Matt Gaetz Is Said to Be Investigated Over Possible Sexual Relationship With a Girl,

[Ivanstone]

Unless he goes to jail he will probably keep his seat, the republican party tried to put a racist pedophile to the senate. The worst thing that will happen to him is that he will lose his committee positions. The right wing in this country has a really low bar as to what is acceptable.

The silver lining is that he won't get a pardon like Duncan Hunter did.

[cubby]

Republicans remember that we really shouldn't have accused child rapists and sex traffickers in office, start calling for Gaetz resignation.

[bladeXcrasher]

Republicans remember that we really shouldn't have accused child rapists and sex traffickers in office, start calling for Gaetz resignation.

It being Kinzinger means it doesn't really count. He's the only person that's been critical over the Trump years.

[cubby]

It being Kinzinger means it doesn't really count. He's the only person that's been critical over the Trump years.

Of course, but it's got to start some where.

I wonder if Jeffrey Epstein's island is looking for a caretaker.

[Lenonis]

Of course, but it's got to start some where.

It being Kinzinger means it doesn't really count. He's the only person that's been critical over the Trump years.

Just a gentle reminder that Kinzinger is still awful and voted with Trump over 90% of the time.

We can celebrate the broken clock and all but let's not start easing up on holding right wingers accountable for being deplorable just because they say the right thing now and then.

[Breccia]

Republicans remember that we really shouldn't have accused child rapists and sex traffickers in office, start calling for Gaetz resignation.

Ah, when the hypocrisy is too much for even the Republican Party to bear, you know it's no longer an unproven conspiracy theory and an actual crime has happened.

Don't worry, this just leaves you with more time for pizza, Gaetz.

[bladeXcrasher]

Just a gentle reminder that Kinzinger is still awful and voted with Trump over 90% of the time.

We can celebrate the broken clock and all but let's not start easing up on holding right wingers accountable for being deplorable just because they say the right thing now and then.

Yeah, that's why I said this doesn't really count. I'm not celebrating this in the slightest.

[Lenonis]

Yeah, that's why I said this doesn't really count. I'm not celebrating this in the slightest.

Yeah. I think there has been a tendency for the left to think that anti-Trump right wingers are our friends. And they really REALLY aren't...they still support all the vile policies and bigotry -- they just want to be nicer about it.

[Edge-]

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/09/mee...-his-own-shoe/

Well, Gaetz PR firm is run by a guy who promised to eat his own shoe if Trump lost.

Much like Hannity and his promise to be waterboarded for charity, we're still waiting for the spectacle.

[Felya]

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/09/mee...-his-own-shoe/

Well, Gaetz PR firm is run by a guy who promised to eat his own shoe if Trump lost.

Much like Hannity and his promise to be waterboarded for charity, we're still waiting for the spectacle.

They figured out the key to winning bets... just don’t admit you ever lost... What interception? Lynch ran it right down the middle...

Still fresh wound...

[Breccia]

The House Ethics Committee announced it is opening an investigation into embattled GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz (Fla.) on Friday following allegations of illegal drug use and sharing nude photos of young women with his colleagues on the House floor.

Hmm.

The Committee is aware of public allegations that Representative Matt Gaetz may have engaged in sexual misconduct and/or illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gift, in violation of House Rules, laws, or other standards of conduct.

Incidentally, Gaetz actually invited this on himself. His office has said, multiple times, that none of the accusations have a name behind them. So the House is just saying "Fine, we'll find out who it is."

Gaetz is surrounded. This isn't even about the child prostitute he raped, either.

[draynay]

They figured out the key to winning bets... just don’t admit you ever lost... What interception? Lynch ran it right down the middle...

Still fresh wound...

Plus Richard Sherman's joyous reaction.

[Dontrike]

Why is this man supposedly out on the streets and in restaurants with "thousands of people" during an epidemic?

