Tucker Carlson requested former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) if he ever went out with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) on his X present this week.
“Did you ever date her?” Carlson requested.
“I didn’t, no,” Gaetz replied.
“Did you attempt?” Carlson pressed.
“No, and uh, not my cup of tea,” answered the previous lawmaker, who as soon as stated he would “swipe right” to work on a invoice together with her. “However she, after Jan. 6, handled us [Republicans] all like we had horns or one thing.”
Gaetz stated earlier within the Monday-posted chat with Carlson that the progressive lawmaker was chummy together with her Republican counterparts earlier than the riot. He additionally claimed she expressed admiration for the GOP’s 2023 ousting of former Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). “We don’t have the center to do that on our facet,” Gaetz stated Ocasio-Cortez instructed him.
Gaetz utterly dismissed Ocasio-Cortez’s declare that she suffered trauma when the Capitol was stormed by a Trump-instigated mob on Jan. 6, 2021, to cease the election certification.
Gaetz referred to as her response “dangerous efficiency artwork.” But elsewhere within the interview the ex-lawmaker predicted she would make a “compelling run” in opposition to California Gov. Gavin Newsom for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Gaetz, who hosts a show on One America Information Community, resigned from the Home in November 2024 after President-elect Donald Trump introduced he would nominate him for lawyer common.
However several senators in his own party couldn’t get behind Gaetz, prompting his resolution to withdraw his title from consideration. Gaetz, who was investigated by the feds and Congress for alleged intercourse trafficking, has denied wrongdoing.
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