Matt Gaetz has zero interest in being in Congress

In the before times in the Republican Party, getting elected to Congress was a massive accomplishment -- a sign that you had made it. Spending a decade or two accruing the seniority and know-how to get things done and put your imprint on the nation's laws was seen as the highest of callings.

Those days are gone. Now, many newly elected Republican House members see a seat in Congress as a means to a more lucrative end -- a chance to build their, uh, brand, widen their fundraising base and raise their profile in order to get the real prize: A well-paying gig on a conservative media network. The Ur example of this trend comes in the form of a brassy and bouffanted Florida congressman named Matt Gaetz.