McCarthy Slams Gaetz as ‘The Hunter Biden’ of the GOP: He’s ‘Buying Coke and Paying Minors for Sex’

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The cool kids have the Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef, but the wonks have former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

This political beef goes back months, when Gaetz basically single-handedly set in motion the ouster of McCarthy as Speaker of the House last October. McCarthy resigned from Congress altogether by the end of the calendar year, and he and Gaetz have not been shy about their contempt for each other.

In an interview with Politico’s Olivia Beavers published on Wednesday, McCarthy threw down the latest insult against his nemesis, calling him “the Hunter Biden of the Republican party,” referring to the troubled son of President Joe Biden:

“Gaetz is the Hunter Biden of the Republican Party,” McCarthy said. “He’s got an opponent who is pro-life, pro-Second Amendment, trained at Pensacola, went to the Naval Academy and flew jets to defend us while Gaetz was getting kicked out of high school, buying coke and paying minors for sex.”

McCarthy is referring to Aaron Dimmock, who stepped in at the zero hour to challenge Gaetz in a primary election for his House seat. Upon hearing the announcement of his new opponent, Gaetz referred to Dimmock as a “puppet” of McCarthy.

As for McCarthy’s allegations about Gaetz, the latter has denied ever paying for sex with an underage girl. However, Gaetz also reportedly told his colleagues in Congress that he went on a hunting expedition for McCarthy to kibosh a House Ethics investigation into the allegations. That investigated continued, and in February, a woman “provided a sworn statement to the committee saying she attended a 2017 party Gaetz also attended where illegal drugs were present — as well as a naked underage girl.”

And while McCarthy is enjoying post-Congress life, he still has allies in the House. Beavers wrote:

Some of McCarthy’s loyalists see an opportunity for payback in the Ethics Committee’s ultimate findings about Gaetz. A few McCarthy allies have even privately suggested using the internal inquiry’s findings to try to oust Gaetz from Congress, if the conclusions are damaging enough.

Gaetz also has eight allies, all of whom are up for reelection in November. And McCarthy and his allies are taking their revenge tour right to all of those congressional districts.

There is one way for Gaetz to level up: diss track.

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