Matt Gaetz

INDIALANTIC, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES - 2021/07/31: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) addresses supporters at a Matt Gaetz Florida Man Freedom Tour event at the Hilton Melbourne Beach.Gaetz has been touring the country with controversial fellow Congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene, however Greene did not appear at this event. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Gaetz And Bannon Talk About Unleashing ‘Shock Troops’ If Trump Wins 2024, ‘Or Before’
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But he’s also not willing to plant a flag in any particular place.

The once-novel divide between various flanks of the Republican Party during the earliest days of the Trump era was a ripe area of fascination for many in the media, as various scandals forced longtime conservatives to speak out — and coin him or herself a Never-Trumper — or as old guard lawmakers flocked to the faux-populist corners of the party’s once-fringe Trumpian movement. Now that divide has reemerged, as establishment Republicans grapple with the future of their party and pundits hand-wring about how far-right the GOP’s ideology and messaging must go in order to win elections in 2022.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) has tried to have it both ways for some time. And he’s still squirming to this day.

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Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-FL, speaks during the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on “Online Platforms and Market Power” in the Rayburn House office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on July 29, 2020.  POOL Where Things Stand: Greenberg Hands Over Sex-Arranging Texts That Include Pics Of Gaetz Prime Badge
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ABC News got its hands on some private messages that it says Matt Gaetz’s buddy Joel Greenberg allegedly sent. The messages, ABC reports, were turned over to federal investigators, and reportedly show Greenberg arranging a meet up between himself, Gaetz, and women who were allegedly paid for sex.

Things are looking increasingly bad — and gross — for the congressman.

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