Gaetz gets ahead of ethics report release with admission about his 'single days'



Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted last month to block the results of the panel's investigation into former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, which apparently detail claims that Gaetz had sex with a minor and engaged in illicit drug use. On Dec. 5, House Republicans spiked a Democratic-pushed resolution to release the report. That same day, the committee indicated it had resumed discussions of "the matter of Representative Matt Gaetz."

Unnamed sources told CNN and confirmed to The Hill this week that the House Ethics Committee ultimately voted in secret to release the report before year's end.

In an apparent attempt to get ahead of the release, Gaetz issued a statement on X Wednesday providing some context for what the American people might read about him in the days to come as well as about the alleged nature of the people who conducted the investigation.

"The Biden/Garland DOJ spent years reviewing allegations that I committed various crimes," wrote Gaetz, who was briefly President-elect Donald Trump's pick to run the Justice Department. "I was charged with nothing: FULLY EXONERATED. Not even a campaign finance violation. And the people investigating me hated me."

'I probably partied, womanized, drank, and smoked more than I should have earlier in life.'

"Then, the very 'witnesses' DOJ deemed not-credible were assembled by House Ethics to repeat their claims absent any cross-examination or challenge from me or my attorneys. I've had no chance to ever confront any accusers. I've never been charged. I've never been sued," continued the former Florida congressman. "Instead, House Ethics will reportedly post a report online that I have no opportunity to debate or rebut as a former member of the body."

The committee's ultimate decision to release the report means one or more Republican members would have needed to flip. The Republican members of the committee are as follows: Reps. Michael Guest (Miss.), David Joyce (Ohio), John Rutherford (Fla.), Andrew Garbarino (N.Y.), and Michelle Fischbach (Minn.).

The committee did not respond to CNN's request for comment. Rep. Guest confirmed to The Hill that the committee held its final meeting of the 118th Congress last week but did not divulge what they discussed.

"In my single days, I often sent funds to women I dated — even some I never dated but who asked. I dated several of these women for years. I NEVER had sexual contact with someone under 18," Gaetz said in his statement. "Any claim that I have would be destroyed in court — which is why no such claim was ever made in court."

Gaetz continued, writing, "My 30s were an era of working very hard — and playing hard too. It's embarrassing, though not criminal, that I probably partied, womanized, drank, and smoked more than I should have earlier in life. I live a different life now."

The former congressman added, "But at least I didn't vote for CRs that f*** over the country!"

After Trump announced on Nov. 13 that he wanted Gaetz to replace Attorney General Merrick Garland, the Florida Republican resigned from Congress. Some of Gaetz's colleagues reportedly speculated that his resignation had something to do with the Ethics Committee's report. After all, the panel lacks jurisdiction over former members and even CNN admitted it is "exceedingly rare" for such a report to be released after a House member's departure.

Less than two weeks after Gaetz's resignation, he withdrew from his AG nomination, noting that "it is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the crucial work of the Trump/Vance Transition."

The report will likely be made public later this week.

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Sunny Hostin forced to read legal notice on air just minutes after smearing Trump's AG pick



President-elect Donald Trump announced last week that he wants to replace Attorney General Merrick Garland with Florida firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.). The prospect of a Republican AG willing to play hardball sent a great many Democratic lawmakers and liberal media personalities into fits of frenzy.

Sunny Hostin of Disney's "The View," the co-host who unwittingly helped derail the Harris campaign, handled the news worse than others. Unlike other talking heads, Hostin had to immediately walk back her baseless smears Tuesday — likely out of fear of a crushing defamation lawsuit.

Days after blaming "uneducated white women" and Hispanic men for Trump's landslide victory, Hostin launched into an unhinged rant and characterized Gaetz as a sex offender.

'These are baseless allegations.'

"Within the Department of Justice, you know, you have the sex crimes unit, which is what I was a part of. Child sex crimes and child trafficking. How could you nominate someone with allegations of child trafficking across — or trafficking across state lines and having sex with a 17-year-old?" said the former federal prosecutor. "My understanding further on in the interview, they discuss the fact that once he finds out that she's 17, he stops having sex with her."

