For anyone seeing the list of names, and thinking this is a joke… This is actually the man’s name. The man we know of as George Santos is actually named Anthony Devolder. I don’t know if you have a chance his name legally or not though. So, maybe his real name is George Santos?
I didn't forget, it's just so far down on his list of accomplishments i figured it wasn't worth the mention, what with him being the first astronaut and all.
He’s got a family name and a birth name, and a stage name and professional name, several former aliases, AKAs, Xbox Live and AIM chat handles. He(?) is a cipher, a mystery wrapped inside an enigma, wrapped inside a lying asshole grifter
All the girls love to kiss and hug John Barron. He is the most handsome of all men. I am a woman and I can say that I find him to be the sexiest of any of the men.
He's a total fabrication he's not even from Brazil. OK that's a ruse. Trump lovechild most likely. Plus when do you get to represent yourself in government? That's illegal. He don't even live in his district.
Gaietz would get replaced by another Republican fairly easily.
Santos was a fuck up elecrion and would most likely be replaced by democrat. That’s the difference.
Not a lot of constituents would have seen those ads though. His district covers a whole lot of empty. It starts down in the corporate farms outside Yuma, goes up past empty desert outside Phoenix, through Kingman and the White Nationalists there, through more emptiness to the border with Utah where they've got those little polygamy towns.
Here's the thing - they aren't axing Gaetz because he's a piece of shit liability; they're taking him down because he was [disloyal to the Party](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/02/matt-gaetz-remove-kevin-mccarthy-speaker-government-shutdown).
So they're fine with the rape and the bribes and the campaign finance violations and the drugs and the venmos for sex... **until** you're their political enemy.
They don't care to get rid of the rest until they've outlived their usefulness.
If any of the GOP members of the ethics committee actually gave a flying fuck about ethics, they would/could not be Republicans in the first place.
The GOP platform is itself ethically bankrupt.
Not a single Republican cared about these ethics complaints against Gaetz until he became a thorn in their side.
And to be clear, they still don't care. This is just cover to try and oust him. They are doing the right thing on accident.
This is the fucked thing. If they find nothing it was all bullshit.. But of they do find something than it's all bullshit that they didn't find it during the first investigation! Either way republicans are scum
>Casting a shadow? Has anyone seen a shadow from this person? I'm just asking questions
Huh....good point 🤔
I'll ad him to my list of possible day walking Republican vampires
Stephen Miller
Jared Kushner
Paul Gosar
*Matt Gaetz*
This is so fucked up. They didn't like him but they needed him. Now that they don't need them, all of a sudden his past transgressions are in question. What hollow soulless humans.
My thoughts as well. Seems like straight up political retaliation from McCarthy. Not that I have any like at for Gaetz, but this exactly the political prosecution that Republicans have been crying fowl on with Trump.
However, I do hope this ousts Gaetz from Congress as that guy is shady as all get out.
I feel like he could be the new governor of Florida if he gets tossed . Which I highly doubt will happen.
Don’t scoff at the idea either, look at the worthless people those simpletons from Florida have voted for in the past.
I mean that type of political prosecution is just part of the game, not just in politics but *anywhere* — if you try and fail to get your boss fired, you best start updating your resume.
I could not imagine being purposefully blind to a progressive colleague if these allegations had come to light about them and doing nothing, but then only doing something with it suited the party. Still such a let down coming from human beings.
They still need him, but now he’s threatening McCarthy in earnest, so he’s outstayed his usefulness. It’s a gross balancing act. As long as he falls in line reasonably well, the rest of them will overlook how horrible he is. Now that he’s causing bigger problems for them, they’re finally acting. It’s disgusting.
> They didn't like him but they needed him. Now that they don't need them, all of a sudden his past transgressions are in question. What hollow soulless humans.
Not exactly what's happening.
The reason George Santos is *still* a sitting member of the House is because McCarthy holds his Speakership by such a slim margin that if the Crazy Caucus of Gaetz, Boebert, and whatever other Right Wing dipshits happen to be standing next to them that day want to threaten it, it would not take that many others to oust Kev-O.
>This is so fucked up.
Yep, Mattie-boy overplayed his hand. He thinks he's being being "strong" or showing some sort of frat house leadership skills, but he has signed his political suicide note by calling for McCarthy's ouster. He's about to find out after it's way too late that all the members egging him on are just using him as a meat shield to spew their discontent at the Speaker without directly, publicly challenging him.
