Rep. Gaetz Protesting Canceled California Rallies: 'We Will Not Be Silenced'
Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks at a protest outside Riverside, Calif. city hall on July 17, 2021. (Cindy Yamanaka/The Orange County Register via AP). Print | A A After three California venues had canceled a joint rally planned by Reps. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., the conservative lawmakers staged a protest. Gaetz and Greene turned their America First rally attempt into a protest at City Hall in Riverside , California, and they also spoke to a throng of supporters in Huntington Beach. "You've proven they can't cancel these Congress members, and they can't cancel this rally, and they can never cancel the America First political movement," Gaetz told the crowd. "We will not be silenced, and we will not be shut down by whatever oversoyed members of the City Council of this particular place or Anaheim of any other place. There are great Americans will live in the state of California and we're going to fight for every single one o