Matt Gaetz to join One America News as an anchor, source says [View all]
Source: CNN Business
Updated 11:32 PM EST, Mon December 9, 2024
CNN — Former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz is expected to announce he is joining One America News Network (OAN) as an anchor, a source familiar told CNN. Last month, Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration to serve as attorney general after President-elect Donald Trump told him he didn’t have the votes in the Senate.
The Republican firebrand previously announced he is not returning to Congress next year. “I’m still going to be in the fight, but it’s going to be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th Congress,” he told conservative activist Charlie Kirk in an interview last month.
When asked about the Gaetz hire on Monday night, OAN President Charles Herring declined to comment. The addition of Gaetz as an OAN anchor is a big gain for the far-right network, given that most of the channel’s personalities are not well known.
The network was dealt a significant blow when it was dropped by DirecTV in 2022. Other big distributors have been reluctant to carry its programming, and OAN has urged people to stream the network online instead. OAN has established itself as perhaps the most extreme of the pro-Trump news outlets.
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