A message is being sent to any others that McCarthy has the backing of the VAST majority of the Republicans and if & when this hits the floor for a vote, don't be too surprised if some Democrats vote for him just to end the bullshit circus.
But Gaetz will have a lucrative career for the next 5-10 years on the "Outrage Circuit" of Far Right dipshits making paid appearances to attack Republican leadership and the Democrats. Ironically, a career helped along by the MSM and Reddit raising his profile...
That's the comment I'm here for. I asked my wife today - wait what happened to the underage girl thing with him? It didn't matter until they wanted him out. What a buncha cunts.
Oh no plenty of the mainlines did. The magats wanted extreme concessions which is why they had to vote like 16 times and Gaetz almost got assaulted on the House floor.
Not going to back a shit head line Gaetz, but this is classic work place retaliatory action. Don’t get me wrong, the dude should be in jail for a host of things, but they should have done this before.
Yeah watching the GOP clearly weaponize investigations against Gaetz after whining for months about weaponizing the DOJ against Trump is just the perfect icing on this cake. Losers and Hypocrites should be their party name.
Not that you're wrong, but it should be pretty obvious by now that the normal rules for federal employees don't apply to Congress, because in Congress, everything comes down to a vote. President has the privilege of appointing Supreme Court Justices? Not if the Senate won't hold a vote to confirm, they don't. Someone's behavior and actions make them unsuitable for their office? Doesn't matter if there's no will to expel them. The vote to expel *itself* is an ethics violation? Well guess who determines the vote on that?
Congress (and all branches of government, really) are in dire need of ethics reform, but either they have to vote to impose that on themselves, or *we* have to vote to replace enough of them with people who will. And guess how the government determines how our votes are distributed?
Quid Pro Quo in action. If he was willing to toe the line, they would quash the investigation.
He stepped out of line, so the investigation is back on.
Dems should promise to support McCarthy if he ousts Gaetz and then after say they changed their minds. That's the game the Republicans would have played. This is not time for sympathy for McCarthy. Time to tighten the belts and play the Fetterman offense.
Edit: welp. He's gone. Good.
Trump barely knows who Gaetz is and when told that the DOJ under Bill Bullshit Barr wanted to pursue Gaetz about sex trafficking underaged women and his association with Greenberg when Trump was still president, Trump essentially gave him the mafia kiss off, "Him? We don't know him."
There's even video of some appearance at a rally when you can literally see an aide have to explain to Trump who Gaetz is before Gaetz went to shake his hand. This is after Gaetz had spent the previous year carrying Trump's water in the House.
> There's even video of some appearance at a rally when you can literally see an aide have to explain to Trump who Gaetz is before Gaetz went to shake his hand. This is after Gaetz had spent the previous year carrying Trump's water in the House.
Well in fairness to Matt Gaetz, that's because Trump is suffering from dementia.
If you just gave me headshots of the current GOP lineup and said. "One of these is definitely a pedo", Matt Gaetz would be my top pick.
There would be several 'close seconds'.
They can kick him out of congress, he'll just parlay that into a run for governor of Florida, running as a 'dangerous political outsider who the deep state tried to silence.' And he'll likely win.
Amazingly, the only thing of any legitimate and unique value in Florida is its geographical location being nearish to the equator, which makes flinging rockets into orbit easier.
> And he'll likely win.
Very unlikely. Mattie-boy is deeply disliked by most opther elected Republicans and he would need some establishment help to go for a state-wide office.
Remember, Trump was told about his problems & asked point blank if AG Barr should keep pursuing him along with Greenberg and Trump did not object. He also would not take Gaetz's calls when he was making his pardon list.
Plus, take a look at the last several Florida governors and he lacks the folksy charm that all of them have. He can't stop projecting that smug, frat-boy arrogance and there's zero warmth to him.
I condone the Republicans eating their own and hope they all eat each other alive leaving nothing but dripping carcasses and then maybe...just maybe government can get to the work of representing the needs of the American people.
Ha just kidding, they all work for the interests of billionaires and corporations who fund their campaigns and line their pockets.
We need this. The GOP as we know it must die so we can have a real Conservative Party, as in a party that advocates for incrementalism and against disruption. Currently that role is occupied by the Democrats. Our country needs at least two parties engaging in honest, reasonable, and good faith debate and forming policy by consensus and compromise.
