This is, well, too full of smiles to adequately describe. Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz delivered a resoundingly honest speech to the Republican attendees at the Florida Freedom Summit on Saturday. It is well worth the time to watch, as prompted.
Look, I’m still on the fence with this guy, but his brutal confrontation of the GOPe is some of the funniest and best components of the BIG UGLY so far. The guy has been put through the wringer, hit from every angle, ridiculed by both the left and right, and yet he’s standing there snarking brutal one-liners in their faces while sipping their tears.
It’s so much fun to watch him go full wolverine, and yet so brutal in its abject honesty; quite frankly, it makes him very easy to like. WATCH:
I mean, seriously. Think about it. He took down the Speaker of the House…. 😂
He’s a rebel with a cause. Give em’ hell kid!
He put his butt on the line, the only other person I’ve seen do that lately is Donald Trump. Time will tell, but for now it seems like he’s driving the Trump train.
He did say something about true power has to be taken.
I’m on the fence too but nothing better than a swamp stirrer.
Matt G is by far the best and gutsiest.
You must be a dead bird if you are still “sitting on the fence.”
Good grief. More like a turtle on a fence post. How did you get there ?
Some times……you can’t sit on the fence while the fight is raging…waiting to see who wins….then jump off the fence and get on the winning side! Who else…other than DJT is doing this? Nobody! Where was Marjorie Taylor Green? She acts like she is MAGA…but I don’t remember seeing her vote against McCarthy. How about Bobert? We saw who made this stand…and without that stand…we would still have a fricking swamp rat running the House! There is nobody else speaking for MAGA in Congress the way Gaetz is. Luke warm….sitting on the fence is not where God would have you! Know yourself, where you stand, and those who stand for the same principles….and right now Matt Gaetz is it!
100% agree
I wholeheartedly agree!
We know what the Lord said about spitting the lukewarm out of His mouth.
MTG was K. McCarthy’s biggest fan when he was running for SOH. He probably promised her rewards for her support. Now that he is removed from the Office of SOH, she can forget about the rewards she was promised.
Mom is calling you to clean up your room, get to it.
Not trying to be a mind reader here but imo when someone today says they are still on the fence it is being cautious. Letting things play out today is vital to seeking truth. 99% of what is presented to us or told to us in the end turns out to be bull shine constructed to shape their messaging mind control and agenda. Only have to go back to the excitement of sending queen Nancy packing and replacing with McCarthy. He went all in sales process telling us all he “planned” to do. Now today as the process played out we found out all we accomplished was adding to letters to the name. We removed Pilosi and ended up with McPilosi. So don’t be overly critical of fence sitters just let them come around when they feel safe to.
IMO, “fence sitters” is the wrong term to use when one is unsure which way to jump or land. The term should be “I am on a investigative mission /journey” to seek out the truth before I make a decision one way or the other.
She is a disappointment.
Matt: ‘I take no lecture from those who would grovel and bend knee for the lobbyists and special interests who own our leadership, hollow out this town, and borrow against the future of our future generations’.
This is a Conservative. Not sure about this one but he also speaks truth: If you can’t eat their food, drink their booze, screw their women and then vote against them, you’ve got no business being up here.” J.M. Unruh, a lobyee.
In total agreement. I have said before but most people pass it by. Gartz and family were targets of the Deep State, and it still is simmering in the House Ethics Committee, of when he was falsely accused through the DOJ/FBI/Intel community that he was accused of sex trafficking. And the person tried to extort millions from his family for a bogus trip to Iran to free a long held CIA operative, with a ‘ I’ll see if I can get Pres. Biden tp pardon you ‘ ploy. All was dropped by investigation by DOJ regarding Gaetz, but the person are on their way to prison. Once you make those kind of enemies, just like Trump, their is no worse enemy who will not rest until all is settled correctly. You have made an enemy until hell freezes over. That is Matt Gaetz.
May Almighty GOD bless and protect Congressman Gaetz. He has put on the armor of God and stands on the front lines fighting for all of us. I’ve got your six young man!
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I need CTH adds and all.
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Gaetz has what is one of the most important qualities required to save America.
