz_%2850752397727%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Matt_Gaetz_%2850752397727%29.jpg/330px-Matt_Gaetz_%2850752397727%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Matt_Gaetz_%2850752397727%29.jpg/440px-Matt_Gaetz_%2850752397727%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6720" data-file-height="4480" /></a><figcaption>Gaetz speaking at a <a href="/wiki/Turning_Point_USA" title="Turning Point USA">Turning Point USA</a> event in <a href="/wiki/West_Palm_Beach,_Florida" title="West Palm Beach, Florida">West Palm Beach</a>, Florida, 2020</figcaption></figure> On July 26, 2022, Gaetz voted against the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, which passed 401–20.<a href="#cite_note-248">[248]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Immigration">Immigration</h3></div> Gaetz opposes <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_city" title="Sanctuary city">sanctuary cities</a>, which deny cooperation with the national government in enforcing <a href="/wiki/Immigration_law" title="Immigration law">immigration law</a>.<a href="#cite_note-249">[249]</a> Upon announcing his run for Congress in 2016, he said that illegal immigrants were "sucking us dry".<a href="#cite_note-250">[250]</a> In January 2018, Gaetz defended a statement by Trump that reportedly said <a href="/wiki/Haiti" title="Haiti">Haiti</a> and African nations were "shithole" countries, saying that Haiti was covered by "sheet metal and garbage" and in "disgusting" condition.<a href="#cite_note-251">[251]</a> In October 2018, Gaetz falsely claimed that <a href="/wiki/George_Soros" title="George Soros">George Soros</a> paid for a <a href="/wiki/Central_American_migrant_caravans" title="Central American migrant caravans">caravan of migrants</a> from <a href="/wiki/Central_America" title="Central America">Central America</a> to the United States.<a href="#cite_note-252">[252]</a> Gaetz voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available <a href="/wiki/H-2B_visa" title="H-2B visa">H-2B visas</a> for the remainder of FY 2020.<a href="#cite_note-253">[253]</a><a href="#cite_note-254">[254]</a> Gaetz voted against Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158), an act which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).<a href="#cite_note-255">[255]</a><a href="#cite_note-256">[256]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law_enforcement">Law enforcement</h3></div> Gaetz tweeted that the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" title="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</a> should be defunded in June 23, 2021. At that time, it was investigating him for alleged <a href="/wiki/Sex_trafficking" title="Sex trafficking">sex trafficking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Statutory_rape" title="Statutory rape">having sex with a minor</a>. He wrote, "If Democrats want to defund the police, they should start with the FBI."<a href="#cite_note-Blest-2021-257">[257]</a> Gaetz later deleted the tweet.<a href="#cite_note-258">[258]</a><a href="#cite_note-259">[259]</a> The week before, he claimed without evidence that "FBI operatives organized and participated in the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="2021 United States Capitol attack">January 6th Capitol riot</a>."<a href="#cite_note-Blest-2021-257">[257]</a> As of 2024<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matt_Gaetz&action=edit">[update]</a>, there is still no evidence for such a claim.<a href="#cite_note-260">[260]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBTQ_rights">LGBTQ rights</h3></div> As a Florida state representative in 2015, Gaetz and Representative <a href="/wiki/David_Richardson_(Florida_politician)" title="David Richardson (Florida politician)">David Richardson</a> sponsored an amendment to repeal the <a href="/wiki/LGBTQ_rights_in_Florida#Adoption_and_parenting" title="LGBTQ rights in Florida">state ban</a> on <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_adoption" title="Same-sex adoption">same-sex adoptions</a>.<a href="#cite_note-261">[261]</a> He also persuaded his father, in the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Senate" title="Florida Senate">Florida State Senate</a>, to support the repeal.<a href="#cite_note-262">[262]</a> In 2015, after the U.S. Supreme Court decided <a href="/wiki/Obergefell_v._Hodges" title="Obergefell v. Hodges">Obergefell v. Hodges</a>, which established the legal recognition of <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States" title="Same-sex marriage in the United States">same-sex marriage in the United States</a>, Gaetz said he disagreed with the court's ruling, saying that each state should have the right to decide for itself whether to allow <a href="/wiki/Same-sex_marriage" title="Same-sex marriage">same-sex marriage</a>. He claimed that the decision was an example of "judicial activism" that posed "a threat to our democracy".<a href="#cite_note-263">[263]</a> During the 116th Congress, Gaetz voted against the <a href="/wiki/Equality_Act_(United_States)" title="Equality Act (United States)">Equality Act</a>,<a href="#cite_note-264">[264]</a> which would ban discrimination on the basis of <a href="/wiki/Sex" title="Sex">sex</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sexual_orientation" title="Sexual orientation">sexual orientation</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Gender_identity" title="Gender identity">gender identity</a> in federal law. In 2022, Gaetz voted against the <a href="/wiki/Respect_for_Marriage_Act" title="Respect for Marriage Act">Respect for Marriage Act</a>,<a href="#cite_note-265">[265]</a> which repealed the <a href="/wiki/Defense_of_Marriage_Act" title="Defense of Marriage Act">Defense of Marriage Act</a>, which restricted legal recognition of marriage to opposite-sex marriage in federal law. In 2024, Gaetz condemned schools for promoting what he described as "degenerate LGBT and anti-White propaganda" as he introduced his "National Prayer In School Act".<a href="#cite_note-266">[266]</a><a href="#cite_note-267">[267]</a><a href="#cite_note-268">[268]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Big_Tech">Big Tech</h3></div> Gaetz was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the <a href="/wiki/Merger_Filing_Fee_Modernization_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act">Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act</a> of 2022, an <a href="/wiki/Antitrust" class="mw-redirect" title="Antitrust">antitrust</a> package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.<a href="#cite_note-269">[269]</a><a href="#cite_note-270">[270]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legal_issues_and_controversies">Legal issues and controversies</h2></div> Gaetz's tenure as congressman was widely criticized and controversial, with <a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a> noting accusations of:<a href="#cite_note-Demirjian-2024-9">[9]</a> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><a href="/wiki/Sexual_misconduct" title="Sexual misconduct">sexual misconduct</a> and illicit <a href="/wiki/Recreational_drug_use" title="Recreational drug use">drug use</a>; sharing inappropriate images or videos on the House floor; misusing state identification records; converting campaign funds to personal use; and accepting impermissible gifts under House rules.<a href="#cite_note-Demirjian-2024-9">[9]</a></blockquote>Gaetz routinely conflicted with members of Republican leadership. In October 2023, Gaetz filed a <a href="/wiki/Motion_to_vacate_the_chair" title="Motion to vacate the chair">motion to vacate</a> which led to the <a href="/wiki/Removal_of_Kevin_McCarthy_as_Speaker_of_the_House" title="Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House">removal</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> as <a href="/wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="Speaker of the United States House of Representatives">speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives</a>.<a href="#cite_note-auto-271">[271]</a> Former White House aide <a href="/wiki/Cassidy_Hutchinson" title="Cassidy Hutchinson">Cassidy Hutchinson</a> wrote in her memoir that, during a trip to <a href="/wiki/Camp_David" title="Camp David">Camp David</a> in 2020, Gaetz made "repeated passes" at her and asked her to "escort" him to his room. Gaetz has denied these actions.<a href="#cite_note-272">[272]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Federal_investigations_into_child_sex_trafficking_and_statutory_rape">Federal investigations into child sex trafficking and statutory rape</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gaetz_Venmo_transactions_DOJ_2020.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Gaetz_Venmo_transactions_DOJ_2020.png/220px-Gaetz_Venmo_transactions_DOJ_2020.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Gaetz_Venmo_transactions_DOJ_2020.png/330px-Gaetz_Venmo_transactions_DOJ_2020.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Gaetz_Venmo_transactions_DOJ_2020.png/440px-Gaetz_Venmo_transactions_DOJ_2020.png 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1477" /></a><figcaption>A chart of Venmo transactions produced by federal investigators at the Department of Justice.</figcaption></figure> In January 2020, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secret_Service" title="United States Secret Service">U.S. Secret Service</a> reportedly received a tip that, in April 2018, Gaetz had accompanied <a href="/wiki/Seminole_County,_Florida" title="Seminole County, Florida">Seminole County</a> tax collector <a href="/wiki/Joel_Greenberg_(politician)" title="Joel Greenberg (politician)">Joel Greenberg</a> to a government office where Greenberg was producing <a href="/wiki/Fake_IDs" class="mw-redirect" title="Fake IDs">fake IDs</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Pagliery-2021a-273">[273]</a> Greenberg was indicted in August 2020 on an array of charges, including sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl in 2017 and creating fake IDs to facilitate sex trafficking.<a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021a-274">[274]</a><a href="#cite_note-Caputo-2021-275">[275]</a> The investigation of Greenberg led federal officials to look into some of Gaetz's related activities.<a href="#cite_note-Pagliery-2021a-273">[273]</a> In late 2020, the Justice Department opened its investigation of Gaetz for allegedly sex trafficking the same 17-year-old girl in 2017 and whether he had violated federal sex trafficking laws by paying her to travel with him across state lines.<a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021a-274">[274]</a><a href="#cite_note-276">[276]</a><a href="#cite_note-277">[277]</a> As part of his <a href="/wiki/Plea_bargaining_in_the_United_States" title="Plea bargaining in the United States">plea bargain</a>, Greenberg cooperated with the investigation of Gaetz and others.<a href="#cite_note-278">[278]</a><a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021c-279">[279]</a> <a href="/wiki/Axios_(website)" title="Axios (website)">Axios</a> reported that Gaetz was "seriously considering not seeking re-election and possibly leaving Congress early for a job at <a href="/wiki/Newsmax" title="Newsmax">Newsmax</a>" on March 30, 2021.<a href="#cite_note-280">[280]</a> The same day, The New York Times reported the Justice Department's investigation of Gaetz.<a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021a-274">[274]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a>, a person briefed on the matter said investigators also examined whether Gaetz used campaign money in his relationships with young women for travel and expenses and whether cash and drugs were involved.<a href="#cite_note-281">[281]</a> By April 2, the Justice Department was examining whether Gaetz asked women to recruit others for sex.<a href="#cite_note-282">[282]</a><a href="#cite_note-283">[283]</a> According to the 2021 reports, federal investigators were looking into Gaetz's September 2018 trip to <a href="/wiki/The_Bahamas" title="The Bahamas">the Bahamas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Caputo-2021-275">[275]</a> Gaetz was reportedly joined by <a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">marijuana</a> entrepreneur and hand surgeon Jason Pirozzolo, who allegedly paid trip accommodations, traveling expenses, and <a href="/wiki/Escort_service" class="mw-redirect" title="Escort service">escort services</a>. Investigators were reportedly exploring whether the escorts were sexually trafficked for Gaetz and whether Gaetz accepted paid escorts in exchange for political access or legislative favors for Pirozzolo, who at the time chaired the board of the <a href="/wiki/Medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States" title="Medical cannabis in the United States">Medical Marijuana</a> Physicians Association. Gaetz made two speeches for the organization while in Congress, and Pirozzolo gave two separate donations of $1,000 to Gaetz's campaign arm, "Friends of Matt Gaetz", in March 2016 and May 2017.<a href="#cite_note-284">[284]</a> A spokeswoman for Gaetz denied the new allegations.<a href="#cite_note-285">[285]</a> A woman on the Bahamas trip—a Capitol Hill intern who did not work in Gaetz's office but who was dating him—reportedly agreed in May 2021 to cooperate with investigators, who believe she has information about Gaetz's financial transactions on the trip.<a href="#cite_note-286">[286]</a><a href="#cite_note-287">[287]</a> Investigators believe that Greenberg met women through a website for sex and introduced them to Gaetz, who also had sex with them.<a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021a-274">[274]</a> Evidence including <a href="/wiki/Mobile_payment" title="Mobile payment">mobile payment</a> receipts reportedly suggesting Gaetz had illegally exchanged money for sex, such as May 2018 <a href="/wiki/Venmo" title="Venmo">Venmo</a> transaction records showing Gaetz sending $900 (with a memo referring to a woman) to Greenberg, who then relayed the money (with the memos "tuition" and "school") to three women, one of whom was 18.<a href="#cite_note-288">[288]</a> Joseph Ellicott, an associate of both Gaetz and Greenberg, pleaded guilty in January 2022 to two charges related to this investigation and is also cooperating with authorities.<a href="#cite_note-289">[289]</a> Gaetz had argued in a November 2020 Fox News appearance that Trump "should pardon <a href="/wiki/Michael_Flynn" title="Michael Flynn">Michael Flynn</a> [and] everyone from himself to his administration officials to <a href="/wiki/Joe_Exotic" title="Joe Exotic">Joe Exotic</a>".<a href="#cite_note-290">[290]</a><a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021b-291">[291]</a> In late 2020, Greenberg apparently attempted to secure a pardon from the Trump administration via a confession letter (first reported by The Daily Beast in April 2021), writing that he and Gaetz had had sex with a 17-year-old girl they believed was 19, which Greenberg learned of on September 4, 2017, and that payments had been made on behalf of Gaetz to her and other women in exchange for sex.<a href="#cite_note-Pagliery-2021-292">[292]</a> Greenberg attempted to bribe Roger Stone with a $250,000 <a href="/wiki/Bitcoin" title="Bitcoin">Bitcoin</a> payment to secure a presidential pardon, texting Stone, "They know [Gaetz] paid me to pay the girls and that he and I both had sex with the girl who was underage."<a href="#cite_note-Pagliery-2021-292">[292]</a> By the end of the Trump administration, Greenberg was under indictment, investigators had been questioning some Gaetz associates, and federal agents had seized the phone of one of Gaetz's former girlfriends.<a href="#cite_note-293">[293]</a> Gaetz's phone was also seized, and he changed his phone number in late December.<a href="#cite_note-Caputo-2021-275">[275]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Defense_and_counter-claim_of_extortion">Defense and counter-claim of extortion</h4></div> Denying any sexual relationships with minors, Gaetz said on March 30, 2021, that he did not plan to resign from the House.<a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021a-274">[274]</a> That same day, he tweeted that he and his family were "victims of an organized criminal extortion involving a former DOJ official seeking $25 million".<a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021a-274">[274]</a><a href="#cite_note-294">[294]</a> This allegedly began on March 16, with a text message to his father demanding money in exchange for making sex trafficking allegations "go away".<a href="#cite_note-Keller-2021-295">[295]</a> Gaetz and his father purportedly received communications claiming that the FBI had photographs of Gaetz engaged in a "sexual orgy with <a href="/wiki/Child_prostitution" title="Child prostitution">underage prostitutes</a>". The sender demanded millions of dollars to help secure the release of U.S. federal agent <a href="/wiki/Robert_Levinson" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Levinson">Robert Levinson</a> (who had disappeared in Iran in 2007 and had already been presumed and declared dead),<a href="#cite_note-296">[296]</a><a href="#cite_note-McLaughlin-2021-297">[297]</a> proposing that president <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> would pardon Gaetz as a reward for freeing Levinson.<a href="#cite_note-298">[298]</a><a href="#cite_note-299">[299]</a> The sender was later identified as Florida developer Stephen Alford, who was arrested on August 31.<a href="#cite_note-300">[300]</a><a href="#cite_note-301">[301]</a> Gaetz said his attorneys contacted the FBI, whom he said had informed them that Gaetz was a subject, not a target, of an investigation. He also said his father agreed to wear a "<a href="/wiki/Covert_listening_device" title="Covert listening device">wire</a>" to help the FBI record the alleged extortionists.<a href="#cite_note-302">[302]</a> Gaetz sent <a href="/wiki/Axios_(website)" title="Axios (website)">Axios</a> screenshots of text messages, emails and documents outlining the alleged extortion scheme, which he asserted was being run by David McGee,<a href="#cite_note-303">[303]</a> a former federal prosecutor who has been a private attorney since 2005<a href="#cite_note-304">[304]</a> and has represented the Levinson family.<a href="#cite_note-Montgomery-2021-305">[305]</a> McGee's law firm called Gaetz's allegation "completely, totally false" and defamatory,<a href="#cite_note-Keller-2021-295">[295]</a> telling The Daily Beast that Gaetz was attempting to distract from the sex trafficking investigation.<a href="#cite_note-306">[306]</a> Alford, who has previously been federally convicted of fraud and is represented by McGee, was federally indicted in August 2021 for allegedly conducting the scheme. Prosecutors alleged that Alford claimed he had contacts in the Justice Department who could arrange for a presidential pardon for Gaetz and directed Don Gaetz to wire the money to a trust account managed by McGee. McGee reportedly met with Don Gaetz before Alford did,<a href="#cite_note-Montgomery-2021-305">[305]</a><a href="#cite_note-307">[307]</a> but apparently did not discuss a presidential pardon, which Alford later admitted to the FBI that he had lied about his ability to arrange.<a href="#cite_note-McLaughlin-2021-297">[297]</a> Also on March 30, <a href="/wiki/Tucker_Carlson" title="Tucker Carlson">Tucker Carlson</a> interviewed Gaetz on Fox News. In addition to denying the allegations about his relationship with a 17-year-old girl, Gaetz denied a previously unreported claim that he had been photographed "with <a href="/wiki/Child_prostitute" class="mw-redirect" title="Child prostitute">child prostitutes</a>", and said that the FBI had urged a friend of his (whom Carlson had supposedly met) to claim Gaetz was "involved in some pay-for-play scheme". He also argued that "Providing for flights and hotel rooms for people that you're dating who are of legal age is not a crime."<a href="#cite_note-308">[308]</a><a href="#cite_note-309">[309]</a><a href="#cite_note-310">[310]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Response_and_other_developments">Response and other developments</h4></div> House Minority Leader <a href="/wiki/Kevin_McCarthy" title="Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a> said he had no plans to remove Gaetz from his seats on the Judiciary and Armed Services Committees on March 31, 2021, but that he might change his mind if Gaetz "gets indicted"<a href="#cite_note-311">[311]</a> or "if it comes out to be true".<a href="#cite_note-312">[312]</a> CNN reported on April 1 that Gaetz had shown pictures of naked women to colleagues on the House floor. Gaetz had allegedly claimed to have slept with the women in the photos.<a href="#cite_note-313">[313]</a> The next day, his communications director, Luke Ball, and his legislative director, Devin Murphy, resigned. Both had begun working for Gaetz when he joined Congress in 2017.<a href="#cite_note-314">[314]</a><a href="#cite_note-315">[315]</a><a href="#cite_note-316">[316]</a> On April 6, The New York Times reported that in the last weeks of the Trump administration, Gaetz privately requested a blanket presidential pardon for himself and others, which was reportedly denied because it would set a bad precedent.<a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021b-291">[291]</a> The next day, Trump publicly denied that Gaetz had asked him for a pardon.<a href="#cite_note-317">[317]</a> On April 7, journalist Maggie Haberman revealed on CNN that Trump had reportedly wanted to defend Gaetz but was told to stand down due to the seriousness of the allegations.<a href="#cite_note-Haberman-2021-152">[152]</a><a href="#cite_note-Sheth-2021-153">[153]</a> Gaetz's congressional office released a statement purportedly from his female employees vouching for his character, stating they "uniformly reject these allegations as false" on April 8. Gaetz's new communications director, Joel Valdez, told <a href="/wiki/Forbes" title="Forbes">Forbes</a> that "all of the office's eight female staffers signed it", but the version of the statement that was released did not have anyone's signature or identify any specific employee.