Matt Gaetz, his fiancee, drones and national security: Embattled congressman is engaged to sister of
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Matt Gaetz, his fiancee, drones and national security: Embattled congressman is engaged to sister of pro-Trump tech mogul
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has put Chinese drones at the top of his enemies list, demanding they be grounded and raising concerns about spying.
Gaetz says it’s an issue of national security.
The North Florida congressman also has a personal interest in the matter:
Gaetz is engaged to the sister of Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of a defense company that stands to profit by building drones and other technology for the U.S. government.
As a congressman, Gaetz is in a position to influence what the future of Luckey’s industry will look like — from pushing legislation to shut down foreign competition to sitting on a committee that is exploring how the military will use artificial intelligence and other emerging technology Luckey’s company is developing.
Gaetz, 38, proposed to Luckey’s sister, 26-year-old Ginger Luckey, at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club in December. The proposal surprised many because only one photo of the couple had been publicly posted on Gaetz’s Twitter feed just a few weeks before the engagement.
WHO IS PALMER LUCKY
Luckey founded the virtual reality company
Oculus, which Facebook acquired for about $2 billion in 2014. The young entrepreneur left Facebook in 2017 as controversy erupted over $10,000 he had given to support an anti-Hillary Clinton group. Luckey has said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fired him because of his political views.
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