News broke he has been under scrutiny by the House Ethics Committee over allegations including sexual misconduct.
FILE - Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 23, 2024. Former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz has been a lightning rod at times within his party, which explains why some GOP senators
What I’m hearing privately from a few key GOP senators: yes, they’d prefer to not have a messy fight over Gaetz. Not their favorite. But they also don’t have a lot of energy for pushing back. Trump runs the show, they say. If Gaetz can reassure them, they’re open to backing him.“Does anyone really believe Senate Rs are gonna tank the Gaetz nomination? I’d put the odds of it as pretty low though not impossible,” the Bulwark’s Sam Stein posted a day earlier.
If confirmed by the Republican-led Senate, Gaetz would instantly become one of the most closely watched members of Trump’s Cabinet given his avowed loyalty to a president-elect who has threatened to pursue retribution against perceived adversaries.
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