<a href="#cite_note-318">[318]</a> That evening, Representative <a href="/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger" title="Adam Kinzinger">Adam Kinzinger</a> tweeted that Gaetz should resign, becoming the first congressional Republican to make such a call.<a href="#cite_note-319">[319]</a><a href="#cite_note-320">[320]</a> The House Ethics Committee opened an investigation on April 9 into allegations that Gaetz "may have engaged in sexual misconduct and/or illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gift".<a href="#cite_note-321">[321]</a> The committee deferred its investigation at the request of the Justice Department, but resumed it in June 2023.<a href="#cite_note-322">[322]</a><a href="#cite_note-323">[323]</a> In late April, Gaetz fundraised to run his own political ads, claiming that he was under attack by powerful interests such as "big government, big tech, big business, big media" that perceived him as a political threat.<a href="#cite_note-324">[324]</a> A public relations firm hired by Gaetz issued a denial statement regarding The Daily Beast's reporting on Greenberg's correspondence implicating him and Gaetz.<a href="#cite_note-Pagliery-2021-292">[292]</a> Greenberg pleaded guilty to multiple crimes on May 17 in a <a href="/wiki/Plea_bargain" title="Plea bargain">plea bargain</a> in which he would have to cooperate with prosecutors.<a href="#cite_note-Schmidt-2021c-279">[279]</a> By June, the federal investigation had reportedly broadened to include <a href="/wiki/Obstruction_of_justice" class="mw-redirect" title="Obstruction of justice">obstruction of justice</a>, relating to Gaetz's phone conversation with a witness.<a href="#cite_note-325">[325]</a><a href="#cite_note-326">[326]</a> Later in June, <a href="/wiki/ABC_News_(United_States)" title="ABC News (United States)">ABC News</a> reported that the investigation had engulfed many in the Central Florida political scene and that prosecutors could decide whether to bring charges against Gaetz as early as July.<a href="#cite_note-327">[327]</a> In August, ABC News reported that Greenberg had "provided investigators with years of <a href="/wiki/Venmo" title="Venmo">Venmo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cash_App" title="Cash App">Cash App</a> transactions and thousands of photos and videos, as well as access to personal social media accounts". These include September 2018 text messages between Greenberg and a woman engaging in prostitution, which indicate that a prostitute was arranged for Gaetz and that <a href="/wiki/MDMA" title="MDMA">MDMA</a> may have been proffered. A spokesperson for Gaetz said, "not one woman has come forward to accuse Rep. Gaetz of wrongdoing" and that Gaetz had "addressed the debunked allegations against him" on his new podcast, Firebrand.<a href="#cite_note-Steakin-2021-328">[328]</a><a href="#cite_note-Roche-2021-329">[329]</a> According to Greenberg, he made the arrangements for Gaetz.<a href="#cite_note-Steakin-2021-328">[328]</a> Two top Washington prosecutors—a public corruption investigator with expertise in child exploitation crimes and a leader of the public corruption unit—have worked on Gaetz's case since at least mid-2021.<a href="#cite_note-330">[330]</a> Greenberg's sentencing hearing was originally scheduled for August 2021,<a href="#cite_note-331">[331]</a> but due to his cooperation in related investigations, had been repeatedly delayed.<a href="#cite_note-332">[332]</a><a href="#cite_note-333">[333]</a> In January 2022, an ex-girlfriend of Gaetz's testified before a <a href="/wiki/Grand_jury" title="Grand jury">grand jury</a> after being granted <a href="/wiki/Legal_immunity" title="Legal immunity">immunity</a>;<a href="#cite_note-Kaplan-2022-334">[334]</a> she reportedly had information relevant to two of three criminal charges being considered for Gaetz: sex trafficking a minor and obstruction of justice.<a href="#cite_note-Kaplan-2022-334">[334]</a> (A year later, her attorney said that Justice Department prosecutors made the right decision not to charge Gaetz because "they didn't have evidence to prove a crime".)<a href="#cite_note-335">[335]</a> Gaetz was also accused of violating the <a href="/wiki/Mann_Act" title="Mann Act">Mann Act</a>, which prohibits sex trafficking across state lines.<a href="#cite_note-336">[336]</a> Later in January 2022, Joseph Ellicott confessed that on September 4, 2017, he witnessed Greenberg telling Gaetz over the phone that the woman they had both had sex with was underage.<a href="#cite_note-337">[337]</a><a href="#cite_note-338">[338]</a><a href="#cite_note-339">[339]</a> Thanks to his assistance with the prosecutors in a series of investigations, including those involving Gaetz, Greenberg was sentenced to 11 years in prison, plus 10 years of supervised release, on December 1, 2022.<a href="#cite_note-Adelson-2022-340">[340]</a> The sentencing judge, <a href="/wiki/Gregory_A._Presnell" title="Gregory A. Presnell">Gregory A. Presnell</a>, said, "He has provided substantial cooperation to the government...more than I've seen in 22 years."<a href="#cite_note-Adelson-2022-340">[340]</a> Court documents filed in September 2024 stated that, according to multiple eyewitnesses, Gaetz had attended a party in 2017 alongside a 17-year-old girl, at the home of lobbyist <a href="/wiki/Chris_Dorworth" title="Chris Dorworth">Chris Dorworth</a> where people engaged in sexual activities and did drugs, including <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a>, <a href="/wiki/MDMA" title="MDMA">ecstacy</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">cannabis</a>.<a href="#cite_note-341">[341]</a><a href="#cite_note-342">[342]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Conclusion_of_DOJ_investigation">Conclusion of DOJ investigation</h4></div> A September 2022 <a href="/wiki/Washington_Post" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Post">Washington Post</a> article reported that prosecutors had recommended not to charge Gaetz in the sex trafficking investigation, telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions about the two central witnesses.<a href="#cite_note-343">[343]</a> In February 2023, the DOJ communicated to the attorneys for Gaetz that they had concluded their investigation and would not be laying charges against him, effectively ending a multiyear probe including allegations of misconduct.<a href="#cite_note-344">[344]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Re-opening_of_investigation_by_House_Ethics_Committee">Re-opening of investigation by House Ethics Committee</h4></div> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Ethics" title="United States House Committee on Ethics">House Ethics Committee</a> began its probe in April 2021 into Gaetz's alleged misconduct but soon paused it while the DOJ investigated. Shortly after the February 2023 conclusion of the DOJ investigation, the House Ethics Committee reopened its probe.<a href="#cite_note-345">[345]</a><a href="#cite_note-346">[346]</a> Two women, both represented by attorney Joel Leppard, testified that Gaetz paid them for sex. One of those women said that in July 2017, she saw Gaetz having sex with her 17-year-old friend and that once Gaetz became aware of the girl's age, he paused the relationship until she turned 18.<a href="#cite_note-347">[347]</a> The woman who was 17 at the time of the incident told the House Ethics Committee that she had two sexual encounters with Gaetz at the same party.<a href="#cite_note-348">[348]</a> The DOJ had charted payments showing that, between July 2017 and January 2019, Gaetz paid both women a total of over $10,000 across 27 Venmo transactions and a check. The committee received this chart from the DOJ, but the DOJ did not turn over other information the committee requested.<a href="#cite_note-349">[349]</a><a href="#cite_note-350">[350]</a> The committee also contacted Gaetz's ex-girlfriend who in 2022 had received immunity and testified in the criminal investigation, though reportedly it did not expect her to cooperate in the ethics investigation voluntarily.<a href="#cite_note-351">[351]</a> In mid-November 2024, days before the committee was scheduled to vote whether to release its report, which was nearly complete and which insiders said was "highly critical" of Gaetz,<a href="#cite_note-352">[352]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto2-7">[7]</a><a href="#cite_note-auto1-8">[8]</a> Gaetz resigned from the House, in part due to an announcement of his nomination as United States Attorney General for Donald Trump's second term. This caused the committee to lose jurisdiction to continue its probe<a href="#cite_note-353">[353]</a> and, under the House's own rules, it cannot release the report either. (Despite this internal rule, the House has released reports on former members before.)<a href="#cite_note-:0-354">[354]</a> House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would "strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report".<a href="#cite_note-355">[355]</a> Given the Senate's role in approving Gaetz's nomination for Attorney General, several senators including <a href="/wiki/Joni_Ernst" title="Joni Ernst">Joni Ernst</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Curtis_(Utah_politician)" title="John Curtis (Utah politician)">John Curtis</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin" title="Markwayne Mullin">Markwayne Mullin</a> called on the House to allow them to review the Ethics Committee report.<a href="#cite_note-356">[356]</a><a href="#cite_note-357">[357]</a> Attorneys for the two women called for the report to be released publicly: John Clune (representing the woman who had been 17 at the time of the incident) and Joel Leppard (representing the witness).<a href="#cite_note-:0-354">[354]</a><a href="#cite_note-358">[358]</a> The sworn testimony of the woman who said she had sex with Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, along with corroborating eyewitness testimony to that sexual encounter, was obtained by a hacker on November 18. A lawyer on the case noticed the suspicious download. The hacker did not immediately leak the material.<a href="#cite_note-359">[359]</a> The House Ethics Committee decided that by December 5, it would finish its report and vote on whether to release it.<a href="#cite_note-360">[360]</a><a href="#cite_note-361">[361]</a> Gaetz withdrew his nomination for attorney general on November 21,<a href="#cite_note-362">[362]</a> and indicated the following day that he would not return to the House.<a href="#cite_note-363">[363]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Driving_offenses">Driving offenses</h3></div> Gaetz was arrested for <a href="/wiki/Driving_under_the_influence" title="Driving under the influence">driving under the influence</a> as he was driving back from a nightclub on <a href="/wiki/Okaloosa_Island,_Florida" title="Okaloosa Island, Florida">Okaloosa Island, Florida</a>, in 2008. Police recorded him driving 48 mph (77 km/h) in a 35 mph (56 km/h) zone and noted that he showed physical signs of intoxication.