U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz clashed with the fathers of two slain Parkland students last week, which irked some people so much they are donating to Gaetz's 2020 political opponent without even knowing who that person will be.

As of Tuesday morning, a campaign called "#MAKEMATTPAY" had accrued more than 1,300 donations totaling more than $41,000, on Crowdpac, a crowdsourcing website for political campaigns.

The header for the page simply says, "Make Matt Gaetz pay for silencing Parkland parents. Donate to his opponent."

Last week, Gaetz went viral for an exchange at a hearing on gun violence where he claimed a southern border wall would be a more effective solution to gun violence than universal background checks.

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The sentiment prompted outbursts from Manuel Oliver and Fred Guttenberg — men whose respective children, Joaquin “Guac” Oliver and Jaime Guttenburg, were among the 17 people killed in the Feb. 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Gaetz responded to the interjections by questioning if there was a protocol for having people who repeatedly interrupted a proceeding removed.

In an interview with CNN last week, Gaetz said he wasn't trying to have the two dads kicked out, and stood by his call for a border wall.

In an interview with MSNBC, Manuel Oliver accused Gaetz of being a "salesperson" pushing an agenda that had nothing to do with solving the actual problem of gun violence, and said he would work to see that Gaetz was ousted from office in 2020.

The #MAKEMATTPAY campaign took a cue from Oliver, writing "tried to have the parents of kids killed in the Parkland massacre kicked out of the hearing room. Well, it’s time for us to kick this NRA stooge out of Congress. That’s why we’re raising $39,773 for his Democratic opponent in 2020 — a dollar for everyone killed by guns in America each year. We don’t yet know who’ll run against Gaetz, but we want to make sure they have the funding they need to beat him."

The campaign surpassed its original funding goal, and raised the bar to $50,000.

Gaetz represent Florida's 1st Congressional District, which encompasses Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa, Walton and parts of Holmes counties. After serving in the Florida Legislature from 2010 to 2016, Gaetz was elected to U.S. Congress in 2016. In 2018, Gaetz defeated Democratic challenger Jennifer Zimmerman with 67 percent of the vote.

Responding to a Twitter user who pledged to see him defeated in the 2020 election, Gaetz wrote, "Elected & re-elected w 2/3 of the vote the last 3x I’ve been on the ballot. Won every county in my district the last 4x. This is what makes our republic great - the will of the people. See you on the field."

Kevin Robinson can be reached at krobinson4@pnj.com or 850-435-8527.