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I’m Outta Congress for Good – HotAir

So much for the Return Theory of Gaetz-Keeping. When Rep. Matt Gaetz accepted Donald Trump’s nomination as Attorney General, he had just won re-election to the next session of Congress for his Florida district. Gaetz took the extraordinary step at that time to not just resign his current seat in the House, but to also declare that he had no intention of fulfilling his next term either, creating a more-or-less official vacancy in the 119th Session of the House.





After his withdrawal from consideration yesterday, debate arose about just how official that letter was for the next session. Alternately, people suggested that Gaetz could just enter the special election to fill the vacancy he himself created. Gaetz himself put an end to the debate today on The Charlie Kirk Show, declaring that he will not return to Congress in this session or any others:

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