It amazes me how dumb and stupid some politicians can be when they believe they can pull off this kind of s**t and get away with it. It reminds me of the bromide: "A hard d**k has no conscious."
Congressman Gaetz is supposed to be getting married to a 26-year-old woman who he has referred to as his true love. I'm sure she is confident her beau will always be faithful and true to his marriage vows.
It sounds like Gaetz was becoming too much of a threat, so now the liberals are trying to take him down.
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That is hilarious! The liberals don't need to lift a finger to "take him down" since he is doing such an excellent job of taking himself down. It's also interesting that not a single Republican is lifting a finger (or uttering a word) in defense of Mr. Gaetz. Where are your friends when you really need them?
I don't think he has participated much in any successful legislation efforts, so the claims about being a threat to "liberals" seems exaggerated. To them he has more than likely been a cash-cow that ensures donations.
But of course his role as a firebrand for Trumpism has been substantial, but I fail to see how that makes him much different from the vast majority of the GOP establishment. The GOP party platform in 2020 was pretty much "do what Trump wants".
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The right wing QAnon cult has been so focused on finding liberal pedophile pizza rings that they missed the pedophile that has been right under their nose the whole time.
People like him have been treating governing as a performance art. Make speeches, go on the news, own the libs. Actual legislating? Nah. Trying to improve people's lives? Nah.
But of course his role as a firebrand for Trumpism has been substantial, but I fail to see how that makes him much different from the vast majority of the GOP establishment. The GOP party platform in 2020 was pretty much "do what Trump wants".
tbf I think many were probably already used to sitting in the corner wearing a ballgag.
My favorite was one of his defenses “The last time I had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old, I was 17". For a guy who basically represents self described evangelical christians, he doesn't even seem literate in their language. Kind of puts all those "Dems need to do XYZ to appeal to evangelicals" articles unto context.
And that’s something that’s not ever “verifiably false”. You can easily travel with someone without leaving behind a paper trail. Good effort by him in trying to use legalize language though.
You are correct. The other day I had a conversation with a hard core Trumper and brought up to Gaetz thing to poke at him. What I posted was his response and he was dead serious.
Matt Gaetz, privately asked the WH for blanket pre-emptive pardons for
himself and unidentified congressional allies for any crimes they may have committed
Anytime a conservative cries out, ' I'm not racist', you know he's a racist.
Anytime a conservative declares gays are an abomination, you know he's a closet gay.
Anytime a conservative cries out against paedophilia, ( nothing wrong with this one actually, but conservatives use it as a political tool, not because they actually care about child exploration), you know he's a paedophile.
Quite simple really.
The age of consent varies from state to state. Not all 17 year olds are considered minors when it comes to having sex I guess. Just depends on where you live. The crazy thing to me is that it's a ridiculous low 16 in a place like Massachusetts, and 18 in a place like Florida.
I highly doubt Gaetz will see any jail time. The guy is a conservative white guy living in Florida, let's not forget.