So Brave: Cassidy Hutchinson Says She’s Not Interested in Dating Man Investigated for Human Trafficking
Rep. Matt Gaetz once said he and Hutchinson dated "for a few weeks...years ago." Hutchinson told Rachel Maddow that she has "much higher standards in men."
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Cassidy Hutchinson, the former Trump White House aide who last year testified before the House Jan 6th Select Committee, is in the national spotlight yet again as she continues to promote her new memoir, Enough, out Tuesday. In what seems to be a rite of passage for public-facing conservative women, Hutchinson is fielding rumors that she once dated Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.)—rumors pushed by Gaetz himself. In a Monday night interview, MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow read aloud excerpts from Hutchinson’s book describing uncomfortable encounters with Gaetz, before telling Hutchinson that Gaetz denied these incidents and claimed they’d dated for a few weeks. To this, Hutchinson said, “I never dated Matt Gaetz. I have much higher standards in men.”
Gaetz, on Tuesday, responded to claims in Hutchinson’s book that he once told her she was a “national treasure” and asked her to escort him to his cabin at Camp David one night. “I don’t remember either of these events and based on Cassidy’s prior false statements, I doubt they occurred,” he told The Hill in a statement. “I did date Cassidy for a few weeks when we were both single years ago.” (Given that Hutchinson is currently 27, I’m naturally curious how many “years ago” Gaetz, 41, is talking about!) He then claimed the two “parted amicably and remained friends thereafter,” that Hutchinson “asked me to help her secure housing in South Florida because she was eager to continue working for President Trump” after his presidency, and opines that it’s “sad to see Cassidy dishonestly turn against so many people who cared about her for fame and book sales.” There truly seems to be no love lost between the two.