Hostin appears to have been referring to Florida attorney Joel Leppard's recent claims about what one of his unnamed clients alleged in a 2017 testimonial.

Trump transition spokesman Alex Pfeiffer told ABC News, "These are baseless allegations intended to derail the second Trump administration. The Biden Justice Department investigated Gaetz for years and cleared him of wrongdoing."

A source familiar with the DOJ's investigation suggested that case was dropped in part because there were significant doubts on the part of the prosecutors that they could prove that Gaetz actually had relations with the supposed woman or knew of her age.

Just minutes after uncritically regurgitating Leppard's unsubstantiated claims as fact, Hostin was given a legal notice to read and did so with a sullen face:

Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations, calling the claims "invented" and saying in a statement to ABC News that "this false smear following a three-year criminal investigation should be viewed with great skepticism." That DOJ investigation was closed with no charges being brought.

Whoopi Goldberg subsequently announced, "We'll be right back," and the show cut to commercials.

Gaetz responded on X only with the eyes emoji.

Responding to Hostin's required reading of the legal notice, "The Chad Prather Show" host Chad Prather wrote, "Make her do it every day."

Although also an expert in talking nonsense, former Republican Rep. George Santos was less than sympathetic, writing, "I love when ABC humiliates this witch! LOL."

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Tulsi Gabbard has national security 'experts' worried: 'DNI has access to every single secret'



There is a pattern developing with regard to President-elect Donald Trump's recent nominations: He announces someone apparently well suited to executing the agenda he successfully campaigned on; those with vested interests in the status quo panic; and establishmentarians viciously attack the nominees, pleading with nominal Republicans in the U.S. Senate to prevent their confirmation.

This pattern has been repeated for multiple picks, including former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Although virtually all of Trump's nominations have ruffled feathers, his choice of Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard to serve as the director of national intelligence appears to have inspired a special kind of unease among Democratic lawmakers, the liberal media, and elements of the intelligence community.

The media

The Atlantic's Tom Nichols rushed to characterize Gabbard's nomination as a "national security risk," complaining that she previously suggested NATO might have had something to do with Russia's invasion of Ukraine and that Syria did not pose a direct threat to the United States.

"Gabbard is a classic case of 'horseshoe' politics," Nichols warned. "Her views can seem both extremely left and extremely right, which is probably why people such as Tucker Carlson — a conservative who has turned into … whatever pro-Russia right-wingers are called now — have taken a liking to the former Democrat (who was previously a Republican and is now again a member of the GOP)."

The Washington Examiner's Tom Rogan suggested that by nominating Gabbard, Trump — who was kneecapped in his first term by a malignant counterintelligence investigation and whose 2020 political adversary was given narrative cover prior to the election by CIA contractors and intelligence community alumni — "is putting his distrust of the intelligence community before the critical interests of national security."

After trotting out the Syria and Russia-themed attacks against Gabbard, then insinuating that she is a sympathizer with the communist Chinese regime, Rogan warned that if confirmed, she would supervise "all U.S. intelligence agencies' collection, analysis, and mission efforts and the production and dissemination of the U.S. government's most sensitive intelligence reporting and analysis. This includes knowledge of spies buried deep inside foreign governments and terrorist organizations."

'This appointment is sending shock waves here in the United States.'

Bill Kristol quoted Jonathan Last, editor of the neocon blog the Bulwark, as writing, "Making Gabbard DNI simply makes no sense. ... Or rather, it makes no sense for America. For Russia, DNI Gabbard makes all the sense in the world."

Last appeared particularly upset over Gabbard's opposition to fruitless foreign entanglements and ineffectual U.S. sanctions.

Dems and spooks spooked

"This appointment is sending shock waves here in the United States but also around the globe," John Brennan, former director of the CIA and chief counterterrorism adviser to former President Barack Obama, said in conversation with MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace.

Brennan, one of the signatories of the infamous Hunter Biden "intel" letter, likened the 18 intelligence agencies that Gabbard would oversee to an orchestra, suggesting that she likely doesn't even know what instruments are being played.

Former Bush adviser John Bolton, a key proponent of America's disastrous 2003 invasion of Iraq, suggested to NewsNation's "The Hill" that with Trump's "announcement of Tulsi Gabbard to be the director of national intelligence, he's sending a signal that we have lost our mind when it comes to collecting intelligence."

