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While one can certainly be seen as a populist, it's not Matt Gaetz in the slightest.

The admittedly shitty dancer is the representative from Florida’s 1st district, Matt Gaetz. Like AOC, Gaetz is something of a populist voice in his own party. But rather than follow Ocasio-Cortez in pointing the finger at big business interests and political misinformation as twin ailments of American democracy, Gaetz takes every opportunity to blame the “woke mob,” China, and immigrants for their nefarious designs on America. The positioning works for Gaetz: His rhetoric sits comfortably with his constituents, who come from one of the oldest and whitest congressional districts in America. In 2020, Florida had the second-highest percentage of the population over the age of 65, and his district is 71 percent white compared to 59 percent nationally.

AoC is blaming the right people who actually have power, causing the biggest wealth gap in American history. The other is going after the tired strawman woke mob. China can be dealt with smart policy making, same with immigration and only the tiniest fraction of people are affected negatively by cancel culture (if that's the woke mob he's complaining about).
Instead of generating moral panic about immigrants and liberal college kids, maybe if people like Gaetz spent more time coming up with policies, they would have more young people supporting them.
Also, their ideas of providing benefits to young women are VERY different...