<a href="#cite_note-Van_Sickler-2014-364">[364]</a> Gaetz initially denied that he had drunk alcohol, but later admitted to drinking two beers. He failed an eye test twice, then declined <a href="/wiki/Field_sobriety_test" class="mw-redirect" title="Field sobriety test">field sobriety tests</a>. After Gaetz was arrested, he refused to take a <a href="/wiki/Breathalyzer" title="Breathalyzer">breathalyzer</a> test.<a href="#cite_note-Van_Sickler-2014-364">[364]</a> Shortly after Gaetz's case was referred to state attorney Steve Meadows, Gaetz's driving license was reinstated. Though Florida law requires a year's suspension when a driver refuses a breathalyzer test, Gaetz's suspension was less than a year. His refusal also did not lead to a criminal prosecution, during which it could have been used against him. A field officer for the <a href="/wiki/Florida_Department_of_Highway_Safety_and_Motor_Vehicles" title="Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles">Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles</a> declared there was no evidence that Gaetz refused a breathalyzer test, despite the arresting police officer having documented it in an <a href="/wiki/Affidavit" title="Affidavit">affidavit</a> and the arrest report and Gaetz's own attorney also having documented it, too. Gaetz's attorney also claimed that an unnamed witness who knew Gaetz "observed no indication of impairment".<a href="#cite_note-Van_Sickler-2014-364">[364]</a> The charges against Gaetz were dismissed.<a href="#cite_note-Van_Sickler-2014-364">[364]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Firebrand_book_and_podcast">Firebrand book and podcast</h2></div> Gaetz has a 2020 book and a 2021 podcast, both titled Firebrand. In both, he criticizes former <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House</a> speaker <a href="/wiki/Paul_Ryan" title="Paul Ryan">Paul Ryan</a> for joining the board of <a href="/wiki/Fox_Corporation" title="Fox Corporation">Fox News's parent company</a> and blames him for canceling <a href="/wiki/Lou_Dobbs_Tonight" title="Lou Dobbs Tonight">Lou Dobbs Tonight</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Roche-2021-329">[329]</a><a href="#cite_note-Tracy-2020-365">[365]</a> In the book, while discussing dating in Washington, he writes, "I knew going in how many people had been brought down by sexual missteps in this town, so I set some rules to help me err on the safe(r) side ... [including] no dating your staff members, [etc.]."<a href="#cite_note-Tracy-2020-365">[365]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div> In December 2020, Gaetz announced his engagement to his girlfriend, Ginger Luckey, the sister of <a href="/wiki/Oculus_VR" class="mw-redirect" title="Oculus VR">Oculus VR</a> founder and major Republican donor <a href="/wiki/Palmer_Luckey" title="Palmer Luckey">Palmer Luckey</a>.<a href="#cite_note-366">[366]</a> They married in August 2021.<a href="#cite_note-367">[367]</a> Gaetz self-identifies as a <a href="/wiki/Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Baptist">Baptist</a>.<a href="#cite_note-368">[368]</a> On several occasions he mentioned that he had regarded his ex-girlfriend's younger brother, Nestor Galbán, as his family.<a href="#cite_note-Fontelo-2020-369">[369]</a> Though Gaetz has referred to Galbán as his son in the past, the two are not related genetically or legally.<a 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Retrieved February 15, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Newsweek&rft.atitle=Trump+Says+Democrats+Hate+His+Budget+%26ndash%3B%26%2332%3BBut+Some+Republicans+Don%27t+Like+It+Much+Either&rft.date=2018-02-13&rft.aulast=Lanktree&rft.aufirst=Graham&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Ftrump-says-democrats-hate-his-budget-some-republicans-dont-it-much-either-805146&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-108"><a href="#cite_ref-108">^</a> Some sources state that Gaetz is "close to" the caucus, e.g.: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLucas2018" class="citation news cs1">Lucas, John (July 13, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thecapitolist.com/president-trump-takes-a-break-from-his-european-visit-to-endorse-rep-matt-gaetz/">"President Trump takes a break from his European visit to endorse Rep. Matt Gaetz"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Capitolist" title="The Capitolist">The Capitolist</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211217235248/http://thecapitolist.com/president-trump-takes-a-break-from-his-european-visit-to-endorse-rep-matt-gaetz/">Archived</a> from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Capitolist&rft.atitle=President+Trump+takes+a+break+from+his+European+visit+to+endorse+Rep.+Matt+Gaetz&rft.date=2018-07-13&rft.aulast=Lucas&rft.aufirst=John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthecapitolist.com%2Fpresident-trump-takes-a-break-from-his-european-visit-to-endorse-rep-matt-gaetz%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"> / <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmithPerticone2018" class="citation news cs1">Smith, Allan; Perticone, Joe (January 13, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/freedom-caucus-fights-mueller-russia-investigation-for-trump-2018-1">"The most conservative congressmen are going all-out to fight for Trump against Mueller and the Russia probe"</a>. Business Insider. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191018233301/https://www.businessinsider.com/freedom-caucus-fights-mueller-russia-investigation-for-trump-2018-1">Archived</a> from the original on October 18, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Business+Insider&rft.atitle=The+most+conservative+congressmen+are+going+all-out+to+fight+for+Trump+against+Mueller+and+the+Russia+probe&rft.date=2018-01-13&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=Allan&rft.au=Perticone%2C+Joe&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.com%2Ffreedom-caucus-fights-mueller-russia-investigation-for-trump-2018-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-109"><a href="#cite_ref-109">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180918025737/https://rsc-walker.house.gov/about/membership">"Membership"</a>. Republican Study Committee. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rsc-walker.house.gov/about/membership">the original</a> on September 18, 2018. Retrieved April 3, 2018.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Republican+Study+Committee&rft.atitle=Membership&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Frsc-walker.house.gov%2Fabout%2Fmembership&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-110"><a href="#cite_ref-110">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFReilly2024" class="citation news cs1">Reilly, Ryan J. (November 13, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-announces-matt-gaetz-pick-attorney-general-rcna180042">"Trump announces Matt Gaetz as his pick for attorney general"</a>. <a href="/wiki/NBCNews.com" title="NBCNews.com">NBCNews.com</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241113210150/https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-announces-matt-gaetz-pick-attorney-general-rcna180042">Archived</a> from the original on November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=NBCNews.com&rft.atitle=Trump+announces+Matt+Gaetz+as+his+pick+for+attorney+general&rft.date=2024-11-13&rft.aulast=Reilly&rft.aufirst=Ryan+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nbcnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fjustice-department%2Ftrump-announces-matt-gaetz-pick-attorney-general-rcna180042&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-111"><a href="#cite_ref-111">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchnell2024" class="citation news cs1">Schnell, Mychael (November 13, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4989579-matt-gaetz-resigns-attorney-general/">"Gaetz resigns from Congress after AG nod"</a>. The Hill. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241114041755/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/4989579-matt-gaetz-resigns-attorney-general/">Archived</a> from the original on November 14, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Hill&rft.atitle=Gaetz+resigns+from+Congress+after+AG+nod&rft.date=2024-11-13&rft.aulast=Schnell&rft.aufirst=Mychael&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fhomenews%2Fhouse%2F4989579-matt-gaetz-resigns-attorney-general%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-joke-112"><a href="#cite_ref-joke_112-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFerguson2024" class="citation magazine cs1">Ferguson, Malcolm (November 13, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://newrepublic.com/post/188393/republicans-senators-react-trump-matt-gaetz-attorney-general">"Republicans Thought Trump's Matt Gaetz Appointment Was a Joke"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_New_Republic" title="The New Republic">The New Republic</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241114001604/https://newrepublic.com/post/188393/republicans-senators-react-trump-matt-gaetz-attorney-general">Archived</a> from the original on November 14, 2024. Retrieved November 14, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+Republic&rft.atitle=Republicans+Thought+Trump%27s+Matt+Gaetz+Appointment+Was+a+Joke&rft.date=2024-11-13&rft.aulast=Ferguson&rft.aufirst=Malcolm&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnewrepublic.com%2Fpost%2F188393%2Frepublicans-senators-react-trump-matt-gaetz-attorney-general&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-withdraw-113"><a href="#cite_ref-withdraw_113-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGaetz2024" class="citation web cs1">Gaetz, Matt [@mattgaetz] (November 21, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://x.com/mattgaetz/status/1859649045553402285">"I had excellent meetings with Senators yesterday. I appreciate their thoughtful feedback - and the incredible support of so many. While the momentum was strong, it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition. There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle, thus I'll be withdrawing my name from consideration to serve as Attorney General. Trump's DOJ must be in place and ready on Day 1. I remain fully committed to see that Donald J. Trump is the most successful President in history. I will forever be honored that President Trump nominated me to lead the Department of Justice and I'm certain he will Save America"</a> (<a href="/wiki/Tweet_(social_media)" title="Tweet (social media)">Tweet</a>). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.ph/Kvpmo">Archived</a> from the original on November 21, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024 – via <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=I+had+excellent+meetings+with+Senators+yesterday.+I+appreciate+their+thoughtful+feedback+-+and+the+incredible+support+of+so+many.