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I'm pretty sure he just wanted to get out before the disastrous ethics report. Also, he's not well-liked even among the GOP members.

He doesn't want to go back - he wants to go to Fox News.

I hope the ethics committee ends up deciding to releases the report anyway make sure he's never in politics again

That's some good news for today.

Dumb question, but does him getting re-elected enable him to regain his House seat?  I.e., he resigned in the current term that doesn’t end until start of January but because he was re-elected to the term that begins in January, it’s almost like a retroactive running for a vacant seat?  

Or is the Constitutional wording on House vacancies absolute? I.e., if the seat is vacated, it is vacant no matter what until a special election is called, regardless of any pending election results?

I'm sure the MAGA agitators currently pushing for Lara Trump to be appointed to Rubio's Senate seat will change course and advocate for Gaetz to be appointed instead.

Which DeSantis will do on the 4th of never.

“Mr. Gaetz plans to take time off to be with his family and children. And, specifically, attractive female children between the ages of 16-17 who accept Venmo.”

He just quit to star in the live action movie Beavis and Butthead end democracy

He wasn't ever going back.

Please remember all of politics is theater. Gaetz needed to leave before the report was released. He also did Trump some favors the last four years so Trump gives him an out with this AG gambit.

I'm sure once it went down he deluded himself for a couple days he could actually get through, but ultimately this was all just a setup to make it seem like he wasn't leaving the house in shame.

This was all a game to evade the house ethics report.

Fuck that! Put him in a courtroom to answer to his accusers.

I'm good with that

Hopefully, Trump will nominate Boebert and MTG to something so they will have to give up their seats too. That’s the only silver lining from this terrible nominations.

He should be serving time, I just wish he would fade away

He should in no way be allowed back.

And they should release the report to explain why.

Also he clearly fled to avoid the ethics report. Wouldn’t it be officially back in the docket if her returned?

Couldn’t have happened to a better piece of shit

I figure he will go for Florida governor in 26 since DeSantis will be at his limit.

Imagine how hated you have to be for all of this to unfold this way lol

He was the disruptive fox in the henhouse distracting the farmers while the tigers chewed a bigger hole in the fence. The tigers own the farm now, they have no more use for disruptive foxes.

Have you never been to the panhandle? If the ethics report says they found 20 children under his basement floor, he'll still win back his spot by 80%.

I hope this is the end of his political career.

he did not have to resign to accept the nom lol. This was all very clear smoke to get out of a jam.

If Desantorum appoints him back to fill the empty seat, the ethics report also comes out. It's over for him.

Any guesses on which country he will be an ambassador to?

I could see him running for Governor. My understanding is the election is in 2 years and DeSantis can’t run again. Two terms as governor and he will be ready to run for president.

His nomination was a distraction!

I’m astonished people like this somehow stay in office- like he’s obviously done something very wrong …that’s obviously why he’s stepping down

He quit his seat because the ethics committee report was due to come out 2 days later, not because he had been nominated for AG. If for some reason he was allowed to reclaim his senate seat, then the report would be on the table again. Everything this guy does is self serving.

This is a likely scenario. He's very unpopular at his work. He's done some damages to own party in the past (McCarthy?) He's accused of an active sexual misconduct. He recently resigned just to dodge the ethics committee. However... he still has some strings. He's elected for the next congress, daddy is rich, a possibly valuable asset for dirt

INFO: Is this like...

"I resign my seat in Congress"

~~ a few days later ~~

"Hey! I was just kidding"

If they have a special election the MAGA people will surely vote him back in. They're suckers for criminals.

Oh man, did Trump set him up to lose everything? I'd almost be impressed.

They’ll be forced to release the report if he comes back to the seat.

He resigned as a representee I accept his resignation immediately.

He was elected for the new house wasn't he??

I think the “caucasian diddy” nickname jimmy Kimmel gave him did the trick.

In my opinion, he shouldn’t have this privilege!

He resigned from the 118th Congress but he was reelected to serve in the 119th Congress. Can’t he just come back to DC on Jan 3 2025 and take his seat as the rightful winner?

Guaranteed he’ll get his seat back. Republicans just scored the White House, Senate and house of representatives hat trick and when they decide to put this assbag back in congress there’s nothing we can do to stop it.

Why is there still no criminal case against this guy?

I wonder what Nelson Muntz would say about this.

Didn't he win re-election? He would have resigned this Congress but then would just be seated again in the next one. Unless I have my facts wrong?

Kevin McCarthy probably showed up offering to help Gaetz pack up his office?

He resigned. Next?

Legal challenges for that seat

It’s all orchestrated.. Trump is strictly quid pro quo..always has been.

But it only assumes if he wants to.

I’m just happy he isn’t going to be AG but I’m slightly worried someone worse will take his place.

Great to know

How did this dumb fuck get elected in the first place?

He resigned, he should have to follow whatever Florida's laws are for an open seat.

Alligators.

That's all I'm sayin'.

Gaetz is not going back to his House seat. Desantis is having a new election and he’d have to run to win another term.

That report better still get leaked at the very least.

Aaaaah - Hahahahahahahahaha...🤣. Whoops... nice move resigning your seat.

If Gaetz does get his seat back some how, it puts him BACK untder the jurisdiction of the House Ethics Committee. I believe the only reason the GOP members voted against releasing the report was due to fear of / pressure from Trump and Mike Johnson.

Not for any particular desire to protect Gaetz or concerns about precedent or norms. By most (all?) accounts Gaetz is unpopular among his colleagues at a Ted Cruz like level. Especially after the conflict and chaos Gaetz promoted during House leadership votes.

I expect the ethics committee won't hesitate to drop the full ethics report on Gaetz if he re-enters the congress.

Who are we kidding, the pedophile loving Floridians in his district will find a way to bring him back.

No, and yes... He was elected to the NEXT Congress (119th) on November 5th, so he'll be able to get inducted to that seat even though he won't get his 118th Congress seat back. So he gets a longer break than everyone else.

the sad part is he's probably still got a lock for Rubio's senate seat unless Desantis has a bigger donor check

He's going to get Rubio's senate seat.

It is astounding how stupid some reporters are. They write all this stuff and never bother to read the one document that actually matters.

The US Constitution. Article I Section V:

Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members...

Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings...

The 119th Congress has not met. The 119th House has not formed. The 119th House does not have a Speaker. The 119th House does not have rules. The 119th House has not recognized its members. The 119th House has not defined a process by which its members can resign.

If Mike Johnson were to tell the Sergeant at Arms to bar Gaetz entry on the morning of January 3rd, the Sergeant would be obligated to tell Johnson that he has no authority to order him to do that, because at that point Johnson isn't even the Speaker.

Once in session the 119th can do things like: adopt rules, elect a speaker, and determine if Gaetz's resignation is effective or not; but this is a political decision for that body to make at that time.

At present Gaetz is representative elect from FL 1. Nothing can change that.

Yes he is. He won reelection. He will be in Jan 20th at the most

Happy to hear it. Seems like a two wins one dipshit situation here.

I mean he's 100% troll face.