"where the former congressman said Ocasio-Cortez changed drastically after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. AOC is a very different person today than when she got to Congress, Gaetz said, before saying Ocasio-Cortez complimented his successful effort in 2023 to oust then-Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). When we were ousting McCarthy, like, she came up to me and was like, You know, I really respect this because I'll be honest. We don't have the guts to do this on our side.'"
"CARLSON: What's she like? GAETZ: Before January 6th, she was incredibly chummy with Republicans in Congress, would regularly come over to our side, sit down hang out talk about her day. CARLSON: Did you ever date her? GAETZ: I did not, no. CARLSON: Did you try? GAETZ: No. And uh, not my cup of tea. But she, after January 6th, treated us all like we had horns or something."
"In March 2021, Carlson, then a Fox News host, interviewed the then-congressman, who at the time was under federal investigation for possibly having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl. Gaetz denied having done so and was never charged. During the interview, Gaetz caught Carlson off guard. You and I went to dinner about two years ago, your wife was there, and I brought a friend of mine, you'll remember her, Gaetz said at the time."
Matt Gaetz said Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez became a very different person after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and began treating Republicans as if they had horns. Gaetz recounted that AOC once complimented his role in ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy in 2023, saying Democrats lacked the courage to do the same. During an interview with Tucker Carlson, Gaetz said AOC had been chummy with Republicans before Jan. 6, regularly visiting the Republican side to socialize. Gaetz denied ever dating Ocasio-Cortez and said he did not try. Carlson mocked Ocasio-Cortez's Jan. 6 trauma claim, and Gaetz characterized modern politics as increasingly driven by grievance identity.
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