FUTURE OF MAGA: Congressman Matt Gaetz Emerges as ‘Heir to the Trump Movement’
Shane Trejo
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After the embarrassing and pitiful flaming out of MAGA traitor Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign, a new heir to Trump’s throne has emerged: Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida.
Gaetz was not too long ago considered a dead man walking, dogged with frivolous sex scandals that threatened to destroy his career. After weathering the storm, Gaetz has emerged as the leader of the populist America First movement, leading a successful revolt against former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and impressively flexing the muscle of House conservatives with a boldness that lives up to his self-proclaimed “Firebrand” monicker.
Politico has reported that Gaetz is the presumed “heir to the Trump movement” because he is the “right kind of crazy” that is needed to lead the movement beyond Trump’s second term in office.
“Think about being a part of a party where they haven’t even tried to make an argument about winning your vote,” Gaetz said while stumping for Trump in New Hampshire, undaunted by a heckler’s comments about his alleged sexual impropriety. “The Democratic Party today has basically put up as their candidate a nursing home escapee and the annoying lady from the HR department.”
Reporter Sam Stein noted that attacks against Gaetz have only fortified his standing with the MAGA base. Stein said that “most people who have flocked to his events say it is his political approach that reminds them of the former president. It’s precisely because he gets heckled that they love him.”
“I love that this is the fisticuffs of politics,” Gaetz told a Politico reporter while leaving a Sunday afternoon event. “So much of what I do is behind the committee dias or the lectern on the floor. But what is special about this is you get eyeball to eyeball with people who tell you what is on their mind.”
Gaetz has never backed away from conflict. His antics in Congress have made him a pariah to many of his peers and a hated figure among the entrenched establishment of the Republican Party.
They think I’m the crazy one and I think they’re the crazy one,” he said.
“If we succeed and get Trump elected there will be many people who rightfully will lay claim to their own role in the MAGA movement,” Gaetz added.
But nobody will be better positioned to take the mantle from Trump than Gaetz, who has been tested under fire and shown that he has what it takes to withstand immense political pressure. Even his Congressional colleagues who detest him cannot say he isn’t effective. Gaetz’s undeniable effectiveness is what makes him the heir apparent to Trump and gives hope for the MAGA faithful that their movement to save America will extend for generations to come beyond its larger-than-life champion.
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