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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Eric Garcia

Matt Gaetz burned down the House — then was shocked to find he couldn’t do the same to the Senate

Matt Gaetz torpedoed Kevin McCarthy, broke the House of Representatives and turned it into a vestige for Trump. The Senate is much different - (Getty Images)

Matt Gaetz spent the best part of Wednesday meeting with Republican senators to try and earn their support to become attorney general in a second Trump administration. Then, in the late evening, he and his entourage entered the House of Representatives.

It’s unclear why he was there. There was no reason for the former congressman — who had so recently resigned his post — to be in the House. Neither he nor anyone he was with would explain it. But, considering Gaetz is the man who broke the House, it felt a bit like watching a thief coming back to the scene of the crime.

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