+While+the+momentum+was+strong%2C+it+is+clear+that+my+confirmation+was+unfairly+becoming+a+distraction+to+the+critical+work+of+the+Trump%2FVance+Transition.+There+is+no+time+to+waste+on+a+needlessly+protracted+Washington+scuffle%2C+thus+I%27ll+be+withdrawing+my+name+from+consideration+to+serve+as+Attorney+General.+Trump%27s+DOJ+must+be+in+place+and+ready+on+Day+1.+I+remain+fully+committed+to+see+that+Donald+J.+Trump+is+the+most+successful+President+in+history.+I+will+forever+be+honored+that+President+Trump+nominated+me+to+lead+the+Department+of+Justice+and+I%27m+certain+he+will+Save+America.&rft.date=2024-11-21&rft.aulast=Gaetz&rft.aufirst=Matt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fx.com%2Fmattgaetz%2Fstatus%2F1859649045553402285&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-114"><a href="#cite_ref-114">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrank2024" class="citation web cs1">Frank, BrieAnna J. (November 20, 2024). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/11/20/desantis-matt-gaetz-replacement-fact-check/76427194007/">"Special Election Will Pick Matt Gaetz Replacement, Not Ron DeSantis | Fact check"</a>. <a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20241120202518/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2024/11/20/desantis-matt-gaetz-replacement-fact-check/76427194007/">Archived</a> from the original on November 20, 2024. Retrieved November 21, 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=USA+Today&rft.atitle=Special+Election+Will+Pick+Matt+Gaetz+Replacement%2C+Not+Ron+DeSantis+%7C+Fact+check&rft.date=2024-11-20&rft.aulast=Frank&rft.aufirst=BrieAnna+J.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Ffactcheck%2F2024%2F11%2F20%2Fdesantis-matt-gaetz-replacement-fact-check%2F76427194007%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-far-right-bundle-115"><a href="#cite_ref-far-right-bundle_115-0">^</a> Sources describing Gaetz as "far-right" include: <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMansfieldLooker2022" class="citation news cs1">Mansfield, Erin; Looker, Rachel (February 22, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/02/22/trump-lawmakers-funding-america-first/9317598002/">"Mimicking Donald Trump, far-right lawmakers use personal celebrity to draw in donors"</a>. <a href="/wiki/USA_Today" title="USA Today">USA Today</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220812142247/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2022/02/22/trump-lawmakers-funding-america-first/9317598002/?gnt-cfr=1">Archived</a> from the original on August 12, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022. <q>Far-right candidates like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=USA+Today&rft.atitle=Mimicking+Donald+Trump%2C+far-right+lawmakers+use+personal+celebrity+to+draw+in+donors&rft.date=2022-02-22&rft.aulast=Mansfield&rft.aufirst=Erin&rft.au=Looker%2C+Rachel&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2Felections%2F2022%2F02%2F22%2Ftrump-lawmakers-funding-america-first%2F9317598002%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLange2022" class="citation news cs1">Lange, Jason (May 1, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/power-trumps-endorsements-faces-test-12-key-2022-elections-2022-05-01/">"Factbox: Power of Trump's endorsements faces test in 12 U.S. midterm primaries"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Reuters" title="Reuters">Reuters</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220501101829/https://www.reuters.com/world/us/power-trumps-endorsements-faces-test-12-key-2022-elections-2022-05-01/">Archived</a> from the original on May 1, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022. <q>Former special forces officer Kent has campaigned with far right U.S. representative Matt Gaetz of Florida...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Reuters&rft.atitle=Factbox%3A+Power+of+Trump%27s+endorsements+faces+test+in+12+U.S.+midterm+primaries&rft.date=2022-05-01&rft.aulast=Lange&rft.aufirst=Jason&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Fworld%2Fus%2Fpower-trumps-endorsements-faces-test-12-key-2022-elections-2022-05-01%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBeyerstein2022" class="citation news cs1">Beyerstein, Lindsay (May 12, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democracy-and-society/the-far-right-vs-womens-rights-5934/">"The far-right vs. women's rights"</a>. <a href="/wiki/International_Political_Sociology_(IPS)" class="mw-redirect" title="International Political Sociology (IPS)">IPS Journal</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220512133152/https://www.ips-journal.eu/topics/democracy-and-society/the-far-right-vs-womens-rights-5934/">Archived</a> from the original on May 12, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022. <q>Far-right congressman Matt Gaetz revealed more...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=IPS+Journal&rft.atitle=The+far-right+vs.+women%27s+rights&rft.date=2022-05-12&rft.aulast=Beyerstein&rft.aufirst=Lindsay&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ips-journal.eu%2Ftopics%2Fdemocracy-and-society%2Fthe-far-right-vs-womens-rights-5934%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210717224325/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/3rd-venue-cancels-matt-gaetz-marjorie-taylor-greene-78905539">"3rd venue cancels Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene rally"</a>. ABC News. <a href="/wiki/Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. July 17, 2021. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/3rd-venue-cancels-matt-gaetz-marjorie-taylor-greene-78905539">the original</a> on July 17, 2021. Retrieved July 28, 2022. <q>The two far-right members of Congress [Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene] billed the event as an 'America First' rally...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ABC+News&rft.atitle=3rd+venue+cancels+Matt+Gaetz%2C+Marjorie+Taylor+Greene+rally&rft.date=2021-07-17&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2FPolitics%2FwireStory%2F3rd-venue-cancels-matt-gaetz-marjorie-taylor-greene-78905539&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBenen2021" class="citation news cs1">Benen, Steve (December 8, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-rep-says-he-s-talked-trump-about-making-him-n1285582">"Gaetz says he's talked to Trump about making him House speaker"</a>. <a href="/wiki/MSNBC" title="MSNBC">MSNBC</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220318154125/https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/gop-rep-says-he-s-talked-trump-about-making-him-n1285582">Archived</a> from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved July 28, 2022. <q>Yesterday, as Forbes reported, the far-right congressman [Matt Gaetz] went a little further.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=MSNBC&rft.atitle=Gaetz+says+he%27s+talked+to+Trump+about+making+him+House+speaker&rft.date=2021-12-08&rft.aulast=Benen&rft.aufirst=Steve&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.msnbc.com%2Frachel-maddow-show%2Fmaddowblog%2Fgop-rep-says-he-s-talked-trump-about-making-him-n1285582&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMatt+Gaetz" class="Z3988"></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPengelly2022" class="citation news cs1">Pengelly, Martin (March 31, 2022). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/madison-cawthorn-washington-orgies-cocaine-claims">"Congressman Madison Cawthorn under fire over claims of DC drugs and orgies"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Guardian" title="The Guardian">The Guardian</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220609050118/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/30/madison-cawthorn-washington-orgies-cocaine-claims">Archived</a> from the original on June 9, 2022. 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White">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Downing" title="Charles Downing">Downing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Levy_Yulee" title="David Levy Yulee">Levy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Florida's at-large congressional district">At-large</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Carrington_Cabell" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Carrington Cabell">Cabell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Brockenbrough" class="mw-redirect" title="William Henry Brockenbrough">Brockenbrough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Carrington_Cabell" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Carrington Cabell">Cabell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustus_Maxwell" title="Augustus Maxwell">Maxwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Sydney_Hawkins" title="George Sydney Hawkins">Hawkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Memorial_Hamilton" title="Charles Memorial Hamilton">Hamilton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls" title="Josiah T. Walls">Walls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_L._Niblack" title="Silas L. Niblack">Niblack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Purman" title="William J. Purman">Purman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls" title="Josiah T. Walls">Walls</a> (served concurrently)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_L%27Engle" title="Claude L'Engle">L'Engle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Sears" title="William J. Sears">Sears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Green" title="Robert A. Green">Green</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/100px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/150px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Flag_of_Florida.svg/200px-Flag_of_Florida.