COLIN WOLF
FEB 26, 2019 5 PM

... In a tweet sent Tuesday afternoon, Florida's 1st District congressman criticized Twitter for suspending the account belonging to Jacob Engels, publisher of the Central Florida Post, a close assistant of former Trump advisor Roger Stone, an InfoWars contributor, and all but admitted member of the extremist Proud Boys group, which the Southern Poverty Law Center has described as a "hate group," though the group says they're not.

Despite consistently wearing the black and yellow collared shirts, attending meetings, and referring to himself as a member in his own articles, Jacobs still claims he's not really a Proud Boy, but he's just embedded in the "Western Chauvinist" group as a reporter ...

https://www.cltampa.com/news-views/florida-news/article/21048881/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-defends-far-right-wing-blogger-for-posting-hate-speech

JERRY IANNELLI | FEBRUARY 20, 2019 | 11:00AM

... She's a former bartender who skyrocketed to fame by making a moral and pragmatic case for democratic socialism. He is an alt-right hero who constantly says racist stuff and was only elected because his dad, Don Gaetz, was also a state lawmaker.

But these differences have not stopped Gaetz from making a stream of exceedingly weird and gross comments about "AOC" over the last few months. Said quotes include repeated statements that he finds her "attractive." He's called her "adorable." And in a reference to the dating app Tinder, he even creepily told TMZ this month that he'd "swipe right" on the idea of working across the aisle with her.

Gaetz appears to be on some sort of weird, sustained, and sexist media campaign to capitalize on Ocasio-Cortez's skyrocketing popularity. In a Daily Caller interview last Thursday in which he alternated between insulting her intelligence and complimenting her, Gaetz once again felt the need to comment on Ocasio-Cortez's looks. He referred to her as an "attractive lady from Queens" ...

https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-keeps-calling-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-attractive-11090369

BY STEVE CONTORNO
TAMPA BAY TIMES
FEBRUARY 27, 2019 03:51 PM,
UPDATED 5 HOURS 21 MINUTES AGO

The Florida Bar opened an investigation into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz after the Panhandle Republican aimed a menacing social media message at Michael Cohen on the evening before President Donald Trump’s former lawyer was to testify to Congress.

“The Florida Bar is aware of the comments made in a tweet yesterday by Rep. Matt Gaetz,” spokeswoman Francine Andía Walker, “and I can confirm we have opened an investigation.”

She could not provide other details on Gaetz’s case, but said: “If rules have been violated, the Florida Bar will vigorously pursue appropriate discipline by the Florida Supreme Court. The Florida Bar takes its responsibility of regulating lawyer conduct very seriously.”

Gaetz, a Panhandle Republican who has been an ardent — if not gleeful — defender of Trump, is a lawyer and member of the Florida Bar ...

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article226880629.html

By Miriam Valverde on Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 at 2:38 p.m.

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has defended bringing up illegal immigration and a need for a border wall at a hearing on gun violence.

"Because the wall will help have fewer violent illegal immigrants in this country killing people" ...

Cuomo challenged his choice, arguing that "the numbers don't match up, and the politics don't match up."

"Do you realize that one out of every five people that the federal government charges with murder is an illegal alien?" Gaetz responded ...

... Gaetz is wrong ...

https://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2019/feb/19/matt-gaetz/gaetz-misrepresents-federal-data-murder-immigrants/

He is such a disgusting piece of garbage, I can't even believe that he gets to represent my state!