{"id":353150,"date":"2021-03-30T19:45:52","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T23:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=353150"},"modified":"2021-03-30T19:46:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T23:46:00","slug":"report-rep-matt-gaetz-considering-ditching-congress-for-newsmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-rep-matt-gaetz-considering-ditching-congress-for-newsmax\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Rep. Matt Gaetz Considering Ditching Congress For Newsmax"},"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\">18<\/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%2Freport-rep-matt-gaetz-considering-ditching-congress-for-newsmax%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=353150&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4656.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is reportedly considering leaving Congress for a job at Newsmax once his current term is up in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz has told several associates he is considering making the jump from public service to the media industry, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/matt-gaetz-retirement-congress-newsmax-e1a0e6bb-0279-4e97-ab22-508e28f4347a.html\">Axios<\/a>. One of the associates said that Gaetz and Newsmax have been in early discussions about what his potential role could be. The congressman has expressed interest in becoming a media personality.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz has previously considered a run at higher office. In 2019, a lawmaker who knows Gaetz told <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/campaign\/437425-trump-loyalist-gaetz-eyes-senate-bid-in-alabama\">The Hill<\/a> that the Florida congressman was considering moving to Alabama and running for Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s talking about running for Senate in Alabama. They have a one-day residency requirement there,\u201d the lawmaker said. \u201cPOTUS [President of the United States] would probably endorse him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report on Gaetz\u2019s future plans comes as the congressman faces allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/30\/us\/politics\/matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-investigation.html\">The New York Times<\/a> reported on Tuesday that Gaetz \u201cis being investigated by the Justice Department over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him,\u201d citing three people briefed on the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman denied the allegations, linking them to an extortion effort against his family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe allegations of sexual misconduct against me are false,\u201d Gaetz told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/matt-gaetz-sexual-misconduct-investigation-2755fd4f-f72e-4283-b8ac-9233c952b914.html\">Axios<\/a>. \u201cThey are rooted in an extortion effort against my family for $25 million \u2026 in exchange for making this case go away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz has a reputation for being outspoken in the House and was one of former President Donald Trump\u2019s most ardent defenders on and off network media. In January, Gaetz led a push in the House to oust Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/matt-gaetz-travels-to-wyoming-rallies-against-liz-cheney\">Liz Cheney<\/a> (R-WY) from her leadership position in the caucus. The congressman traveled to Wyoming to rally against Cheney over her vote to impeach Trump over the Jan. 6 riot in the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can you call yourself a representative when you don\u2019t represent the will of the people,\u201d Gaetz, told a crowd of several hundred outside the state capitol. \u201cThat\u2019s what all the neocons ask about the Arab dictators. I figure maybe we ought to ask the same question of a beltway bureaucrat turned fake cow girl that supported an impeachment that is deeply unpopular in the state of Wyoming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is that the establishment in both political parties have teamed up to screw our fellow Americans for generations,\u201d Gaetz said. \u201cThe private insider club of Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney, Nancy Pelosi and Liz Cheney, they want to return our government to its default setting: enriching them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/matt-gaetz-requests-pledge-of-allegiance-before-hearings-nadler-shoots-him-down\">Gaetz<\/a> began pricking Democrats in the House who had just taken control after the November election. The Florida congressman requested the Judiciary Committee recite the Pledge of Allegiance before each hearing in a show of unity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI understand and appreciate the significance and importance of the work that we do, and I just think it would be nice, if in the spirit of national unity and national pride, which I know we all aspire to do to a greater extent, that the beginning of each meeting, the chair, or one of the designees of the chair, would have the opportunity to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance,\u201d Gaetz requested.<\/p>\n<p>Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler shot him down, saying that reciting the pledge is \u201cunnecessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is reportedly considering leaving Congress for a job at Newsmax once his current term is up in 2022.Gaetz has told several associates he is considering making &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311423,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4656.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Report: Rep. 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