Matt Gaetz and his wife are expecting their first child, Ginger Gaetz announced on social media Tuesday.
The mom-to-be posted a photograph of her baby bump, dressed in white, next to her husband who was wearing what appeared to be a black velour sweatshirt, holding an ultrasound print.
Ginger posted the photo with the caption ‘Baby Gaetz coming 2025 ✨.’
The pair tied the knot in an intimate elopement ceremony on Catalina Island in California back in August of 2021.
The couple got engaged at President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago club in Florida in 2020.
The former firebrand Florida Representative resigned from Congress last year after he was briefly nominated to serve as President Donald Trump’s attorney general following the 2024 presidential election.
Gaetz’s nomination was withdrawn by the White House after he received pushback from a number of senators, including members of his own party, who were irked by allegations he paid underage women for sex. Gaetz denied the claims and was never charged with a crime.
A number of Matt Gaetz’ former Capitol Hill colleagues piled on the congratulations, replying to Ginger’s post on X.
South Carolina Congresswoman Nancy Mace wrote ‘Congratulations Mama’ in all caps.
Former Texas Congresswoman Mayra Flores also celebrated ‘this beautiful blessing.’
The Gaetz baby-in-waiting also caught the attention of world leaders.
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele’s Minister of Housing Michelle Sol also posted her congratulations to the couple.
During his time in Congress, Gaetz was a founder of the El Salvador Caucus, currently led by fellow Floridian Ana Paulina Luna.
In a text conversation with his mother which was filmed while Gaetz was on an airplane, the father-to-be revealed that he has a son on the way.
‘I’m a happily married man with a son on the way, two penthouse condos, a 1:1 real estate asset to debt ratio’ Gaetz wrote in one of the text.
After Gaetz departed Congress, his seat was filled by former Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis.
Ginger’s sister Roxanne Luckey once described the former Florida congressman as ‘weird and creepy’ and said she was ‘unfortunately not surprised’ at his being investigated for sex crimes.
In a string of TikTok videos, Roxanne criticized Gaetz, saying that she spent the summer of 2020 in Washington DC working as a White House intern, and was uncomfortable with him from the start.
‘As someone who has personally experienced a ton of creepy old politician men hitting on me when I was underage, and experiencing sexual assault at that age by people of power, it’s very disheartening,’ she said.
‘And I have zero tolerance of people like him.’
She added that she is ‘tired of them getting away with this type of stuff.’