He’s a DC insider willing to publicly and continually stand up to and call out the swamp for what it is, to their face anytime and anywhere, and take action to trip them up in their own feces.
It’s also Trumps #1 qualities which is why true Americans like these guys, because they stand up for us where the rest of the scum in DC won’t and are only in it for themselves at our expense.
Without those qualities, and sacs, it’s just a bunch of swamp club elite losers destroying America openly and in our faces.
Remember the only ones in a position to do this are the clean ones. Clean being defined as not compromised of blackmailed. They tried hard with Matt but failed. Their failure is what brought out the lion in Matt! Good for him. Now if we can only clone him!
In other words- He has a spine. Also titanium balls. I Love Matt. Donate often to him. More this time. I live in NV. We have to support those who are standing up againt the RINOs and globalists and Marxists. Oh My!!
I don’t understand why anyone would be on the fence about Gaetz? Right now he is doing a great job…fearless, gutsy, aggressive. Love him. So, are people waiting for him to do something “wrong” so they can point a finger and say oh, I told you so..he’s a RINO? Nah..just enjoy the moment with him. He’s doing good.
Well, except for the fact that he got rid of McCarthy and then pushed for Emmer. Emmer is just Nancy-Pelosi lite.
Would you have made that same choice?
His support of Emmer was a strategy to expose Mc Pilosi and his back office deals with the other rino’s clawing and back stabbing to get the gavel back in his bought and paid for hands!
The resulting SOTH that replaced McCarthy speaks volumes. That’s what manners.
Guess you didn’t notice that THAT was a little “side-step” in order to put Johnson into place. Gaetz knew what he had to do to maneuver Johnson into position.
Maybe he new that whomever he supported would not be elected.
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Same as President Trump.
I would love him to be the next Governor of Florida. No pussy footing around with him.
I heard that he was ramping up for a run for statewide office when The Swamp swooped in to try to smear him with their underage sex scandal hoax extortion play. Neither Matt nor his father (controller of family money) buckled to the pressure. Eventually they won, but that derailed any thought about becoming Florida attorney general for that election cycle.
That is my understanding.
In response, both father and son intend to be on the ballot.
We’re gunshy.
We’re just so used to believing and then being disappointed and believing and then being disappointed and believing and then being disappointed…
What’s this “on the fence” stuff? How much more can one rep, from one district, in Florida do? Sheesh…
I think he’s looking at 2028, if not the VP slot for 2024.
I will keep my eye on that young man.
May the Lord put him, and keep him, on His path.
If either happens, we need another REAL fighter in Florida or somewhere, like him. This will be totally hard, if not impossible, to find.
BP’s have no power. WH chief of staff is for Gaetz
VP’s sorry
I’ve watched Representative Gaetz for a couple years now, certainly not with the microscope or intensity that you do, but I have seen nothing but positive GOPe criticism and an unbridled willingness to tell the truth about the shenanigans in the House, and to courageously attack the Administration liars who come to “testify”.
Tell me what I’m missing.
Gaetz has the same attitude as Trump. He does not mince words and sticks to his guns. This is the type of person who can win hearts and change minds. He isn’t going to change.
This MAN is a HERO!
At this point, I’m waiting to hear the name of one single person in our government you’re not on the fence about, Sundance. With due respect. If a pol is 80-90% on our side, they’re our friends. We need to stop alienating people who just barely miss out because of an impossible purity test.
Sundance has shown that the Reagan motto of Trust But Verify is always sound.
So despite how much I love what Matt has done, I’ll still keep eyes open.
Trust but verify is sound. But so is Uncle Milton’s maxim about making it politically profitable for the wrong people to do the right thing. If we want a government of “the right people” we’re going to be waiting a long time. So let’s save our fire for the likes of Mitt Romney & John Cornyn, not Ted Cruz or Rand Paul.
“Mike Johnson is a proud Christian who cares about the Constitution.”, but, he isn’t keeping his promises. The J6 recordings are still not being released to the public. They MAY be released to The Blaze News. That is the same thing that McCarthy did. Don’t you think that the J6 political prisoners’ lawyers could use those recordings to defend their clients?
