Matt Gaetz stopped by TSA at Dallas airport and found with taser: report

Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of Donald Trump's biggest elected supporters, was found to be carrying a taser when he was stopped by airport security in Dallas, Punch Bowl News reported on Friday.

An agent with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) made Gaetz throw the device away, according to the report.

The reporter said that Gaetz said he "forgot about the taser and had to throw it out."

"He said he thanked the TSA agent who found it and 'he gave me a fist bump and told me to secure the border,'" the report states.

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The report says when asked why he was carrying the device, he replied, "Because I can't afford to hire Cori Bush's husband," in reference to news reports that say Bush, a Democratic U.S. representative, is facing a Justice Department probe into her campaign's spending on security services that were provided by her husband.