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="200" /></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 1st congressional district">1st district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Purman" title="William J. Purman">Purman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._M._Davidson" title="Robert H. M. Davidson">Davidson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Mallory_II" title="Stephen Mallory II">Mallory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephen_M._Sparkman" title="Stephen M. Sparkman">Sparkman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_J._Drane" title="Herbert J. Drane">Drane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Hardin_Peterson" title="J. Hardin Peterson">Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chester_B._McMullen" title="Chester B. McMullen">McMullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Courtney_W._Campbell" title="Courtney W. Campbell">Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Cramer" title="William C. Cramer">Cramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Sikes" title="Bob Sikes">Sikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Hutto" title="Earl Hutto">Hutto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Scarborough" title="Joe Scarborough">Scarborough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Miller_(Florida_politician)" title="Jeff Miller (Florida politician)">J. Miller</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gaetz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_T._Walls" title="Josiah T. Walls">Walls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_J._Finley" title="Jesse J. Finley">Finley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Bisbee_Jr." title="Horatio Bisbee Jr.">Bisbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_J._Finley" title="Jesse J. Finley">Finley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noble_A._Hull" title="Noble A. Hull">Hull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Bisbee_Jr." title="Horatio Bisbee Jr.">Bisbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_J._Finley" title="Jesse J. Finley">Finley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horatio_Bisbee_Jr." title="Horatio Bisbee Jr.">Bisbee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Dougherty_(Florida_politician)" title="Charles Dougherty (Florida politician)">Dougherty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bullock" title="Robert Bullock">Bullock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Merian_Cooper" title="Charles Merian Cooper">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wyche_Davis" title="Robert Wyche Davis">R. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Clark_(politician)" title="Frank Clark (politician)">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_A._Green" title="Robert A. Green">Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emory_H._Price" title="Emory H. Price">Price</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Bennett_(politician)" title="Charles E. Bennett (politician)">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Fuqua" title="Don Fuqua">Fuqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Grant" title="James W. Grant">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Peterson" title="Pete Peterson">Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_Boyd" title="Allen Boyd">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Southerland_(Florida_politician)" title="Steve Southerland (Florida politician)">Southerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gwen_Graham" title="Gwen Graham">Graham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">Dunn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Bailey_Lamar" title="William Bailey Lamar">Lamar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dannite_H._Mays" class="mw-redirect" title="Dannite H. Mays">Mays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emmett_Wilson" title="Emmett Wilson">E. Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Kehoe" title="Walter Kehoe">Kehoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Smithwick" title="John H. Smithwick">Smithwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_A._Yon" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom A. Yon">Yon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Millard_Caldwell" title="Millard Caldwell">Caldwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Sikes" title="Bob Sikes">Sikes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Pepper" title="Claude Pepper">Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Bennett_(politician)" title="Charles E. Bennett (politician)">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corrine_Brown" title="Corrine Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Yoho" title="Ted Yoho">Yoho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kat_Cammack" title="Kat Cammack">Cammack</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_J._Sears" title="William J. Sears">Sears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Bryan_Owen" title="Ruth Bryan Owen">Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Mark_Wilcox" title="J. Mark Wilcox">Wilcox</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Cannon" title="Pat Cannon">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Smathers" title="George Smathers">Smathers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Lantaff" title="Bill Lantaff">Lantaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Fascell" title="Dante Fascell">Fascell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syd_Herlong" title="Syd Herlong">Herlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Chappell" title="Bill Chappell">Chappell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_James_(politician)" title="Craig James (politician)">James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tillie_Fowler" title="Tillie Fowler">Fowler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ander_Crenshaw" title="Ander Crenshaw">Crenshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">Rutherford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aaron_Bean" title="Aaron Bean">Bean</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hendricks" title="Joe Hendricks">Hendricks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Syd_Herlong" title="Syd Herlong">Herlong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gurney" title="Edward Gurney">Gurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Frey_Jr." title="Louis Frey Jr.">Frey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Gunter" title="Bill Gunter">Gunter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Kelly_(Florida_politician)" title="Richard Kelly (Florida politician)">Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_McCollum" title="Bill McCollum">McCollum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Thurman" title="Karen Thurman">Thurman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ginny_Brown-Waite" title="Ginny Brown-Waite">Brown-Waite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Nugent" title="Rich Nugent">Nugent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corrine_Brown" title="Corrine Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al_Lawson" title="Al Lawson">Lawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">Rutherford</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 6th congressional district">6th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_L._Rogers" title="Dwight L. Rogers">D. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(politician)" title="Paul Rogers (politician)">P. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gibbons" title="Sam Gibbons">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buddy_MacKay" title="Buddy MacKay">MacKay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cliff_Stearns" title="Cliff Stearns">Stearns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_DeSantis" title="Ron DeSantis">DeSantis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">Waltz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_7th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 7th congressional district">7th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Haley" title="James A. Haley">Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gibbons" title="Sam Gibbons">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mica" title="John Mica">J. Mica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Murphy" title="Stephanie Murphy">S. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cory_Mills" title="Cory Mills">Mills</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_8th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 8th congressional district">8th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Donald_Ray_Matthews" class="mw-redirect" title="Donald Ray Matthews">Matthews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Cramer" title="William C. Cramer">Cramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Haley" title="James A. Haley">Haley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ireland" title="Andy Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_McCollum" title="Bill McCollum">McCollum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ric_Keller" title="Ric Keller">Keller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Grayson" title="Alan Grayson">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">Posey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_9th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 9th congressional district">9th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Don_Fuqua" title="Don Fuqua">Fuqua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(politician)" title="Paul Rogers (politician)">P. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Frey_Jr." title="Louis Frey Jr.">Frey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nelson" title="Bill Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Bilirakis" title="Michael Bilirakis">M. Bilirakis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">G. Bilirakis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Grayson" title="Alan Grayson">Grayson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">Soto</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_10th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 10th congressional district">10th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gibbons" title="Sam Gibbons">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Herbert_Burke" title="J. Herbert Burke">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skip_Bafalis" title="Skip Bafalis">Bafalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andy_Ireland" title="Andy Ireland">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Webster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Val_Demings" title="Val Demings">Demings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxwell_Frost" title="Maxwell Frost">Frost</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_11th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 11th congressional district">11th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gurney" title="Edward Gurney">Gurney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Pepper" title="Claude Pepper">Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Rogers_(politician)" title="Paul Rogers (politician)">P. Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Mica" title="Dan Mica">D. Mica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Nelson" title="Bill Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bacchus" title="Jim Bacchus">Bacchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Gibbons" title="Sam Gibbons">Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Davis_(Florida_politician)" title="Jim Davis (Florida politician)">J. Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">Castor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rich_Nugent" title="Rich Nugent">Nugent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">Webster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_12th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 12th congressional district">12th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_C._Cramer" title="William C. Cramer">Cramer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Fascell" title="Dante Fascell">Fascell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Herbert_Burke" title="J. Herbert Burke">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_J._Stack" title="Edward J. Stack">Stack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Shaw_(politician)" title="Clay Shaw (politician)">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lewis_(American_politician)" title="Tom Lewis (American politician)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Canady" title="Charles Canady">Canady</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adam_Putnam" title="Adam Putnam">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_Ross_(politician)" title="Dennis Ross (politician)">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">Bilirakis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_13th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 13th congressional district">13th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Lehman_(Florida_politician)" title="William Lehman (Florida politician)">Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack_III" title="Connie Mack III">Mack III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Goss" title="Porter Goss">Goss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Miller_(Florida_politician)" title="Dan Miller (Florida politician)">D. Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katherine_Harris" title="Katherine Harris">Harris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Young_(Florida_politician)" title="Bill Young (Florida politician)">Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Jolly" title="David Jolly">Jolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Crist" title="Charlie Crist">Crist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Paulina_Luna" title="Anna Paulina Luna">Luna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_14th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 14th congressional district">14th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Pepper" title="Claude Pepper">Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_Mica" title="Dan Mica">D. Mica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Johnston_(American_politician)" title="Harry Johnston (American politician)">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter_Goss" title="Porter Goss">Goss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack_IV" title="Connie Mack IV">Mack IV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">Castor</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_15th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 15th congressional district">15th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Fascell" title="Dante Fascell">Fascell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Shaw_(politician)" title="Clay Shaw (politician)">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bacchus" title="Jim Bacchus">Bacchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Weldon" title="Dave Weldon">Weldon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">Posey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dennis_A._Ross" class="mw-redirect" title="Dennis A. Ross">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_Spano" title="Ross Spano">Spano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">Franklin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_Lee" title="Laurel Lee">Lee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_16th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 16th congressional district">16th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_J._Smith" title="Lawrence J. Smith">Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Lewis_(American_politician)" title="Tom Lewis (American politician)">Lewis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Foley" title="Mark Foley">Foley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Mahoney" title="Tim Mahoney">Mahoney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rooney_(Florida_politician)" title="Tom Rooney (Florida politician)">T. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">Buchanan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_17th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 17th congressional district">17th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_Lehman_(Florida_politician)" title="William Lehman (Florida politician)">Lehman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrie_P._Meek" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrie P. Meek">C. Meek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrick_Meek" title="Kendrick Meek">K. Meek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">Wilson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Rooney_(Florida_politician)" title="Tom Rooney (Florida politician)">T. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">Steube</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_18th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 18th congressional district">18th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Pepper" title="Claude Pepper">Pepper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen" title="Ileana Ros-Lehtinen">Ros-Lehtinen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Murphy_(Florida_politician)" title="Patrick Murphy (Florida politician)">P. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">Mast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">Franklin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_19th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 19th congressional district">19th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dante_Fascell" title="Dante Fascell">Fascell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Johnston_(American_politician)" title="Harry Johnston (American politician)">Johnston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Wexler" title="Robert Wexler">Wexler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Deutch" title="Ted Deutch">Deutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trey_Radel" title="Trey Radel">Radel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Curt_Clawson" title="Curt Clawson">Clawson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Rooney" title="Francis Rooney">F. Rooney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Byron_Donalds" title="Byron Donalds">Donalds</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_20th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 20th congressional district">20th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Deutsch" title="Peter Deutsch">Deutsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">Wasserman Schultz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alcee_Hastings" title="Alcee Hastings">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Cherfilus-McCormick" title="Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick">Cherfilus-McCormick</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_21st_congressional_district" title="Florida's 21st congressional district">21st district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Lincoln Díaz-Balart">L. Díaz-Balart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">M. Díaz-Balart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Deutch" title="Ted Deutch">Deutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Frankel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">Mast</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_22nd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 22nd congressional district">22nd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Clay_Shaw_(politician)" title="Clay Shaw (politician)">Shaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Klein" title="Ron Klein">Klein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_West_(politician)" title="Allen West (politician)">West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Frankel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Deutch" title="Ted Deutch">Deutch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">Frankel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_23rd_congressional_district" title="Florida's 23rd congressional district">23rd district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alcee_Hastings" title="Alcee Hastings">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">Wasserman Schultz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jared_Moskowitz" title="Jared Moskowitz">Moskowitz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_24th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 24th congressional district">24th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Feeney" title="Tom Feeney">Feeney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suzanne_Kosmas" title="Suzanne Kosmas">Kosmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandy_Adams" title="Sandy Adams">Adams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">F. Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_25th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 25th congressional district">25th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">M. Díaz-Balart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Rivera" title="David Rivera">Rivera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">M. Díaz-Balart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">Wasserman Schultz</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_26th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 26th congressional district">26th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Garcia" title="Joe Garcia">Garcia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Curbelo" title="Carlos Curbelo">Curbelo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debbie_Mucarsel-Powell" title="Debbie Mucarsel-Powell">Mucarsel-Powell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Gim%C3%A9nez" title="Carlos A. Giménez">Giménez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">M. Díaz-Balart</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_27th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 27th congressional district">27th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen" title="Ileana Ros-Lehtinen">Ros-Lehtinen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Shalala" title="Donna Shalala">Shalala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Elvira_Salazar" class="mw-redirect" title="Maria Elvira Salazar">Salazar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:6em"><a href="/wiki/Florida%27s_28th_congressional_district" title="Florida's 28th congressional district">28th district</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Gim%C3%A9nez" title="Carlos A. Giménez">Giménez</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Florida&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_115th–118th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Florida&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_115th–118th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>'s delegation(s) to the 