January 22, 2024

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) faced a man heckling him for allegedly dating underage girls.

While speaking at Donald Trump's New Hampshire campaign headquarters on Sunday, a man wearing a Trump hat shouted at Gaetz as he was talking about young voters.

"Now, as to what I'd say to young folks today, man, you meet a young conservative today," Gaetz explained. "It's a different breed, because if they, if they're outspoken, they've already been called every name in the book. Just for being a Republican, they've been called a racist, a sexist, a xenophobe, phobes I haven't even heard of."

"What's the youngest schoolgirl you've ever been with?" the heckler yelled before asking if Gaetz had flown on Jeffrey Epstein's plane.

The crowd shouted, "USA! USA!" while the man was escorted from the room.

"Think about being a part of a party where they haven't even tried to make an argument about winning your vote," Gaetz said, ignoring the protester's Trump garb. "The Democratic Party today has basically put up as their candidate a nursing home escapee and the annoying lady from the HR department."

The Department of Justice decided last year not to charge Gaetz in a sex-trafficking probe. Gaetz has denied having sex with a 17-year-old girl.

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