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The Republican hoping his 'Trump speed' podcast will inspire the next generation of conservatives

Several members of Congress have launched podcasts that flopped, but Matt Gaetz is doing something different with his new show

Monday 25 May 2020 14:51 BST
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Congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is one of several lawmakers on Capitol Hill to launch a podcast in the last few years. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)
Congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is one of several lawmakers on Capitol Hill to launch a podcast in the last few years. (Photo by Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images)

Congressman Matt Gaetz knows his new podcast series, “Hot Takes with Matt Gaetz,” is a self-laid political minefield, a chronological catalogue of his unfiltered gut reactions to everyone and everything making headlines in Washington.

“An opposition researcher’s dream,” the Florida Republican’s chief of staff, Jillian Lane Wyant, tells him of the programme.

Mr Gaetz is pulling no punches.

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