Matt Gaetz, who resigned from Congress, is intelligent and a skilled attorney, but his egotistical and smarmy public persona turns people off. The speaker sees him as an effective critic of the radical left and a persistent thorn in their side.
Former Florida congressman, he has resigned his position as congressman already. I said to my wife yesterday when we were talking about Matt Gaetz, she's not a big Matt Gaetz fan. A lot of people aren't big Matt Gaetz fans because of he's a bit out there in terms of his ego. He's a bit out there in terms of his presentation. He comes off as smarmy. He comes off as obnoxious. He comes off as really hyperactive. Hyper-aggressive. He is all of those things, and it turns some people off. And you know what? That's okay. They're allowed to be turned off by that. But you know what else he comes off as? He's extraordinarily smart. He's an accomplished attorney. He has been a phenomenal thorn in the side, a burr in the saddle, whatever it is you want to call it, of the radical left.
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