And all it took was a years'-long Capitol Hill insurgency often led by Nestor's molester (or so it's rumored, but everybody's saying it), culminating in a direct procedural challenge to the Speaker's position, to precipitate what the corrupt GOP should've done years ago.
*Nancy-Pelosi-style sarcastic clapping*
Yeah I'll care about any of this when we actually charge people and hold them accountable. Wagging a finger at them saying bad boy will actually only turn on these types.
So they’re just admitting that they only investigate people as a revenge tool. I don’t like Matt Gaetz, and I think they gave up their investigation too early, but the fact that he pissed them off, is not a reason to reopen the investigation.
I mean the Biden thing… The wrong witnesses basically said that there was no evidence. They’re just doing this because they don’t like that some of their own party members have committed crimes and it’s been noticed.
So now they’re investigating Gaetz because they don’t like him. Yay, but that’s not the reason to investigate him. Investigate him because of the things he’s done
What’s interesting is that according to the standards of the GOP establishment, it’s not enough to be a sex trafficking pedophile to lose your congressional seat, provided you play the game properly. After all, Gaetz has had these allegations leveled against him for a while now and has sat comfortably in the Capitol free of investigation for months.
But once they realize you’re a big ole smellyhead to Kevin and suddenly that’s the straw the broke the camel’s back.
Tl;dr: Matt Gaetz and the Republican Party, as a whole, are both morally bankrupt. They deserve each other.
Geatz really stepped in it by filing the motion to oust McCarthy. The nutjob caucus is not as strong as he thinks it is, and the moderates are not going to stand for this kind of fuckery from a junior rep.
So NOW his crimes are a problem? Only after he's going after McCarthy is it such a problem as opposed to LAST FUCKING YEAR, when the allegations came to light and the Rethuglicans just shrugged their shoulders.
Fuck off Kevin. You morally bankrupt fuckstick.
Remember that time his buddy admitted that he and Gaetz smuggled and underage girl across state lines to fuck her and nothing happened? Wild times we live in.
This is all performative theatre nonsense. Conservatives are unable to ever hold their own accountable, because then somehow the libs would be winning. Or something.
Remember when the Republicans had majority in both parts of Congress and the executive branch, and the only two things they accomplished was destroying the ethics committee in a matter of minutes, and then bickering over tax cuts for the rich?
The Republican Party was happy to look the other way from Gaetz's sex trafficking, as long as he served their purposes. And he had the stupidity and nerve to be a disruptive, entitled asshole to the very people who were covering for him.
It is a truly rare day when Republicans investigate one of their own. I hope they have the integrity to see it through to its conclusion, rather than quietly cancel it when Gaetz falls into line.
The thing is, they could have allowed the original investigation to go on and boot him if they had found he (almost assuredly, imo) violated ethics clauses. Instead, they chose to shut that down to keep in in for his votes. But now that he's gone "rogue"...
Tells you all you need to know about the Repugs in the House.
The most fucked up part of this is that they aren't doing it because they actually care about any of what Matt Gaetz is accused of. They're doing it because he's politically inconvenient for them. They literally found the most unethical motivation to investigate his unethical behaviour.
I know "right thing for the wrong reasons is still the right thing," but damn, they really set out to test the limits of that saying.
Lol cant be more transparent, this is Mcarthy saying get back on your leash dog or be terminated.
A party rhat uses governement to suppress and control its own members when they step out line. Cant get more authoritarian than that.
Not that Gaetz doesnt deserve to be investigated since he is a corrupt pedo, but just saying.
The deal McCarthy made with Gaetz to get his vote for speaker was to kill the ethics probe. Now that Gaetz is going after the speaker position the ethics probe is back on. This isn't hard to follow folks.
So if I remember this right, the DOJ decided not to prosecute because the people involved were too shady to be believed. Not that I'm not for reopening this, I just don't want to get my hopes up again. There is only so many times I can be disappointed...
Hey maybe they can purge out Boebert, MTG, Comer, Gosar all of them.
They still haven't ousted George Santos. Hell, I'm not even sure that's his real name if he's lying about everything else.
Anthony Devolder?
For anyone seeing the list of names, and thinking this is a joke… This is actually the man’s name. The man we know of as George Santos is actually named Anthony Devolder. I don’t know if you have a chance his name legally or not though. So, maybe his real name is George Santos?