Johnson also believes in systemic racism. He said so in an interview. He has two sons, one is a black man that he adopted as a boy. Johnson told the interviewer that his black son had a tougher time with life because of his color. I saw a headline on Breitbart a day or two ago about this poor black son (now 40) facing multiple criminal charges, including the illegal sale of drugs. Looks like the root of his problems is more than the color of his skin. (Note: the story was taken down within the hour, before I could get back to read it.)
Sundance. You said that no one would be allowed to be Speaker who was not compromised by the deep state. You may well still be right.
Johnson also said the cops killed st Floyd of the recreational pharmaceuticals. I reserve judegement about such a critter.
He did not say that. He said that the film showed that they may have killed him. Big difference. First blush versus actual investigation of facts.
They have a tougher time in life because they’re low IQ stupid. It’s in their dna. Then the excuses ad infinitum. No amount of nurturing or tax payer cash can change that. It’s like a man claiming to be a woman. Can’t change that chromosome.
He was able to take down the speaker because 20 Republicans, last January, were obstinate enough the resist McCarthy until they had a commitment to the new rules. Gaetz, thank God, had the courage to do it.
It’s about d*** time.
What typically happens to politicians who become a thorn in the side of the UniParty Club?
In Congress do they get removed from their committee assignments? Does anyone remember?
It sure would look obvious if there was not even one in Congress who supported MAGA.
Suspecting that Operation Replace Trump will include Mike Johnson as candidate.
IF (in a handful of months) he gets lots of “MAGA AGENDA” accomplished with RINO support, I expect to see him offered as a proven leader to MAGA as another candidate.
Should that happen, I will not forget who set the ball rolling to install him as Speaker.
I always remember that, from the very beginning, Gaetz has been running for the office of President.
I also noticed in this stump speech that Gaetz did not really address FL’s specific issues in congress and his efforts to serve Floridians but rather he is only focused on the “big picture.” Some would argue that these are one and the same, but I would ask: isn’t this approach “business as usual?”
This is why I don’t trust him despite all the appearences.
I think many good, fair, rational people have reached a point where they are cynical and more skeptical of absolutely everything…more than ever before.
We no longer trust anybody or anything we hear or read.
We have grown exhausted of being lied to so often.
I personally watch all the networks for 5 mins every few hours to see their spin, and when I saw yesterday (for example) that Putin’s foreign secty is meeting with HAMAS I got to wondering: why on earth would Putin side with HAMAS on this crap going down ?
And then my skeptometer went ape, and I imagined that Putin suffers from people in his govt sabotaging him just like Trump suffered from people in his admin sabotaging him. It’s possible. I just don’t know. Of course the simplest explanatyion some little minded person will offer up after I post this is that I am a Putin apologist. A Russian sympathizer. Such simplistic adhominems cheapen our debate, but it’s a price we pay for tolerating free speech. Even the village idiot gets a say…
I can’t hardly trust ANY news I see or read these days. I do trust Sundance more than I trust most other stuff. I trust Victor Hansen a lot. I trust Tucker Carlson a lot. I trust myself a lot. I try to make sense of all the conflicts without going comatose.
And I think a lot of us here are in the same boat.
I trust Matt Gaetz a lot. It takes a lot more courage to go against the uniparty than it does to go with them. We should trust people by what they do – not by what they say. Talk is cheap, right ?
I don’t really care who it is that injects sanity back into our Fiscal reality.
Anything is better than what we are currently experiencing.
We are on the path to hyperinflation without serious and drastic intervention.
Victor Hanson only pulls about 70%…he always never says anything about the important 30%, and if you want to know more about Tucker, do a bit of research on his father.
You’re expecting the worst.
That’s ok, but when I do it, I also hope for the best.
I was too, but I’m off now. I’m on the train. You gotta be on somebody’s and recently this guy has given me reason to be on his
Great speech! VP material?
Great speech!
Matt is Donald Trump minus the billions with better hair………..LOL. He would die for his country as would Trump. Most of them are up there to sell us out. Hell, you can bet they tried to buy him off. I think of Jefferson Smith when I think of this brash young kid, except he has the know how.
I am always skeptical of anyone with hair that high.
Even Reagan never had hair that high.
