'He's 100% in': Matt Gaetz widely expected to run for Florida governor

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The Florida congressman, however, told NBC News that his only political goal at the moment is getting Donald Trump elected president in 2024.

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His first act will be a bill that lowers the age of consent to 12.

Q What is the difference between Congress and prison?

A Matt Gaetz still has friends in prison.

How the fuck is still employed in government and not in prison?

He's my Congressman, so I've been following along.

Not enough, or really any, evidence was the issue. They couldn't summon any witnesses either. The guy he was tied up with, forgot his name, was expected to flip on Gaetz once convicted. He didn't.

The young girl involved wasn't willing to testify either. Prosecution didn't really want her anyway since she has started an OnlyFans page and they felt that would hurt her credibility.

And that's that. It sucks, but he's free and clear unless something changes.

Shouldn't publicly venmoing a pimp w/ the comment naming a 17 year olds sex worker and that sex worker receiving payment from said pimp minutes later be all the evidence they need?

If our system was fair, prosecutors would do everything in their power to highlight this strong evidence, even if they believe a jury might acquit on technicalities. Because even when politician criminals are aqcuitted, they still have to answer to the public. Pretending a technicality stops a DA from going forward is our criminals justice system being complicit when it's the wealthy doing the crimes.

You say that's what happened? Then that does indeed sound like solid evidence! Yet professional lawyers/prosecutors couldn't find what you've found? Or at least not enough to bring him to trial?

Flip it over, pretend you believe the election was stolen from Trump. Yet in 60-some cases, only one was advanced, all for lack of evidence? Yet you have more evidence than a former President of the US can summon? See how silly that sounds?

Maybe a weak analogy?

Either you believe the reporting on the public venmos or you don't. But don't pretend like this is similar to Trumps fairly transparent lies about election fraud where he can't even name the fraud.

Look, our media is broken and Trump is exploiting the need for coverage to spread his lies. It's ignorant to think Republican voters aren't in on it as well.

And if you believe the rich in this country get treated just as harshly as the poor, I doubt I can convince you otherwise.

If he's elected Governor then Florida deserves everything it will get more of - mediocre school system, insane insurance market, and poor Healthcare options.

He's not a solutions guy. He's a loudmouth headline guy. He's DeSantis on stupider pills.

I only get one vote here and it won't be for him. Sorry to hear I deserve it.

Hyperbole on my part, of course. Those who vote for him deserve it. My apologies.

You wouldn't think someone as unlikeable as Gaetz would be elected governor of Florida, but then you wouldn't think someone as unlikeable as DeSantis would be elected governor of Florida.

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I'm sure he'd be very welcome as Floridas Governor. He's a slimy, sleazy, lieing, raping, sex trafficking piece of human garbage so he'll fit right in. Oh! And he worships the cult of Trump which is strong among the morons who move to Florida.

Do better, Florida.

With the current situation in Florida, I'd say Gaetz has a pretty good shot at winning, unfortunately.

Which rapist is he? I can't keep them straight (neither can they SNAP!). He the mouth breather who adopted the pool boi?

What happened to this shithead being investigated for human trafficking?

Prosecutors recommended to not pursue charges against Gaetz due to it being unlikely they would get a conviction. Not enough evidence and the two central witnesses lacked credibility. His ex claimed to have evidence proving his guilt and then a year later her attorney said it was good prosecutors decided not to charge him as she didn't have evidence to prove a crime.

Won't someone please think of the children? -Republicans electing a pedophile

A shitty person for a shitty state. They deserve each other.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Gaetz has long been considered on the shortlist of those who will try to seek the Republican nomination for governor, a field that is expected to be crowded because the incumbent, Ron DeSantis, will be facing term limits.

“There was a lot of talk about it at the reception last night, and Gaetz was telling people to basically expect him to be in,” one longtime Florida Republican lobbyist said.

Gaetz has not publicly downplayed the idea he might run for governor one day, but told NBC News Monday his only political focus at the moment is trying to elect Donald Trump in 2024.

“I think he will,” John Morgan, a prominent Florida trial attorney and Democratic political donor, said of Gaetz’s chance of running for governor.

Trump has not directly addressed the race — and his campaign declined to comment — but his endorsement played a huge role in helping DeSantis win the 2018 Republican primary.

Gaetz tweeted “I will NOT surrender” Sunday night in response to reports that Donalds was on a House GOP conference call outlining a proposed 30-day continuing resolution to avoid a government shutdown.

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