Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz's campaign was busy buying web domains for the upcoming election. But not for the Gaetz camp.
The lone Republican against Gaetz in the state’s August 20 primary, who shares a treasurer with the McCarthy-aligned American Patriots PAC, failed to purchase his name for his campaign prior to announcing his run.
Gaetz now owns aarondimmockforcongress.com, dimmockforcongress, and arrondimmock.com, which all redirect to a page that mocks the former naval officer's past support for BLM and DEI.
According to GoDaddy.com, the domain names are registered private and were purchased on April 26.
According to LinkedIn, Dimmock currently serves as the Director of Missouri Leadership for the State of Missouri; however, it’s reported that he is also the director of leadership programs at the University of West Florida’s Aylstock, Witkin, Kreis & Overholtz Center for Leadership.
Gaetz blasted the newcomer Dimmock, who previously wrote pro-BLM and pro-DEI posts while working as a director at Chapman & Co., a workplace training company.
Dimmock reposted on LinkedIn a Chapman & Co. post that read, “#blacklivesmatter,” “We commit to auditing every business process to ensure they reflect a culture of inclusion,” and “serve non-profits advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
In a 2020 post, Dimmock said, “We remain committed to making it better #leadership #inclusion,” in reference to a post about Black Lives Matter.
In a statement to the Tampa Free Press on Monday, Rep. Gaetz called Dimmock a “Missouri-based DEI instructor.”
“I’m excited to welcome Missouri-based DEI instructor Aaron Dimmock to the campaign. Aaron is not in Kansas City anymore. This is Trump Country. Our pronouns are USA and MAGA. I’m a proud Trump Republican. I stand shoulder to shoulder with President Trump to defeat Joe Biden, secure our border, restore our economy, and support our veterans. I’ll never stop fighting for President Trump or for the people of the First Congressional District,” said Gaetz.
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Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna blasted Dimmock on X, saying, “Want to know what’s wrong with the military? It’s woke leadership from people like @aaronwdimmock who are more focused on DEI than mission readiness and have destroyed our country by promoting racial division instead of unity. Now he wants to come to Congress? No. I look forward to campaigning for @mattgaetz in FL-1. Btw there is a reason why Gaetz is respected by the STS and SF community.”
Gaetz, 41, has been in the House since 2017, representing Florida’s 1st Congressional District, which includes the state’s western Panhandle. Gaetz holds an 84% approval Republican Liberty Score with the Conservative Review.
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