Rep. Matt Gaetz is fundraising off of his promise to nominate TFG for House Speaker

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is fundraising for his reelection campaign off of a promise to nominate Donald Trump for House Speaker.

Gaetz has said he's in direct contact with the former president, and dismissed a reporter for Punchbowl News who tweeted that Trumpworld is not on board with the Florida lawmaker's pitch.

Trump has previously called the rumors of him becoming speaker "very interesting" and something he'd been hearing "more and more." But his team has poured cold water on the notion of the 45th president becoming House Speaker, marking a rare instance where Trump's aides quickly mobilize to tamp down misinformation.

Link to tweet

On Thursday too, Jason Miller, Trump's top remaining post-White House adviser, told Punchbowl News that the former president "has zero desire to be speaker." A Gaetz spokesperson and Trump's press office did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

Link to tweet

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-matt-gaetz-is-fundraising-off-of-his-promise-to-nominate-trump-for-house-speaker/ar-AALVef8

[abqtommy]

1. "A fool and his money are soon (and often) parted" is an idiom in the English language that

first appeared around 1573 AD*. It still applies.

* https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-fool-and-his-money-are-soon-parted.html