Matt Gaetz Is Terrified He'll Be Expelled Next

Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz was vocal about his opposition to expelling George Santos from Congress before, during, and after the expulsion happened. Gaetz whined about the fact that members can be expelled without "due process" and that simple allegations are enough to warrant removal. Those sound like the words of a man who is terrified that the allegations against him - even though he was not criminally charged - could be enough to make him the next man up on the chopping block. Farron Cousins explains what's happening.

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Oddly enough, or perhaps not surprisingly at all, Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz, has been one of the biggest defenders of George Santos before, during, and after he got expelled from Congress this past Friday. Now, before the expulsion took place, Matt Gaetz was talking about how, Hey, we shouldn't do this right? This is bad. We, we can't do this. When it was time for Gates to give his speech, when they were doing the, you know, floor votes for expelling, Santos Gates expressed his concern about, you know, there's a lack of due process. We, we shouldn't, we totally should not be, you know, expelling people just based on allegations, right? I mean, God forbid we do that. A very nervous, Matt Gaetz said. And then of course, after the expulsion took place, Matt Gaetz seemed to be even more terrified, and he immediately went on Charlie Kirk's program where Gates lamented the expulsion by saying, quote, our willingness to self mutilate on these things really impairs our ability to get the job done. I mean, Congressman Bill Johnson of Ohio's taken a college university presidency that can knock us down to two. And I don't really think Kevin McCarthy's sticking around long. We got a bunch of these octogenarians and our conference, if God forbid any of them would've crossed the Rainbow Bridge, we would be in a situation where we could literally lose the majority because we were so eager to throw George Santos out before even being convicted.

Now, I wonder, right, like why would a guy like Matt Gates be so concerned about his own party being willing to expel their own members even when they haven't been convicted? Now, can you think of a reason why Matt Gaetz might be a little concerned about that? We all know exactly why Matt Gaetz is concerned about that folks. We have the House Ethics Committee, the same group that released the damning report that then led to Santos, his expulsion. Uh, they're currently investigating Matt Gaetz as well, and based on reports from last week, both independent reports and Kevin McCarthy running his mouth, we know that that investigation has already uncovered some pretty significant things, and in fact has been expanded to include more than what was included in the DOJ investigation. That investigation, by the way, Matt Gates was not charged in Gates, has not faced any criminal charges for anything he has been alleged to have done. So let's be clear about that. But the House Ethics committee's not done. Now, I've had a lot of people, 'cause I talked about Kevin McCarthy's comments last week, uh, where he said, one, Matt Gaetz belongs in jail, and then he said two, based on what he's seen from the House Ethics Committee. Uh, you know, it, it's much worse than Santos and we all know where Santos ends up. McCarthy said, um, not ended up, but ends up referring to of course, prison. So that

Could be, as many people pointed out after that segment last week, it could be just McCarthy's sour grapes, right? McCarthy clearly has an Axe to grind with Matt Gaetz. He doesn't like him. Gaetz was behind his removal as Speaker of the House. So yeah, Kevin McCarthy could be saying these things just because he's at Matt Gaetz. That is a very real possibility. But y'all forgetting we gotta add in the other independent reports out there that said that the investigation indicates is expanding. That's not from Kevin McCarthy, that's from people that have contacts inside the House Ethics Committee. So yeah, take McCarthy with a grain of salt. But those other reports that say that, yeah, gates looks like he's in trouble, those are the serious ones we need to focus on. Which of course is probably why Matt Gaetz is, you know, metaphorically wetting his pants right now, knowing that members can in fact be expelled successfully even if they don't get hit with criminal charges.