The 30-second television ad will be broadcast on select cable networks both in his congressional district and nationally. Gaetz s campaign said the effort would “fight back against a multiweek fake news cycle against him,” Politico reported.
“Now we see what’s really behind all of this: Democratic Party and media-driven smears aimed at taking out a Congressman of the United States,” a campaign spokesperson said in a statement to Politico.
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The ad includes footage by the far-right activist group Project Veritas that shows a man identified as a CNN employee talking about news coverage of Gaetz, Politico reported. Project Veritas is known for publishing undercover sting footage that has been deceptively edited to reflect badly on organizations and people it disagrees with.
Rep. Matt Gaetz has now hired a legal team to help him fight back against the sex-trafficking allegations being lobbed against him:
NY POST – Embattled Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has hired a legal team to fight what he believes are “unfounded allegations” of sex-trafficking and prostitution against him, a spokesperson said Friday.
In a statement, a spokesperson for Gaetz, a Republican, said he’s hired New York attorneys Marc Mukasey and Isabelle Kirshner, who will, “take the fight to those trying to smear his name with falsehoods.”
“Matt has always been a fighter,” the spokesperson added.
“He’s going to fight back against the unfounded allegations against him,” they added.