{"id":501,"date":"2023-01-17T13:05:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=501"},"modified":"2023-01-17T13:05:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-17T18:05:58","slug":"rep-matt-gaetz-downloads-on-corrupt-dc-swamp-if-you-think-differently-youre-hunted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=501","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Matt Gaetz Downloads on Corrupt DC Swamp: \u2018If You Think Differently, You\u2019re Hunted\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201c<strong>America First\u201d firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) joined&nbsp;<em>Timcast IRL<\/em>&nbsp;on Saturday to break down the inside baseball on what goes on behind closed doors in the DC Swamp.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a whole infrastructure. Like if you\u2019re part of the prevailing way of thinking, the national security state, the neoconservative worldview, there\u2019s an entire infrastructure for you to build out your career,\u201d Gaetz said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who really pulls the strings in Washington D.C w\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMattGaetz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8AsftuEeDH\">pic.twitter.com\/8AsftuEeDH<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Luke Rudkowski (@Lukewearechange) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lukewearechange\/status\/1614365335074865152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There are endowed professorships. There are think tanks are ready to give you six-figure jobs. There\u2019s like a career progression of jobs on the hill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut if you think differently, you\u2019re kind of hunted. You\u2019re hunted, canceled, they do everything to compromise you, and if that doesn\u2019t work, they try to destroy you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to explain that freshman lawmakers are introduced to panels of lobbyists relative to their committee interests and are expected to play ball at the expense of their principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowarsstore.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Now that you&#8217;re intellectually ahead, stay physically ahead by visiting our store.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s compromise so much as selling out,\u201d Gaetz noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Watch the full episode:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Timcast IRL - Matt Gaetz Joins, Discussing Biden Special Counsel and GOP Investigations\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0q2dgVuS2QY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Timcast IRL - Matt Gaetz Joins, Discussing Biden Special Counsel and GOP Investigations\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0q2dgVuS2QY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: https:\/\/www.newswars.com\/rep-matt-gaetz-downloads-on-corrupt-dc-swamp-if-you-think-differently-youre-hunted\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cAmerica First\u201d firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) joined&nbsp;Timcast IRL&nbsp;on Saturday to break down the inside baseball on what goes on behind closed doors in the DC Swamp. \u201cThere\u2019s a whole infrastructure. Like if you\u2019re part of the prevailing way of thinking, the national security state, the neoconservative worldview, there\u2019s an entire infrastructure for you to build out your career,\u201d Gaetz said. There are endowed professorships. There are think tanks are ready to give you six-figure jobs. There\u2019s like a career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":502,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}