Judge Says Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene Can Sue Cities For Canceled Rally

A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) to proceed with their lawsuit against two California cities for canceling their rallies—but also shredded their claims that civil rights advocacy groups conspired against them.

Judge Hernán Vera wrote that Greene and Gaetz had adequately convinced the court that the cities of Anaheim and Riverside plausibly canceled their 2021 event based on “viewpoint discrimination.” The ruling allows the reps to press forward their case against the cities.

But their claims that several civil-rights groups, including the NAACP and the League of Women Voters, conspired with the cities against them were full of “numerous fatal deficiencies,” Vera added.

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