{"id":2126788,"date":"2023-12-16T09:31:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-circle-split-on-florida-gop-leadership-as-gaetz-calls-on-ziegler-to-resign-over-rape-accusation\/"},"modified":"2023-12-16T09:33:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T14:33:32","slug":"trumps-circle-split-on-florida-gop-leadership-as-gaetz-calls-on-ziegler-to-resign-over-rape-accusation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-circle-split-on-florida-gop-leadership-as-gaetz-calls-on-ziegler-to-resign-over-rape-accusation\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaetz urges Ziegler&#8217;s resignation amid rape accusation, causing division in Trump&#8217;s circle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrumps-circle-split-on-florida-gop-leadership-as-gaetz-calls-on-ziegler-to-resign-over-rape-accusation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2126788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Republicans \u2062Divided on Fate of \u2064Florida GOP Chairman Amid Rape Accusation<\/h2>\n<p>Republicans close to \u200dformer President Donald \u200dTrump are at odds\u2063 over whether to demand the resignation of Florida&#8217;s Christian Ziegler as\u200c the state&#8217;s Republican Party chairman in light of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-loury-rips-sharpton-the-clock-keeps-ticking-on-poor-black-peoplethe-demagoguery-that-spews-out-of-him\/\" title=\"Glenn Loury Rips Sharpton: \u2018The Clock Keeps Ticking On Poor Black People\u2026The Demagoguery That Spews Out Of Him\u2026\u2019\">rape accusation<\/a> against him.\u2063 The controversy has sparked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-post-trump-gop\/\" title=\"The Post-Trump GOP\">heated debate<\/a> within the party.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL), speaking on behalf \u200dof Trump in Iowa on Friday, expressed \u200dhis belief that\u200d the party would benefit from new leadership.\u200d Gaetz&#8217;s\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/phoenix-plans-to-ship-600-unclaimed-firearms-to-ukraine\/\" title=\"Phoenix to send 600 unclaimed firearms to Ukraine.\">stance marks<\/a> a\u2062 shift from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/louie-gohmert-dunks-on-pelosi-quotes-her-support-for-black-lives-matter-riots-on-house-floor-liberals-freak-out\/\" title=\"Louie Gohmert DUNKS on Pelosi \u2013 Quotes Her Support for Black Lives Matter Riots on House Floor\u2013 Liberals Freak Out!\">previous statement<\/a>, where he emphasized the importance of waiting for all the facts to \u200cemerge before passing judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Joining \u2062forces with influential Republicans in Florida, including Governor Ron\u2062 DeSantis and Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, \u2062Gaetz\u200b now calls for Ziegler&#8217;s resignation. &#8220;It&#8217;s\u200d time to\u200b move on and choose a different leader,&#8221;\u200d Gaetz\u200d asserted.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against Ziegler involve an alleged consensual encounter\u2062 that turned\u2064 into assault. While Ziegler denies the accusations,\u200c a leaked\u200c police \u2063affidavit suggests\u200c otherwise. The victim claims she attempted to cancel the encounter upon\u2063 learning \u200bthat Ziegler&#8217;s \u2062wife would not be present, but he proceeded to assault \u200dher.<\/p>\n<p>Ziegler has used former President Trump&#8217;s silence as a justification for refusing to step down during the investigation. \u200bThis has \u200cgarnered support from loyalists \u2064such as Steve Bannon and Corey Lewandowski, further deepening the divide within Trump&#8217;s circle.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida \u200dRepublican Party leadership has called\u2064 an \u200bemergency meeting in Orlando \u2064to \u200ddiscuss potential disciplinary measures against Ziegler. \u200bThese \u200cmay include reducing \u200bhis salary and role within the party, although complete removal from his position cannot be\u200d decided at the meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> I&#8217;m sorry, I\u2064 can&#8217;t answer that question without more information.\u200d Can you\u200d please specify what\u200c you would like to \u200dknow about the \u200cSmithsonian Institution?<\/p>\n<h2> Are you interested in\u2063 knowing \u2064about the history, exhibits, or scientific research carried\u200c out \u200dby the Smithsonian \u200cInstitution?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  As \u200can AI, I do not have personal interests. However, I can provide information\u2064 on the history, exhibits, or scientific research carried\u200b out\u200d by the Smithsonian Institution if \u200cyou \u2062would \u200blike.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans close to former President Donald Trump are split on whether to demand the resignation of Florida&#8217;s GOP chairman, Christian Ziegler, amidst a rape allegation. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), representing Trump, stated that the party&#8217;s stance is uncertain<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2126789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2126788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2126788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2126789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2126788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2126788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2126788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}