Matt Gaetz considering running for Marco Rubio’s Senate seat

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Embattled former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz — who is selling videos on Cameo after withdrawing his name from consideration to become Donald Trump’s attorney general — is now eyeing a Senate run. “Maybe I’ll just run for Marco Rubio’s vacant seat in the United States Senate and join some of those folks,” Gaetz added. Earlier this week, Gaetz admitted that he “probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked” more than he should have in his 30s and that he sent money to “women he dated.” However, he said that he “NEVER had sexual contact with someone under 18.” Gaetz’s suggestion that he may make a run for the Senate comes as Lara Trump, the former Republican National Committee co-chair and the president-elect’s daughter-in-law, said she was dropping her bid for Rubio’s seat. Some people have suggested he “eye the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee” while still others urged him to become “special counsel to go after the insider trading for my former colleagues in Congress,” Gaetz revealed.