Venue cancels America First rally after learning Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene were speakers

A Southern California event space refused to host an America First rally after learning that Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene were slated as speakers.

Javad Mirtavoosi, the manager of Pacific Hills Banquet & Event Center in Laguna Hills, told The Orange County Register on Friday that the venue had wanted to 'stay clear' of hosting the conservative lawmakers.

The America First rally was scheduled to be hosted at the 30,000-square-foot venue on July 17, and Mirtavoosi noted staff had just expected a 'gathering'.

A spokesperson for Greene's campaign told the Orange County Register that they are still selling tickets for the rally while trying to find another venue.

'We're very close to securing a location that will proudly host our America First Rally with Congresswoman Greene and Congressman Gaetz,' said spokesman Nick Dyer.The controversial Republican lawmakers have been hosting America First rallies across the country since May - though have both been hit with a number of scandals causing even some of their colleagues to distance themselves.

Gaetz is 39.Gaetz has not been criminally charged by federal prosecutors and has always denied having had sex with the underage girl and transporting her across state lines.

Joel Greenberg, a former tax collector in Florida's Seminole County, is central to the federal probe into whether Gaetz trafficked a minor for sex.

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