Obviously, Congressman Matt Gaetz MUST be a regular reader of the Treehouse, and he seems to be preaching the Sundance sermon.
If he is compromised, he is sure as heck not behaving like it.
Gaetz takes no money from lobbists or other special interest, he said so and I’m sure he’s made sure it’s provable. That and his other actions speak volumes about not being compromised. I’m also tired of doubting when there seems more than enough actions to prove I should be supporting.
Holy SMOKIES! That bro’ just took it all home. Go Gettum Gaetz!
On the Fence because we’ve seen fraud after fraud become compromised and controlled, Rand, Cruz, Boebert, MTG, Lee, (every Senator) and are really cautious on trusting the next Rooster like Gowdy.
I think MG is the real deal. All in for Matt now.
I loved the “blood, toil, sweat and tears” that is from Churchill’s speech when he became Prime Minister. That is what he offered the nation. Let’s fight!
God Bless Matt Gaetz. God bless America!
I love a rebel with a cause. I am sick of the Ryans, McCarthys, one eyed seals and all the other GOPe piggies feeding at the trough.
Do we need another Gowdy? A brillant yet spineless wonder? A sellout without principles.
Gowdy all talk, Gaetz all action with talk to back it up.
WOW!
Hope he will be a contender for WH chief of staff under Trump 2024
I want Bannon for Chief of Staff. Matt Gaetz will make a great VP/POTUS.
The most powerful in what we consider the USA, isn’t those who sit in the office that is oval, nor corporate boards or towers of ivory. No, the most powerful are the patriotic men and women that put themselves in harm’s way; who stand in the breach between peace and terror, affording others to take those seats.
Those who sacrifice are coming to realize the unworthy and are ready to clean house.
What am I missing about the outright hatred, or even the “on the fence” positions people have on Gaetz?
Every time I have seen him speak, or interviewed, he is measured, on target, and smart. I find it odd.
Go back and read comments that expressed concerns. I haven’t read anyone spewing hatred. All or nothing is a dangerous position to assume.
Donald Trump has proven himself repeatedly, for years, under fire. He gets things done.
I am withholding judgement on some other folks. It doesn’t negate their positive positions and admirable actions.
However, I have my reasons for expressing concerns about Gaetz. Go back and read them. Maybe you aren’t as informed about some people as you think.
It isn’t about hatred. That is juvenile.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2020/01/09/congressman-matt-gaetz-explains-why-he-voted-with-democrats-on-war-powers-resolution/
If my memory serves there have been a handful of similar questionable type decisions. I do think he’s genuine but that’s an example. I consider him an ally.
I feel on the fence about all of them, who except for Trump ever delivered on their promises? We should always keep our skepticism, it’s healthy, it’s the way we survive.
Matt dances to the beat of his own drum, and that’s a good thing. I saw Matt in person a few years ago when he was campaigning, he was the same then as he is now, not slick, not stuffy, no holds barred. He seems more resolute currently to MAGA.
He does not take money from the Big Money RINO donors so he can speak freely without constraint.
Vital point. Every Senator and Congressman should be able to do the same to be able to hold office.
He was wonderful and I believed every word he said because you can’t fake sincerity when it’s been backed up with action.
For the time being Gaetz is in the fight. He may prove to be an imperfect friend but for now he deserves some backup.
Well Gaetz DID manage to rip McCarthy out of Pelosi.
TRUMP / GAETZ 2024
I am on the fence. I loved the speech. But I used to love listening to Ron D and a bunch of other people. So I am waiting and seeing how it plays after DOJ or CIA or some other alphabet comes after him.
My faith will always resides in All Mighty God and his son Jesus Christ, period.
However, God does us people to help the human race. The ending will always be the ending as it is written, cannot avoid it. The final battle with the wicked ones must happen. But God will extend the ending to save more souls, he does not want to lose even one, but some people harden their hearts and heads against God to the point of their own destruction and that is on them.
I read this Psalms a few time in my life before I ever understood it. It says so much about the human condition. And what God had to do to save the human race. Understand God is not talking to human beings, he is talking to beings that live in the heavens, he is not talking to or bout earthly beings, except when it comes to our ignorance and our walk in the darkness.
GOD STANDETH in the congregation of the mighty: he judgeth among the (gods).
