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Florida s agriculture commissioner, Democrat Nikki Fried, is a close friend of Matt Gaetz.
They even hung out at the Trump hotel in Washington, DC, not long ago, a source told Insider.
Insiders are buzzing about how her relationship with Gaetz might affect her political prospects.
When insurgents attacked the US Capitol on January 6, the first person who checked in on Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz wasn t a fellow conservative.
Instead, it was Nikki Fried, a Democrat and Florida s agriculture commissioner, who s poised to run for governor against Ron DeSantis, a Republican.