One former senior intelligence official who spoke under the condition of anonymity told Politico that the choice was a "left turn and off the bridge."

Another intelligence official warned that America's allies, including Israel, might withhold information from Washington if Gabbard were the DNI, adding, "What some allies share may now be shaped by political goals rather than professional intelligence sharing."

An unnamed "Western security source" similarly suggested to Reuters that Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand may be less forthcoming about the intelligence they collect, stressing that foreign nations believe Trump's appointments all lean in the "wrong direction."

Democratic Rep. Abigail Spanberger (Va.), a former CIA officer who now warms a chair on the House Intelligence Committee, suggested on X that Gabbard, who served in Iraq and Kuwait, would be an oath-breaker.

"The men and women of the U.S. Intelligence community honor their oaths by collecting the vital intelligence that keeps our fellow Americans safe. The global threats we face require a Director of National Intelligence who would do the same. Tulsi Gabbard is not that person," wrote Spanberger.

The former spook, echoing Nichols, appears to have unwittingly highlighted what has the establishment panicking, telling The Hill, "The DNI has access to every single secret that the United States has, every single bit of information that we know. … It's the keys to the intelligence community kingdom."

Larry Pfeiffer, former chief of staff at the CIA under the Bush administration, told The Hill, "Some of the statements she has made through the years that sound like they came right out of the Kremlin's talking points paper are a little bit alarming. Her cozying up to Bashar al-Assad and being an apologist for him as well just raise questions in my mind. Is that really the best person to put in charge of this very complicated, very sensitive operation that is the U.S. intel community?"

Jamil Jaffer, a former House Intelligence Committee staffer and national security prosecutor, told The Hill, "What is unusual here is you've got somebody who's had such a long and vociferous track record of saying things that are factually incorrect, that seem to give aid and comfort to U.S. adversaries and that undermine the very people they should be representing at the principals committee."

As with Hegseth and Gaetz's critics, those denouncing Gabbard appear to be exponents of the very worldview and policy conventions that Trump was effectively elected to obliterate.

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Trump panics the swamp by naming Matt Gaetz as next AG. Here are the meltdowns, the obstacles, and the way through.



President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he wants to replace Attorney General Merrick Garland with firebrand Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), leaving elements of the Republican old guard in stunned silence and prompting plenty of Democrats to panic.

Despite efforts by outbound Democrat Sen. Bob Casey's cronies in Pennsylvania to reduce the GOP's majority, Republicans will nevertheless control the U.S. Senate in January — meaning that they have the numbers to confirm Gaetz as attorney general. However, there may not presently be sufficient willpower to see him through.

Extra to resistance from nominal allies, Gaetz — who resigned his House seat following Trump's announcement — also faces incredible opposition from the liberal establishment. Nevertheless, there are multiple ways forward that will see Trump's intention realized and the Department of Justice helmed by a longtime critic hell-bent on radical reform.

The announcement

For his incoming administration, Trump wants several disruptors in top positions: decorated Army combat veteran Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense; Lt. Col. Tulsi Gabbard as director of National Intelligence; Elon Musk and Ohio entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy running the proposed Department of Government Efficiency; Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) as head of the State Department; and. Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, a former Green Beret, as his national security adviser.

'Matt will end Weaponized Government.'

Trump announced Wednesday that he would be nominating Gaetz — who proved instrumental last year in ousting former Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as speaker of the House — to take over the Department of Justice, where officials have been updating their resumes since Nov. 5 in anticipation of a thorough housecleaning.

"Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious attorney, trained at the William & Mary College of Law, who has distinguished himself in Congress through his focus on achieving desperately needed reform at the Department of Justice," wrote Trump. "Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System."

Gaetz, a frequent guest on Stephen K. Bannon's "War Room" podcast and a target of a frivolous DOJ sex-trafficking investigation, has impressed upon his fellow conservatives the need to rein in the administrative state.

"I don't care if it takes every second of our time and every ounce of our energy," Gaetz said in his 2023 CPAC speech. "We either get this government back on our side or we defund and get rid of, abolish the FBI, the CDC, ATF, DOJ, every last one of them if they do not come to heel."

