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Matt Gaetz

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Matt Gaetz is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Gaetz has been a vocal supporter of former President Donald Trump and has aligned himself with the party's more conservative factions. He has focused on issues such as government spending, immigration, and veterans' affairs during his time in Congress. Gaetz has also been known for his controversial statements and positions on various topics, often drawing significant media attention.

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Nov 17, 2024

The person doesn't exist. I have not had a relationship with a 17-year-old. That is totally false.

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Nov 13, 2024

There's a lot more discipline in this prison than we see in a lot of the prisons in the United States. This is the solution.

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Nov 12, 2024

This is Donald Trump's party, and I'm a Donald Trump Republican. We are on a mission to rescue and save this country. And we ride or die with Donald John Trump to the end.

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Nov 12, 2024

We either get this government back on our side or we defund and get rid of, abolish the FBI, CDC, ATF, DOJ -- every last one of them -- if they do not come to heel.

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Oct 23, 2024

I appreciate you being here. My time has expired, but I would think that rising student achievement would be something that could unite people even of different political persuasions, and the things that diminish that achievement should be…

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Oct 23, 2024

I think that the people who want open borders are willing to accept that as, like, just an acceptable cost of open borders--that if students do not do as well, if our hospitals, if our schools are overrun and overburdened, that this OK so…

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Sep 17, 2024

Frankly, this isn't someone who was jaywalking. He tried to kill the leading, they tried to kill the leading Republican candidate for President and the former President of the United States.

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Sep 12, 2024

All the talk in Washington is about whether we will have this flavor of a continuing resolution for government funding or that flavor of a continuing resolution. What that does is it presents the entire funding of the United States…

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Jul 22, 2024

I would encourage some robust oversight here. I would not want to be in a position where you guys denied this request.

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Jul 16, 2024

If it isn't racist to check ID for a hunting license or welfare benefits or a fishing license, than it is okay to demand an ID to vote everywhere in this country, in every election itself.

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Jul 16, 2024

Oh, the swamp draining will recommence soon and I will be President Trump's strongest ally in Congress to pass term limits, to stop taxpayer funding for political campaigns, to ban members of Congress for life from becoming lobbyists.

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Jul 16, 2024

Donald Trump is unstoppable. Elect him president again, and America will be unstoppable, too.

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