Matt Gaetz faces primary challenge backed by McCarthy allies amid ex-Speaker's 'revenge tour'

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Matt Gaetz faces primary challenge backed by McCarthy allies amid ex-Speaker's 'revenge tour'
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Former Naval aviator Aaron Dimmock on why he is challenging Rep. Matt Gaetz in the Republican primary for the Florida congressional district.

purported “revenge tour” is heading for its last stop Tuesday evening as firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz faces a primary challenge backed by the former speaker’s allies.

The Freedom Patriots PAC, a group widely seen as aligned with McCarthy, has shelled out $3 million to take down Gaetz.RFK Jr. considering dropping out to ‘join forces’ with Trump, his running mate saysThis includes a series of attack ads predicated on allegations of Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct as well as his past kinship with ex-Florida tax collector Joel Greenberg, who was sentenced to 11 years behind bars for sex trafficking, among other crimes.

“The advertising against Gaetz in his own district has clearly damaged his ability to win a Governor’s race,” the memo said, per ABC News.The group has drawn cash from the America Fund, part of a constellation of groups working to take down Republicans who revolted against McCarthy.

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