"Matt will end Weaponized Government, protect our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and restore Americans' badly-shattered Faith and Confidence in the Justice Department," continued Trump. "On the House Judiciary Committee, which performs oversight of DOJ, Matt played a key role in defeating the Russia, Russia, Russia Hoax, and exposing alarming and systemic Government Corruption and Weaponization. He is a Champion for the Constitution and the Rule of Law."

'This is really a vomit-in-your-mouth moment for alumni [from] the Department of Justice.'

The president-elect added, "Matt will root out the systemic corruption at DOJ, and return the Department to its true mission of fighting Crime, and upholding our Democracy and Constitution."

Gaetz responded on X, "It will be an honor to serve as President Trump's Attorney General."

The reaction

While numerous Republicans keen to see Trump deliver on his campaign promises celebrated the Gaetz pick, Democrats, liberal talking heads, and other exponents of the old regime did not respond well to the news that the man deemed a "bomb-thrower" by the New York Times would soon be running the Justice Department.

New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich (D) wrote, "People voted for cheaper eggs, not whatever the f@#€ this is."

"No question about Matt Gaetz's qualifications — totally lacking. His only relevant law enforcement experience is as a target of a criminal investigation," tweeted Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D). "He'll weaponize DOJ for political ends. He'll be a national security risk — ill-equipped to be in charge of prosecuting espionage, terrorism, drug trafficking, & more."

"Confirming him would mean affirming the worst potential abuses of DOJ," tweeted Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). "He must be rejected by the Senate."

Rep. Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) told Axios that Gaetz and Trump's other picks "are deeply unserious choices, and to the surprise of no one who remembers the first Trump presidency, they signal a lot of chaos and incompetency to come."

Democratic Rep. Dan Kildee (Mich.) suggested Trump's account had been hacked, calling the pick "insanity."

Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) was reportedly "exasperated" upon hearing the news, standing in awe for nearly half a minute.

David Laufman, former chief of the counterintelligence and export control section in the Obama Department of Justice's National Security Division, told the flummoxed host of MSNBC's "Deadline White House" that "this is really a vomit-in-your-mouth moment for alumni [from] the Department of Justice and for people around the United States who care about the rule of law."

"This nomination reflects the crudest contempt and disrespect for the rule of law, the Department of Justice as an institution, and for the thousands of men and women across this country who every day strive to carry out their mission to represent the people of the United States and the rules of the United States Constitution and bring justice around this country," added Laufman.

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig similarly had trouble digesting the news, echoing the technocratic arguments raised earlier this week for why Hegseth should not run the DOD.

'He's the attorney general! Suck it up.'

"[Gaetz] has never worked a day in his life as a prosecutor," said Honig. "He's only practiced law for a few years at the very local level. We've had AGs before who have never been prosecutors, but they've all had serious positions in the Justice Department in non-prosecutorial roles. Matt Gaetz is completely unknown to this profession."

Honig added, "He is there to weaponize."

Officials at the DOJ were similarly melting down Wednesday night.

MSNBC collected the following responses to the announcement from DOJ officials, including senior bureaucrats:

  • "OMG."
  • "How many other prospective attorneys general had previous experience as the subject of a criminal investigation?"
  • "Absolutely unbelievable."
  • "Did not see this coming."
  • "What the f*** is happening?"
  • "Truly stunning."
  • "Insane."
  • "Absolutely unbelievable."

Whether bureaucrats believe it or not, Gaetz will likely take over the DOJ in January, assuming he is able to navigate the obstacles ahead.

The way forward

Liberals are not the only ones keen to keep Gaetz from controlling the DOJ. There is apparently some resistance from nominal Republicans in the U.S. Senate.

A Republican senator speaking on the condition of anonymity told Fox News Digital, "He will never get confirmed."

Another Senate Republican source suggested, "Ain't gonna happen."

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) appeared noncommittal, telling reporters, "I think we have to consider any nominee by the president seriously, but we also have a constitutional responsibility."

The Associated Press indicated that Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R) may similarly be on the fence, stating she was "shocked" by the nomination.