115th–118th <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congresses</a> (ordered by seniority)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/115th_United_States_Congress" title="115th United States Congress">115th</a> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Florida" title="List of United States senators from Florida">Senate</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Bill_Nelson" title="Bill Nelson">B. Nelson</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">M. Rubio</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Florida" title="List of United States representatives from Florida">House</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Ileana_Ros-Lehtinen" title="Ileana Ros-Lehtinen">I. Ros-Lehtinen</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Alcee_Hastings" title="Alcee Hastings">A. Hastings</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">M. Díaz-Balart</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">D. Wasserman Schultz</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">V. Buchanan</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">G. Bilirakis</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">K. Castor</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">B. Posey</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Tom_Rooney_(Florida_politician)" title="Tom Rooney (Florida politician)">T. Rooney</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Ted_Deutch" title="Ted Deutch">T. Deutch</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Dennis_Ross_(politician)" title="Dennis Ross (politician)">D. Ross</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">D. Webster</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">F. Wilson</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">L. Frankel</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Ron_DeSantis" title="Ron DeSantis">R. DeSantis</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Ted_Yoho" title="Ted Yoho">T. Yoho</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Carlos_Curbelo" title="Carlos Curbelo">C. Curbelo</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Charlie_Crist" title="Charlie Crist">C. Crist</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Val_Demings" title="Val Demings">V. Demings</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">N. Dunn</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Gaetz</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Al_Lawson" title="Al Lawson">A. Lawson</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">B. Mast</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Murphy" title="Stephanie Murphy">S. Murphy</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Francis_Rooney" title="Francis Rooney">F. Rooney</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">J. Rutherford</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">D. Soto</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/116th_United_States_Congress" title="116th United States Congress">116th</a> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Florida" title="List of United States senators from Florida">Senate</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">M. Rubio</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">R. Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Florida" title="List of United States representatives from Florida">House</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Alcee_Hastings" title="Alcee Hastings">A. Hastings</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">M. Díaz-Balart</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">D. Wasserman Schultz</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">V. Buchanan</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">G. Bilirakis</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">K. Castor</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">B. Posey</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Ted_Deutch" title="Ted Deutch">T. Deutch</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">D. Webster</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">F. Wilson</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">L. Frankel</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Ted_Yoho" title="Ted Yoho">T. Yoho</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Charlie_Crist" title="Charlie Crist">C. Crist</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Val_Demings" title="Val Demings">V. Demings</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">N. Dunn</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Gaetz</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Al_Lawson" title="Al Lawson">A. Lawson</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">B. Mast</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Murphy" title="Stephanie Murphy">S. Murphy</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Francis_Rooney" title="Francis Rooney">F. Rooney</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">J. Rutherford</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">D. Soto</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Debbie_Mucarsel-Powell" title="Debbie Mucarsel-Powell">D. Mucarsel-Powell</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Donna_Shalala" title="Donna Shalala">D. Shalala</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Ross_Spano" title="Ross Spano">R. Spano</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">G. Steube</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">M. Waltz</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/117th_United_States_Congress" title="117th United States Congress">117th</a> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Florida" title="List of United States senators from Florida">Senate</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">M. Rubio</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">R. Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Florida" title="List of United States representatives from Florida">House</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Alcee_Hastings" title="Alcee Hastings">A. Hastings</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">M. Díaz-Balart</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">D. Wasserman Schultz</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">V. Buchanan</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">G. Bilirakis</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">K. Castor</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">B. Posey</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Ted_Deutch" title="Ted Deutch">T. Deutch</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">D. Webster</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">F. Wilson</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">L. Frankel</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Charlie_Crist" title="Charlie Crist">C. Crist</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Val_Demings" title="Val Demings">V. Demings</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">N. Dunn</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Gaetz</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Al_Lawson" title="Al Lawson">A. Lawson</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">B. Mast</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Stephanie_Murphy" title="Stephanie Murphy">S. Murphy</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">J. Rutherford</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">D. Soto</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">G. Steube</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">M. Waltz</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Kat_Cammack" title="Kat Cammack">K. Cammack</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Byron_Donalds" title="Byron Donalds">B. Donalds</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">S. Franklin</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Gim%C3%A9nez" title="Carlos A. Giménez">C. Giménez</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Maria_Elvira_Salazar" class="mw-redirect" title="Maria Elvira Salazar">M. Salazar</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Sheila_Cherfilus-McCormick" title="Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick">S. Cherfilus-McCormick</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/118th_United_States_Congress" title="118th United States Congress">118th</a> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Florida" title="List of United States senators from Florida">Senate</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Marco_Rubio" title="Marco Rubio">M. Rubio</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">R. Scott</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Florida" title="List of United States representatives from Florida">House</a>: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li>▌<a href="/wiki/Mario_D%C3%ADaz-Balart" title="Mario Díaz-Balart">M. Díaz-Balart</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Debbie_Wasserman_Schultz" title="Debbie Wasserman Schultz">D. Wasserman Schultz</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Vern_Buchanan" title="Vern Buchanan">V. Buchanan</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Gus_Bilirakis" title="Gus Bilirakis">G. Bilirakis</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Kathy_Castor" title="Kathy Castor">K. Castor</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Bill_Posey" title="Bill Posey">B. Posey</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Daniel_Webster_(Florida_politician)" title="Daniel Webster (Florida politician)">D. Webster</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Frederica_Wilson" title="Frederica Wilson">F. Wilson</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Lois_Frankel" title="Lois Frankel">L. Frankel</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Neal_Dunn" title="Neal Dunn">N. Dunn</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a class="mw-selflink selflink">M. Gaetz</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Brian_Mast" title="Brian Mast">B. Mast</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/John_Rutherford_(Florida_politician)" title="John Rutherford (Florida politician)">J. Rutherford</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Darren_Soto" title="Darren Soto">D. Soto</a> (D)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Greg_Steube" title="Greg Steube">G. Steube</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Michael_Waltz" title="Michael Waltz">M. Waltz</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Kat_Cammack" title="Kat Cammack">K. Cammack</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Byron_Donalds" title="Byron Donalds">B. Donalds</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Scott_Franklin_(politician)" title="Scott Franklin (politician)">S. Franklin</a> (R)</li> <li>▌<a href="/wiki/Carlos_A._Gim%C3%A9nez" title="Carlos A. 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