Sarah Palin defends Matt Gaetz's new career move as he's mocked by critics following AG withdrawal

Sarah Palin has defended Matt Gaetz's caller vocation determination arsenic he's mercilessly mocked by critics.

Former Florida congressman and one-time U.S. Attorney General contender Matt Gaetz has turned to Cameo to make income, charging $500 oregon much for personalized video messages. 

As of Sunday afternoon, Gaetz, 42, boasted a five-star standing connected the platform, which allows users to acquisition videos from celebrities. 

Palin, a Cameo Creator who charges $200 oregon much for her videos, shared her thoughts astir the nationalist giving Gaetz a hard clip for his vocation pivot.

'Connecting with radical each astir the globe with edifying, illuminating shout-outs?! Couldn't beryllium amended distraction from negativity successful today's toxic world,' the erstwhile politician of Alaska wrote successful an Instagram communicative earlier sharing a compilation of each of the Cameos she has made.

'I'll ne'er recognize criticizing accidental to promote & counsel others who whitethorn conscionable request a bully connection contiguous and person amusive touching galore lives.

'Perhaps much should articulation successful & physique up alternatively of tearing down,' she concluded portion adding a book verse connected her past slide. 

Gaetz’s determination to articulation Cameo mirrors that of George Santos, the disgraced erstwhile New York congressman who reported earning nearly fractional a cardinal dollars successful gross from his videos successful February.

'Now listen, I whitethorn not beryllium the Attorney General, the astir almighty instrumentality enforcement serviceman successful the onshore — for now,' Gaetz said successful a video connected the website.

'We really got a large 1 successful Pam Bondi,' Gaetz said, referencing President-elect Donald Trump's prime to capable the Attorney General role helium had been considered for.

'And truthful I can't — similar — bid Predator strikes connected my enemies, arsenic overmuch arsenic I would similar to. For now. But I tin bid you to person arsenic overmuch amusive arsenic possible.'

In 1 personalized connection to a pistillate named Lisa which was shared connected societal media Sunday morning, Gaetz wished the pistillate a merry Christmas and a blessed Thanksgiving and thanked her for supporting the blimpish movement.

'I cognize you were bummed retired erstwhile the quality broke that I wouldn't beryllium the adjacent Attorney General,' helium said – aboriginal adding, 'Also, accidental hullo to your parent Carol for me.'

'This is conscionable specified an breathtaking clip to beryllium an American,' Gaetz besides said. 'We've got the House, we've got the Senate, we've got Donald Trump successful the presidency.'

'I served successful Congress. Trump nominated maine to beryllium US Attorney General (that didn’t enactment out). Once I fired the House Speaker,' is however Gaetz describes himself connected his.

The Cameo stint comes aft Gaetz's arguable tenure successful Congress, which included spearheading the removal of erstwhile House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and surviving allegations of enactment trafficking and misconduct. 

The Justice Department concluded its probe without filing charges, but the House Ethics Committee continued examining allegations that Gaetz paid women for enactment and had a narration with a minor. The committee yet remained deadlocked connected whether to marque its findings public. 

Orlando lawyer Joel Leppard, representing a witnesser successful the case, stated that his lawsuit testified Gaetz ended a narration with a insignificant upon learning her age. Gaetz has denied each allegations and maintains helium has done thing wrong.

Initially tapped by Donald Trump arsenic a imaginable Attorney General, Gaetz resigned from Congress to prosecute the nomination. However, renewed scrutiny implicit past allegations analyzable his Senate confirmation prospects, starring him to retreat from information past week.

Gaetz has since said helium won't question a instrumentality to Congress contempt winning reelection, and his wife, Ginger Luckey Gaetzm, has described him arsenic 'unemployed.' 

While Cameo appears to beryllium a impermanent gig, Gaetz has teased a continued relation successful politics, hinting astatine 'a caller perch' and adjacent a imaginable tally for Florida politician successful 2026, erstwhile existent Governor Ron DeSantis volition beryllium term-limited.