Oh, wait, he's a Florida guy, isn't he? Never mind, that tracks.

Not sure I'd list those 3 specific people as good endorsements, though.

Does he think anyone would believe random people go "Hey man, don't give up, fight for your right to hire prostitutes that aren't legal!"

[Very Tired]

I feel like I've seen stuff like this before with others in Congress. Any chance he's actually put in jail?

[Evil Midnight Bomber]

Does he think anyone would believe random people go "Hey man, don't give up, fight for your right to hire prostitutes that aren't legal!"

After the Roy Moore situation...I actually don't have much trouble believing people are still supporting Gaetz.

[Kaleredar]

I feel like I've seen stuff like this before with others in Congress. Any chance he's actually put in jail?

I'm heartened by the notion that the stuff he did is fairly wholesale illegal, and not simply "morally reprehensible and unbefitting of office." So we don't have to rely on these feckless fuck's nonexistent moral compass to dictate whether this guy sees justice done or not.

Nor do the people executing these legal inquisitions have any reason to let him off the hook, like Trump may have done.

The GOP tend to lose these legal proceedings pretty heavily when they're not allowed to turn whatever body is judging them into a partisan kangaroo court.

[Breccia]

CNN reports that Gaetz tried to have a meeting with Trump and was refused.

Two people familiar with the matter said Gaetz tried to schedule a visit with Trump after it was first revealed that he was being investigated, but the request was rejected by aides close to the former President, who have urged Trump not to stick his neck out to defend Gaetz. Harlan Hill, a spokesman for Gaetz, said the congressman did not request a meeting with Trump this week.

"Rep. Gaetz was welcomed to Trump Doral this week and has not sought to meet with President Trump himself," Hill said in a statement to CNN, claiming that Gaetz has "been mostly relaxing with his fiancée this week during recess."

The interference by Trump's aides signals that Gaetz finds himself increasingly isolated as he weathers a potentially career-ending scandal just months after he offered to leave his plum job in Congress to join the 45th President's impeachment defense team. Trump has issued only one statement about Gaetz since the public first learned of the congressman's role in a sex trafficking inquiry at the beginning of April. In it, Trump denied ever receiving a blanket pardon request from the 38-year-old congressman and noted Gaetz's denial of the allegations against him.

Gaetz is in such trouble, he can't even be grabbed by the pussy.

[Bluespiderman57]

CNN reports that Gaetz tried to have a meeting with Trump and was refused.



Gaetz is in such trouble, he can't even be grabbed by the pussy.

You know, this kinda reminds me of that time last year when that guy was livestreaming himself begging Trump for help. I honestly can't tell which is sadder.

[Breccia]

You know, this kinda reminds me of that time last year when that guy was livestreaming himself begging Trump for help. I honestly can't tell which is sadder.

This one.

Gaetz is claiming he booked a trip to Trump Doral, with no intention of meeting Trump. This lie is even more transparent than "I've seen nothing about Biden in the last two months..." which is the battlecry of the rabid fanbase around these parts.

If Gaetz had done nothing and this story had never broken, and he was found to book a stay at Trump Doral, everyone would have said "He wants to meet Trump". Now that he's in the metaphorical fight for his life, for him to book a stay at Trump's hotel and not want to seek Trump's help? That's a farce on par with Austin Powers' "Honestly, it's not mine!"

[Ivanstone]

If Gaetz had done nothing and this story had never broken, and he was found to book a stay at Trump Doral, everyone would have said "He wants to meet Trump". Now that he's in the metaphorical fight for his life, for him to book a stay at Trump's hotel and not want to seek Trump's help? That's a farce on par with Austin Powers' "Honestly, it's not mine!"

I can see it. He probably realizes that Trump is the one who fucked him over but he still needs Trump's fan base to get out of this mess. This might give him the appearance of Trump's friendship but actually talking with Trump is pointless. Even if Trump didn't fuck him over, he's still a worthless idiot.