UPDATE: Matt Gaetz Gives Glimpse of His Future with President Trump

Matt Gaetz shocked MAGA country with his post on X stating he withdraws his nomination for Attorney General.

He then confirmed he won’t seek reelection to Congress after 14 years in public office.

Speaking with Charlie Kirk, he said he wanted to focus on family and support President Donald Trump in other ways.

Gaetz hinted at future roles but not one that would involve getting elected.

A political pundit perhaps?

UPDATE – Gaetz: "I'm still gonna be in the fight, but it's gonna be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th Congress."pic.twitter.com/NVAc8Wg2dh

— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 22, 2024

NBC reports:

WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Friday that he doesn’t plan to rejoin Congress after he withdrew his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general amid sexual misconduct allegations.

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“I’m still going to be in the fight, but it’s going to be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th Congress,” Gaetz said in an interview with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.

“There are a number of fantastic Floridians who stepped up to run for my seat, people who have inspired with their heroism, with their public service. And I’m actually excited to see Northwest Florida go to new heights and have great representation,” he added.

Gaetz noted he has been in elected office for 14 years, having first been elected to Florida’s state House when he was 28 years old.

“I’m 42 now, and I’ve got other goals in life that I’m eager to pursue — my wife and my family — and so I’m going to be fighting for President Trump,” he said. “I’m going to be doing whatever he asks of me, as I always have. But I think that eight years is probably enough time in the United States Congress.”

Gaetz said it seems like “a pretty poetic time to allow that great new blood to come in, to allow my district to have high-quality representation.”

He also alluded to playing a continued role in Trump’s plans, without getting into specifics.

“We need a leadership structure under President Trump that’s going to allow for durability of our movement and the ability to continue this great realignment of our politics, and so I’ll play a part in that,” he said. “I plan to be a big voice, but maybe not as an elected member of the government.”

Was this all President Trump’s plan to expose more of his enemies?

Trump still playing 4D chess…

He nominated Matt Gaetz with the plan to draw out the anti-Trump Republicans… which it did.

Now, #Trump will nominate Ken Paxton for AG and Ron DeSantis will appoint #Gaetz to fill the Rubio seat which was the plan all along. pic.twitter.com/kgBMVnkz4s

— Bill Navari♦️🇺🇸 (@BillNavari) November 21, 2024