As with Trump, Grayson’s mouthiness is a big part of what supporters love about him. “He says whatever he wants to say, and he is speaking to a part of our party that wants somebody to be as angry as they are when they’re posting on Facebook or Twitter,” says Kevin Cate, a Florida Democratic strategist. And, to be fair, most of the time, he’s taking aim at the political enemy. “When it comes to Republicans, he’s extremely inflammatory, and obviously he’s got constituents that like that,” observes longtime party strategist Jim Manley, a former Senate leadership staffer.

Not that Grayson limits himself to political targets. In explaining why it was taking so long for him to dissolve his marriage last year—a messy process that ended with an annulment when his wife of 25 years was ruled a bigamist—Grayson quipped, “I’ll sum it up for you: Gold diggers gotta dig.”

Less colorful but potentially more damaging may be the representative’s, let us say, business issues. Last month, The New York Times took a long look at how the multimillionaire Grayson may have used his public office to benefit a hedge fund that he founded in 2011 (in between his two stints in the House) and continued to manage even after his reelection to Congress in 2012. (Until recently, the fund bore Grayson’s name and operated out of the Cayman Islands, a favorite tax haven.) If so, this would be a no-no under House ethics rules. The matter has been under investigation by the ethics committee for several months now, but the Times detailed some of Grayson’s more problematic practices, such as using his public title in marketing materials for his hedge fund and employing aides to do fund work and political work simultaneously. (Grayson has denied all wrongdoing. Aggressively.)