Matt GaetzLast Updated: November 6, 2024
Location
Pensacola, Florida
Insurrection Related Information
- Voted Against Certification
- Spread Disinformation Online
- Requested Pardon
- Election Denier
Office Elect
- U.S. House Representative, Florida District 01
Current Office Held
- U.S. House Representative, Florida District 01
Executive Summary
This Representative spread disinformation through social media and voted against certifying election results on January 6, 2021.
- Gaetz frequently pushed lies about the election leading up to the insurrection and spoke on the House floor that day as he objected to the certification of the election.
- During that speech, Gaetz pushed a Washington Times report that was later debunked claiming that a facial recognition company identified “antifa” “masquerading as trump supporters.” Media Matters Action Network
Office Elect
U.S. House Representative, Florida District 01
Term:
January 3, 2025 - January 3, 2027
Current Office Held
U.S. House Representative, Florida District 01
Term:
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2025
Press Coverage
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Here are all of the Republican elected officials backing Trump's 2024 campaign
Published on January 2, 2024 Read at Business Insider -
Where Republican election deniers are on the ballot near you
Published on October 6, 2022 Read at Washington Post -
Here Are the 253 Key Political Leaders Who Back Trump’s False Claims of Election Fraud
Published on September 5, 2022 Read at Bloomberg -
MAGA World Is Splintering
Published on January 8, 2021 Read at The Atlantic -
The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results
Published on January 8, 2021 Read at New York Times
Verified Social Media Handles
Insurrection-Related Media
Sources
- Florida U.S. Representatives’ Public Statements (Advance Democracy Inc.)
- MEMO: January 6th Research for Public Wise (Media Matters Action Network)
- Matt Gaetz (Ballotpedia)
- Smmary List of Election Deniers and Skeptics Elected To Office During the 2022 U.S. Midterms (Promise Institute UCLA School of Law)
- FiveThirtyEight Election Denier Data (FiveThirtyEight)
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