"I recognize that the president-elect has the right to nominate whomever he wishes, but we in Congress have a responsibility under the Constitution and our advise and consent, which will lead to hearings, an FBI background check, and an awful lot of questions being asked in this case," said Collins. "I'm sure that there will be many, many questions raised at Mr. Gaetz’s hearing if in fact the nomination goes forward."

Responding to the question of whether he will support Gaetz's confirmation, Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson (R) said, "We'll see."

There was an outstanding House Ethics investigation into Gaetz regarding denied allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, the acceptance of improper gifts, and the attempt to obstruct government investigations; however, that investigation effectively died with his resignation, as the House no longer has jurisdiction.

House Speaker Mike Johnson confirmed that Gaetz issued his resignation letter effective immediately and indicated that the promptitude of the resignation will enable Republicans to fill his seat as early as Jan. 3, 2025.

If Republican senators don't get on board, Trump could push to appoint Gaetz through a recess appointment — something Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) indicated would be the way through.

When asked about the prospect of an AG Gaetz, Massie told reporters, "Recess appointments! He's the attorney general! Suck it up."

The Constitution allows for recess appointments as a way to avoid protracted government vacancies.

Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the next Senate majority leader, has agreed to recess appointments, tweeting, "We must act quickly and decisively to get the president's nominees in place as soon as possible, & all options are on the table to make that happen, including recess appointments. We cannot let Schumer and Senate Dems block the will of the American people."

Former Trump adviser and repeat Biden-Harris DOJ target Steve Bannon stressed that a recess appointment should be avoided in favor of a vote.

"We have to show them we ain't going to do this in the dark," said Bannon. "Not this one."

Sean Davis, co-founder of the Federalist, noted on X, "With Gaetz having resigned his seat in the House, if the Senate tries to reject his AG confirmation, DeSantis can always appoint Gaetz to fill Rubio's Senate seat."

"Would be interesting to see senators have to choose between Gaetz as AG or as their colleague for years to come," added Davis.

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Glenn's BIGGEST ISSUE with GOP's House speaker fight
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Glenn's BIGGEST ISSUE with GOP's House speaker fight

'Kiss my a**!' Chip Roy's HEATED rant over Matt Gaetz and Kevin McCarthy



Chip Roy is not pleased with his colleagues.

The Republican representative joins Steve Deace to lash out at the termination of Kevin McCarthy’s role as House speaker. Deace is also at his wits' end.

“I am paid to care; I don’t care. It’s getting harder to make me care. This is a joke, it’s rudderless, and it seems as if we want to sell each other talking points [rather] than actually produce any form of substantive victory,” Deace tells Roy.

The motion to vacate McCarthy’s position was filed by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who joined House Democrats to oust McCarthy by a vote of 216-210 earlier this week.

Roy believes that some in the “MAGA camp” are enjoying “the circular firing squad.”

“I’ve spent a lifetime fighting for limited-government conservatism. I have laid it all on the line,” Roy tells Deace.

“You go around talking your big game and thumping your chest on Twitter, yeah, come to my office to come have a debate, mother. You know why? Because I’m standing up for this country every single day.”

Deace contends that Roy is not alone, adding, “I think that sums up the way a lot of people think, brother, I do. I just don’t think they know what to do instead.”

Roy is also quite unimpressed by the keyboard warriors who believe their tweets will turn America around for the better.

“If people want to play this out in real time, and deal with this every single minute and every single day on social media,” Roy notes, “Don’t think that that’s somehow going to change the game, because what we gotta do, is we have to actually define the fight.”

“Just don’t think that getting out on social media, that that’s somehow real,” he adds, “It ain't.”


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Kevin McCarthy is OUT. Now what? Matt Gaetz explains what’s next.



Matt Gaetz, the Republican Florida congressman who led the ousting of House Rep. Kevin McCarthy, recently joined Jason Whitlock to discuss what’s next.

“The Bible tells us a lot about this, Jason,” he said. “In times where man is disoriented or when we've lost our way … people come forward with wisdom, with personal characteristics, and with a renewed sense of dedication, and there is divine Providence in all this.”

“I know that God's will will be done when we have a new speaker … someone who is really ready to help us lead the country and to be fighters for the tens of millions of Americans who rest all of their hope in the House of Representatives,” he told Jason.

Gaetz explained that we live in a world where “the Biden administration is turning against people and where the Senate is unreliable to put the people's interest first,” but that doesn’t mean we have no hope.

Sometimes hope comes in the form of turmoil, he explained.

“The establishment wants … calm waters all the time, they want everything to be nice and smooth, and then you won't realize that underneath the water, you know, bad stuff is going on, and there's a Chernobyl down there” that could “cause catastrophic impact.”

“I think sometimes you’ve got to have some turbulent water so that people wake up and say, ‘All right, what's going on here?’” he said.

People want to know what it’s “going to take to secure this border,” they want to know how the government plans to “[reduce] spending in order to save the dollar from losing its status as the global reserve currency,” and they want assurance that the country is not about to “sleepwalk into World War III with Russia,” he explained to Jason, who nodded along in agreement.

Matt hopes to get back to a place where “the people really lead and the people we call leaders – they follow the people.”

“So let's get the people engaged, informed, and at the table for the decision-making process,” he said.

Sounds great to us!


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The ONE question Mark Levin wants YOU to ask after House ousted McCarthy as Speaker
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The ONE question Mark Levin wants YOU to ask after House ousted McCarthy as Speaker

THIS is the one question you should ask yourself following McCarthy's ousting



Rep. Kevin McCarthy was speaker of the House until yesterday. Now, he’s been ousted.

The move was supported by only eight Republicans and every Democrat, with Rep. Matt Gaetz leading the charge.

Now, Glenn Beck and Mark Levin are wondering if this was a smart decision.

“I know many people want to get behind Matt Gaetz. I am not one of them. So, I guess I’m a neocon, RINO sellout,” Levin says to Glenn Beck. “Look, you and I have spent decades fighting these wars. This is one of the dumbest-ass wars I’ve ever seen.”

Levin also notes that when the government spent an insane amount of money on COVID-19, Gaetz never spoke up.

“That was like $3 trillion right there. They wanted to spend $6 trillion, almost none of it went to 'COVID' or 'the pandemic.' It went to the teachers' unions and everything else,” he says.

“I am telling you that if you’re going to blow up the House, blow it up for the right reasons,” Levin continues.

Levin also warns that McCarthy’s ousting is letting “Democrats control the budget now.”

Glenn agrees.

“I’m not a fan of McCarthy. However, what is your plan now? You don’t run away from something; you run toward something. They weren’t running toward anything,” he says.

Neither Glenn nor Levin think there’s a very good plan in place.

“I’d love to see one. I mean, when Gaetz is asked who would he accept, he starts naming liberal members of the House. I’m going, ‘Holy crap.’ I don’t know what the plan is,” Levin says.

While House Republicans seem to have forgotten one of the most important reasons they do what they do, Levin hasn’t and urges Americans to remember it as well.

“The Democrat Party hates America.”


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Conservative and progressive House members vote to withdraw US troops from Somalia, but majorities in both parties shoot measure down



Majorities of House lawmakers in both political parties shot down a measure that would have compelled President Joe Biden to pull all U.S. troops out of Somalia, other than troops protecting the American embassy.

The text of the measure would have instructed "the President to remove all United States Armed Forces, other than United States Armed Forces assigned to protect the United States Embassy, from Somalia by not later than the date that is 365 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution."

Minorities from both parties voted in favor of the measure, with leftist lawmakers like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) joining with conservative legislators like Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to support the concurrent resolution.

Overall, 52 Republicans and 50 Democrats voted to yank U.S. troops out of Somalia, while a whopping 165 Republicans and 156 Democrats voted against the measure.

"By a large margin Congress supports keeping US troops in Somalia. I do not. Most voters probably don't either," GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz tweeted.

"I just voted for @RepMattGaetz's resolution to bring our troops home from Somalia. There are currently no vital U.S. interests in having a presence there," Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado tweeted.

Last month, majorities of House members in each party rejected a concurrent resolution that would have directed the president to pull U.S. forces out of Syria. Only 47 Republicans and 56 Democrats backed that measure, while 171 Republicans and 150 Democrats voted against it.

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