These verses are about the human condition!
2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
4 Deliver the poor and needy; rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
5 They know not, neither will they understand; they walk in darkness; all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
These verses are about the beings in Heaven!
6 I have said, Ye are (gods); and all of you are the children of the most High.
7 But Ye shall die (like men), and fall like one of the princes.
8 Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shat inherit all nations.
Mike Johnson has already thrown one stink bomb in the Senate. Israel Aid offset by reduction in IRS funding. Apparently, his next stink bomb will be combining Ukrainian aid with Border Control funding. Wouldn’t it be ironic if the mild-mannered Johnson could shift the blame for a shutdown on Upchuck and Jobama? Democraticide and epicaricacy- a twofer.
Put me down as a Gaetz fan. Speaking English not Washingtonese. He took down the swamp speaker, to me that a huge move in the right direction.
Trial by fire usually has two different reactions, fight or flight. When attacked, threatened with cancelation or worse, many people will flee. They either go silent, back off or join the enemy.
I believe that’s exactly what a large portion of people choose. Certainly our con-gress have chosen that road. They are not warriors, brave men and women, who took their oath with sincerity of purpose and heart. They sold us out.
A few, very few sadly, choose the hard road. PDJT is one of those. He is a warrior, a king if you will. He has thrown on the mantle of protector, battle ready and fearless. And he will not stop.
Perhaps Gaetz is also from this mold. I’m withholding my vote for now, watching and listening closely. G-d chooses His rulers, so all will be revealed eventually.
Quit moving !!!! Only one who gets things done.
It’s not often a politician can get my deep emotions even slightly poked. Mr. Gaetz did with this speech. Gives me hope!
Florida man makes it to the big show.
This Fl man IS the big show..
He used the Democratic Party to install a conservative MAGA Speaker of the House. Gaetz was playing chess while Democrats were playing checkers (and Biden was drooling in a cup). CHECKMATE!
Anybody else remember this?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2020/01/09/congressman-matt-gaetz-explains-why-he-voted-with-democrats-on-war-powers-resolution/
If my memory serves, there have been a few similar situations where Gaetz has not always been as MAGA as he now appears. So YES! His current efforts and this iteration of Matt Gaetz are showing him to be an ally. BUT Battered conservative syndrome is real, don’t let yourself fall for another all-hat-no-cattle R like I did for Jim Jordan (Gaetz’s mentor).
Gaetz’s enemies tell us a lot about him, and currently he’s got all the right enemies.
Thank God for Matt.
But a couple of points. He launched a revolt in the House, and it was about to backfire royally with the ascension of Ennis. Ennis is a consummate RINO, who even wants to eliminate the Electoral College, which would be the destruction of the Republican Party and the Republic, and who probably would have drawn enough Dem support to make it over the line. What’s worse, Gaetz actually endorsed Ennis for the position.
We were a few hours away from that utter disaster when Trump stepped in and roundly condemned Ennis. Ennis folded within the hour, paving the way for Johnson. Were it not for Trump’s intervention, we would be lost. That’s how close we came to oblivion.
Gaetz was the Washington launching the revolution, Trump was the Lincoln saving the Union. Thanks be to God, who had mercy on us, and has not abandoned this nation despite its great sins. Keep praying, believing, working.
Emmer?
Yes, Emmer.
Did he just mention when the DC Creep crapped himself at the vatican? Hahaha. Love it.
I hope Sundance wakes up about Matt Gaetz soon.
He may have ousted McCarthy, but his subsequent actions have demonstrated that he is not one of us. The most egregious one being him backing NeverTrumper Tom Emmer for Speaker prior to him dropping out of the race.
Understanding the rules of a “game” before offering analysis/critiques of how well or poorly someone is doing, will improve the quality of opines.
And hopefully increase ones appreciation.
Hopefully more and more people are choosing to pray for rather than prey on “imperfect” allies.
After all, aren’t we ALL imperfect allies?
Didn’t Christ promise each of us that Our Father would hear and honor our prayer to have Our Judge judge us as we judge everyone else?
Yea or yikes? Time to change or AOK?
Disrupting a corrupt tyranny is a good thing.