Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s reputation and political prospects may take a nosedive in the wake of the release of the House Ethics Committee’s report, but several MAGA figures are standing by the Florida Republican.

It’s also why bomb-throwing lawmakers with no House leadership aspirations—folks like Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and Nancy Mace—find it so easy to self-mythologize themselves into MAGA folk heroes. If only we were in charge instead of the RINOs, things would be a little different around here! they sigh.