Morning Digest: How Matt Gaetz is fighting off McCarthy's revenge tour

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● FL-01: Rep. Matt Gaetz's bitter feud with former Speaker Kevin McCarthy ramped up on Friday as the far-right Florida congressman launched a new ad campaign attacking his challenger in the Aug. 20 Republican primary.

McCarthy and his allies are reportedly trying to unseat Gaetz as part of the ex-speaker's "revenge tour" against the eight Republicans who voted to oust him as leader of the House last fall. Gaetz's campaign told Politico that it's paying six figures to air its ad over 12 days in the 1st District, which covers the Pensacola area in Florida's panhandle.