Former Rep. Matt Gaetz has a future in Florida politics, despite the release of an explicit Ethics Committee report accusing him of drug use and paying for sex, Evan Power, the chairman of the Florida Republican Party, said on Newsmax Tuesday. 

But, Power told Newsmax’s “Wake Up America” that he does not think Gaetz will seek an appointment to replace Sen. Marco Rubio, the Florida Republican who has been nominated as secretary of state. 

“I think Americans love a second act,” Power said. “I think he can overcome. He should double down and take his fight to the American people and explain, you know, why they released it, why they’re taking him on.”

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