Adam Kinzinger is the First Republican Calling for Matt Gaetz to Step Down 9 Apr 2021 Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) called on Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) to “resign” late Thursday night, becoming the first Republican to do so. Kinzinger tweeted Thursday, “Matt Gaetz needs to resign.” He also linked to a Daily Beast article that detailed Gaetz sending money through a phone payment service application, “Venmo,” to an accused sex trafficker. The Daily Beast reported, May 2018, there were two “late-night Venmo transactions” to an accused sex trafficker, Joel Greenberg. The Beast detailed Gaetz sent $900 in the late-night transaction to Greenberg. The following morning, over the course of eight minutes, “Greenberg used the same app to send three young women varying sums of money. In total, the transactions amounted to $900,” according to the Beast.