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‘Biggest Blessing’: Matt Gaetz Announces Heartwarming News
Former congressman Matt Gaetz announced Tuesday that he and his wife, Ginger, are expecting their first child.
“Baby Gaetz coming 2025,” Ginger Gaetz wrote alongside a photo of her baby bump and a sonogram. The photo was later reposted on the former congressman’s personal page. The child will be the first for the couple, who tied the knot at on Catalina Island in California back in August of 2021.
They first got engaged at President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club in 2020.
A number of Gaetz’s former colleagues flooded Ginger’s post with congratulatory messages after the announcement was made. “Congratulations mama,” Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) posted in all caps. “Congratulations to you both on this beautiful blessing,” said former congresswoman Mayra Flores.
Gaetz, 43, was tapped by President Donald Trump last year to become U.S. attorney general, though his nomination was ultimately scuttled after opposition from a handful of Republican senators. As a result, Gaetz withdrew his nomination and announced that he will not be returning to Congress after easily winning re-election back in November.
The former congressman’s deep red seat was filled by current U.S. Rep. Jimmy Patronis (R-FL), who won a special election back in April. Since January, the former congressman has been hosting the nightly “Matt Gaetz Show” on One America News.
Tuesday’s baby announcement comes after a TikToker previously filmed the former congressman on an airplane while he was engaged in a text conversation with his mother. “I’m a happily married man with a son on the way, two penthouse condos, a 1:1 real estate asset to debt ratio,” Gaetz wrote in one of the texts.
In an X post, the OAN host conformed the existence of the TikTok. “Apparently someone sitting behind me on a flight recorded me without my knowledge. They found me texting my mother about news of the day, family finances, and working on my laptop,” he wrote.
“Please let this be a reminder to everyone to CALL YOUR MOTHER!”