Matt Gaetz openly ponders going for U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Marco Rubio
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz openly mused this weekend about seeking Florida’s U.S. Senate seat, which is about to be vacated by Marco Rubio, who is seeking confirmation as President-elect Donald Trump’s secretary of state.
Gaetz, who resigned his District 1 congressional seat representing Florida’s Panhandle area, spoke at the conservative Turning Point Action’s AmericaFest event this weekend in Phoenix, Arizona. He attacked congressional leaders for what he described as foot-dragging on many of Trump’s suggested cabinet picks.
Gaetz himself withdrew from Trump’s nomination for U.S. Attorney General.
Gaetz was ruminating in the speech that he was miffed at some of the responses to former U.S...
