U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is facing a lot of trouble and he now has one more problem. Luke Ball, Gaetz’s communications director has resigned, according to multiple reports.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Ball began working for Gaetz in 2018 as his scheduler and press assistant, became his press secretary, and in November of 2019 his communications director.
Gaetz, who is under DOJ investigation for a possible sexual relationship with a 17-year old and for child sex trafficking, is appearing to make it sound like there was some disagreement that led to the resignation and that it was a mutual decision:
Ball was also Gaetz’s deputy campaign manager, and worked for Ron DeSantis’ election campaign.
He began his career in politics as a congressional intern.
Ball was not especially active on Twitter but he did retweet an anti-LGBTQ hate group, and he did post this a month ago: