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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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Jan 9, 2020

I take a backseat to no Member of this body when it comes to defending the President. This resolution offers no criticism of the President, no critique. It doesn't criticize the President's attack on Soleimani. As a matter fact, this…

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Dec 18, 2019

This is not about Ukraine. It is about power. Donald Trump has it, and House Democrats want it. With no crime, no victim, no evidence, no proof, no agenda for America, this impeachment charade marches on, following no rules and adhering to…

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Dec 12, 2019

I am joined here with members of the Florida, Georgia, and Alabama delegations because on December 6, in the early hours of the day, our Nation learned of a terrorist attack unfolding at Naval Air Station Pensacola. The attack took the…

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Dec 11, 2019

Four facts never changed. President Trump and President Zelensky both denied conditionality. The transcript shows no quid pro quo.

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Dec 11, 2019

They seek to opine as to the President's motives rather than looking at his own words reflecting in the transcript.

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Dec 10, 2019

The factual debate comes from President Zelensky. It is President Zelensky who said I wasn't pressured.

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Dec 10, 2019

Show me the Ukrainian that was pressured. Show me the Ukrainian that knew that any of this was tied to any conditionality.

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Dec 10, 2019

This is the quickest, thinnest, weakest, most partisan impeachment in all of American Presidential history.

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Dec 10, 2019

When the uniformed military of another country... attacks and kills my constituents... we should be more concerned about ensuring that we contain the terrorism.

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Dec 10, 2019

Whether you like President Trump or don't like President Trump, it would at least be worth acknowledging the Democrats have moved the goalposts on what it would require to bring us to this point.

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Dec 10, 2019

They told us that the process would be fair.

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Dec 10, 2019

I think House Democrats would have you believe that somehow this impeachment effort is the outgrowth of organic activity from the President, when the reality is they have intended to impeach this President from the very beginning.

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Dec 10, 2019

It is who they are. It is what they have wanted. And it is all because they cannot stand the fact that the America First movement is the most powerful movement in American political history.

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Dec 10, 2019

President Trump did nothing wrong.

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Dec 10, 2019

Democrats said that to put our country through this, it would require compelling and overwhelming evidence.

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Dec 10, 2019

While Democrat House Members are willing to follow the pundits and consultants, the evidence and the witnesses were not.

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Dec 10, 2019

The American people watching today know that this is an impeachment movement that is losing steam.

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Dec 10, 2019

Corrupt people, they don't just steal once. They kind of get into this like cycle and culture of corruption.

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Dec 10, 2019

So they are literally trying to prosecute an impeachment against the President for a shakedown when the alleged people being shook down, one, said they felt no pressure, and two, did not even know it was happening.

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Dec 10, 2019

Speaker Pelosi said there must be evidence that is compelling and bipartisan.

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Dec 10, 2019

You are losing ground with the media, you are losing ground with the voters, and you are even losing ground among your own Democrat colleagues.

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Dec 10, 2019

If Democrats can't prove that the Bidens are clean, then President Trump can't be guilty of abusing power if he is asking a reasonable question.

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Dec 10, 2019

This amendment strikes the reference to Joe Biden as the center of the proposed investigation and replaces it with the true topic of the investigation, Burisma and Hunter Biden.

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Dec 10, 2019

House Democrats aren't clarifying that no one's above the law. They're just clarifying that none of them are above partisanship and politics.

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Dec 10, 2019

This is the quickest, thinnest, weakest most partisan impeachment in all of American presidential history.

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