Why Republicans Cannot Wait To Turn On Matt Gaetz | All In | MSNBC

ALL TO THRIVE THROUGH THEM>>> TH ALL TO THRIVE THROUGH THEM>>> TH INTO REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ FOR POSSIBLE SEX TRAFFICKING INVOLVING A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL, WHICH HE ADAMANTLY DENIES, HAS LED TO SOME REALLY FASCINATING REPORTING ABOUT HIS REPUTATION AS A CONGRESSMAN. THE "DAILY BEAST" HAS A STRIKING NEW STORY WHICH INCLUDES THAT NUMEROUS LAWMAKERS HAVE DISCUSSED HIS PROCLIVITY FOR YOUNGER WOMEN AND IT’S WELL KNOWN THAT GAETZ OF DATING A COLLEGE STUDENT WELL OVER THE AGE OF CONSENT. SHE CAME TO COLLEGE AS AN INTERN. GAETZ DID NOT DIRECTLY ADDRESS THE CLAIM TO THE "DAILY BEAST." WE CALLED HIS OFFICE SEEKING COMMENT. HE DID NOT GET BACK TO US. I WANT TO BRING IN SENIOR POLITICS EDITOR MATT LAMONT. YOU SAID YOU HAD BEEN CHASING ALLEGATIONS OF GAETZ FOR YEARS. WHY HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SO LONG? WHAT IS IT ABOUT HIS REPUTATION THAT DREW YOU TO HIM? >> THIS STARTED FOR ME ALMOST EXACTLY THREE YEARS AGO. WE HAD A TIP THAT HE WAS DATING AN INTERN NOT IN HIS OFFICE, IN ANOTHER OFFICE. I SAT ACROSS FROM THAT INTERN, I ASKED HER QUESTIONS. SHE LATER CONFIRMED TO ME THAT, YES, SHE WAS DATING HIM. SHE WAS OVER 21 AT THE TIME. WE HAD SOME OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE STORY, BUT THE TRUTH IS WE NEVER RAN IT BECAUSE WE KNEW THERE WAS A BETTER STORY RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. I THINK YOU’RE SEEING A LOT OF THIS COMING OUT MA THERE’S SO MANY RUMORS THAT HAVE BEEN SWIRLING AROUND MATT GAETZ FOR YEARS. THERE HAVE ALWAYS SORT OF BEEN QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT HE’S BEEN UP TO IN HIS EXTRACURRICULAR LIFE AND IT’S BEEN A WHITE WHALE FOR ME. I HEARD ALL THE RUMORS. MEMBERS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT MATT GAETZ BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY LIKES MATT GAETZ. HE DOESN’T HAVE MANY FRIENDS ON CAPITOL HILL. >> WHEN YOU SAY MEMBERS LOVE TO TALK ABOUT MATT GAETZ, YOU’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DEMOCRATS, YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT REPUBLICANS. >> I’M TALKING ABOUT REPUBLICANS. HE DIDN’T MAKE FRIENDS HERE. HE ATTACKED REPUBLICANS FOR INSUFFICIENT TRUMP SUPPORT. HE’S ONE OF THE GUYS THAT CAME TO CONGRESS RIGHT WITH DONALD TRUMP AND HE CAME HERE TO BE AN ALLY OF THE PRESIDENT, OR NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT. AND HE MADE THAT -- NO MISTAKES ABOUT THAT. HE WENT ON CABLE NEWS EVERY NIGHT AND CALLED OUT SEVERAL REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES. HE DID THIS MOST RECENTLY WITH LIZ CHENEY. HE WENT TO HER DISTRICT, THE GOP CONFERENCE WOMAN, AND STARTED A CAMPAIGN TO HAVE HER LOSE HER JOB IN THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE. THIS IS NOT A MAN WHO IS VERY WELL LIBLGDKED IN THE REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE. >> I JUST WANT TO SHOW OUR VIEWERS WHAT HE DID WHEN HE WENT THERE. HAVE A LISTEN. >> IF LIZ CHENEY WANTS TO ASSEMBLE HER SUPPORTERS, I INVITE HER TO DO SO. I’M HERE TO BE THE MAST HEAD FOR THE AMERICA FIRST MOVEMENT GOING FORWARD. >> DO YOU THINK LIZ CHENEY IS PARTYING TONIGHT? >> I DON’T KNOW ABOUT PARTYING. I THINK FOR EVERY REPUBLICAN, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT -- FIRST OF ALL,LY ALLEGATIONS HERE ARE EXTREMELY SERIOUS. IF TRUE, HE WAS VICTIMIZING A 17-YEAR-OLD. WE HAVEN’T CONFIRMED THAT. I CAN TELL YOU THAT, YES, I KNOW THAT HE DATED WOMEN WHO WERE MUCH YOUNGER THAN HIM, IN THEIR EARLY 20s, BUT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT PROBE, THAT STILL REMAINS TO BE UNVERIFIED, AT LEAST BY US, AT THIS POINT. I THINK IT’S CERTAINLY TELLING THAT REPUBLICANS HAVEN’T JUMPED TO HIDS DEFENSEMENT HE HAS THIS SORT OF INSANE THEORY ABOUT EXTORTION, BUT THERE ACTUALLY ARE A LOT OF INDICATIONS THAT SOME OF THIS MIGHT BE TRUE, AT LEAST HE HAS A PATINA OF TRUTH HERE, BUT REPUBLICANS AREN’T JUMPING TO HIS AID. HE PUT TOGETHER THIS WHOLE SCHEME ABOUT A $25 MILLION PLOT, AND SOMEHOW THIS DISAPPEARED CIA AGENT HAS REEMERGED IN THE STORY SOMEHOW. BUT REPUBLICANS ARE NOT JUMPING TO DEFEND MATT GAETZ, AND I THINK MANY OF THEM ARE HEARING THESE ALLEGATIONS AND SAYING, WELL, I THINK THAT KIND OF RINGS TRUE. >> HE’S GOT MADELEINE AND JIM JORDAN ON HIS SIDE. >> I GUESS JIM JORDAN IN SOME WAYS IS ONE OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS IN CONGRESS. HE IS THE RANKING MEMBER ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. MATT GAETZ IS IN THE FREEDOM CAUCUS, AND MATT MAKES NO BONES ABOUT DISAGREEING WITH OTHERS. >> GAETZ WILL BE LOOKING TO LEAVE CONGRESS EARLY TO WORK FOR THE RIGHT WING MEDIA. FOX NEWS SAID IN A STATEMENT YESTERDAY SAID, NO ONE WITH ANY LEVEL OF AUTHORITY HAS HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH MATT GAETZ ON ANY PLATFORMS. WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN HIRING HIM. >> I THINK THE INTEREST THERE WOULD HAVE DRIED UP PRETTY IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU HAVE THIS PROBE HANGING OVER YOU. ON THIS SAME DAY THIS CAME OUT THAT HE WAS LOOKING TO LEAVE CONGRESS AND TAKE A MEDIA JOB, FRANKLY PART OF HIS CONGRESSIONAL CAREER HAS BEEN GOING ON TV DEFENDING THE LATEST TRUMP OUTRAGE. I DON’T THINK IT’S AN ACCIDENT THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR HIS EXIT PLAN, BECAUSE IF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PROVING TO BE TRUE, THESE ALLEGATIONS, HE’S NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STAY IN CONGRESS. THERE’S OBVIOUSLY CRIMINAL RAMIFICATIONS FOR HIS ACTIONS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO CONGRESSIONAL ONES. SPEAKER PELOSI SAID TODAY IT WOULDN’T JUST BE HIM BEING REMOVED FROM COMMITTEES, THE ETHICS COMMITTEE WOULD GO AFTER HIM. AND IF IT’S TRUE HE’S HAVING A SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A 17-YEAR-OLD, I IMAGINE HE WOULD PROBABLY BE EXPELLED IF HE

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Length: 6min 34sec (394 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 01 2021