Anyone who thinks Matt Gaetz is too out there for Florida does not know sh*t about Florida. He is a barely more bombastic RDS. They're indistinguishable politically, except Gaetz supports legalizing weed so...yeah, I'm sure the notoriously well-organized Florida Democratic Party won't find a way to blow it again.
I don’t think it’s that he’s too out there for Florida per se. However, he 1) is seen as weak and could thus attract an unusually strong opponent; 2) Came about a hair away from being indicted for sex trafficking of a minor, 3) Gaetz likely has far more institutional enemies within the GOP than DeSantis did and some will likely support him publicly while knifing him behind the scenes at every opportunity (that sort of thing definitely matters in a competitive race); 4) Gaetz has always been a frat d**chebro by most accounts and I would not be even remotely surprised if he has some bad #MeToo skeletons in his closet even beyond what is already out there.
