Marc Short is the former Chief of Staff for former Vice President Mike Pence and he definitely tore into Rep. Matt Gaetz  (R-Fla.) over a Department of Justice inquiry into whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.

Short fully believes Gaetz will be in prison before the 2024 election. Gaetz, appearing at a Turning Point USA youth conference in Tampa, Florida, Sunday, took aim at Pence while addressing the crowd.

“Our America is proudly ultra MAGA, not some low-energy roadside RINO safari,” Gaetz told the young audience at the Student Action Summit. “On that note, let me just say what everybody here knows. Mike Pence will never be president. Nice guy, not a leader.”

Mike Pence will NEVER be president! pic.twitter.com/SX65SXT6R4

— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) July 24, 2022

Pence, however, hasn’t said whether he intends to seek the GOP’s nomination.

But Gaetz’s comments did not sit well with short, who purportedly testified last week before a grand jury that is probing the January 6 attack on the Capitol, and he told Gaetz what’s what on CNN Monday.

During an appearance on CNN’s OutFront offered up a stiff reprimand, telling host Erin Burnett:

“Well, I don’t know if Mike Pence will run for president in 2024. But I don’t think Matt Gaetz will have an impact on that. In fact, I would be surprised if he’s still voting. It’s more likely, he’ll be in prison for child trafficking, and I’m surprised that Florida law enforcement allows him to speak to teenage conferences like that. So I’m not too worried what Matt Gaetz says.”

Gaetz being who he is, has, of course, admitted no wrongdoing, but The Washington Post reports.

“What potential crimes he’s being investigated for: Whether Gaetz paid for sex, had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old, and whether he has paid for women to travel across state lines to have sex, which would violate sex-trafficking laws.

“What he has said: He’s been pretty vocal about denying paying for sex or having sex with a minor as an adult. “I have a suspicion that someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends as something more untoward,” he has said.

Of course, it’s also unsurprising that Gaetz is an unabashed supporter of former President Donald Trump who has also shown an alleged fondness for teen girls.

WATCH:

Short: I don’t think Matt Gaetz will have an impact… in fact, I’d be surprised if he was still voting. It’s more likely he’ll be in prison for child sex trafficking… I’m surprised law enforcement lets him speak to teenage conferences like that pic.twitter.com/ALuay3VmoI

— Acyn (@Acyn) July 25, 2022