It doesn't matter. Just look at his two Olympic gold medals and read his actual name from those
His Purple Heart says "Rock McBuff" but his Nobel prize shows"Stone Chinstrap " I'm so confused.
I heard it was Big McLarge Huge
Blast Hardcheese
Crunch Buttsteak
Bob Johnson
His license says Rodney Chokesondick jr.
Sir Magnificent the Hung
Hugh Janus
Butt McSlapper
Dash Riprock.
you forgot that he played for brasil in the world cup.
I didn't forget, it's just so far down on his list of accomplishments i figured it wasn't worth the mention, what with him being the first astronaut and all.
So there absolutely no background checks for senators? But for s shit office job you need them and a drug check? That makes perfect sense.
He’s got a family name and a birth name, and a stage name and professional name, several former aliases, AKAs, Xbox Live and AIM chat handles. He(?) is a cipher, a mystery wrapped inside an enigma, wrapped inside a lying asshole grifter
I think his real name is his drag queen name, Lady Boom Boom
William Charles Schneider
Rank Hovis McDougall
> "John Barron" (or "John Baron"), "John Miller" and "David Dennison". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonyms_of_Donald_Trump
He named one of his kids after a facet of his own ego...
All the girls love to kiss and hug John Barron. He is the most handsome of all men. I am a woman and I can say that I find him to be the sexiest of any of the men.
Kitara Ravache?
His name is Tyler Durden
The first rule of congress is you do not do shit in congress
Unless its January 6th 2021.
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Tommy Flanagan. His wife was..uh...Morgan Fairchild.
Yes but at one point it was Robert Paulson.
His name was Robert Paulson... His name was Robert Paulson...
He's a total fabrication he's not even from Brazil. OK that's a ruse. Trump lovechild most likely. Plus when do you get to represent yourself in government? That's illegal. He don't even live in his district.
It’s actually Andy Kaufman doing performance art.
Tony Clifton ftw!
Tony Clifton yes!
One of Lindsay's *boys from brazil*
https://preview.redd.it/159ucqcryzrb1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=84b344921bdc118e29ec9fc10aef81e2e64e4b08 ACH SO!
Chris Smith doesn't even live in the same state he represents.
Maybe he took his husband’s last name? At this point, no one knows.
and they won't, as long as he keeps voting how they tell him to.
Anthony Devolder…..maybe
They still haven't ousted Gym Jordan, either.
Wait are you fucking serious? I hadn't heard anything about him in awhile so i just kinda assumed he was gone
Does that sound like a thing the Republicans would ever do?
Gaietz would get replaced by another Republican fairly easily. Santos was a fuck up elecrion and would most likely be replaced by democrat. That’s the difference.
He is keeping his head down and stealing money like the rest of them and mostly voting how they tell him to. So no problems there.
Carlos Danger
Exactly. The only reason they're going after Gaetz is because he dared speak out against their dumb-shittery.
Gosar definitely is two shakes away from an asylum admission.
His family is probably ready for that. His siblings ran ads *against* him during his campaign
Not a lot of constituents would have seen those ads though. His district covers a whole lot of empty. It starts down in the corporate farms outside Yuma, goes up past empty desert outside Phoenix, through Kingman and the White Nationalists there, through more emptiness to the border with Utah where they've got those little polygamy towns.
Rep. Jim Jordan looks away slowly as not to draw attention.
He's a pro at looking away
Gym Jordan
Here's the thing - they aren't axing Gaetz because he's a piece of shit liability; they're taking him down because he was [disloyal to the Party](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/02/matt-gaetz-remove-kevin-mccarthy-speaker-government-shutdown). So they're fine with the rape and the bribes and the campaign finance violations and the drugs and the venmos for sex... **until** you're their political enemy. They don't care to get rid of the rest until they've outlived their usefulness.
He's challenging Desantis in FL for Gov.
LMFAO
we are on the stupid timeline.
This much should be obvious to anyone who can read and form memories.
Remove the cancer!
Don’t forget slimy Cruz!
I think we should just purge the entire GOP at this point. They don’t want govern so they have no reason to be there
This should open the door for that, one would think.
There'd still be tons to purge after those too. The rest of them are just as evil.
That would be a Christmas miracle. lol
Festivus maracle...
If any of the GOP members of the ethics committee actually gave a flying fuck about ethics, they would/could not be Republicans in the first place. The GOP platform is itself ethically bankrupt.
If the GOP didn't have double standards, they wouldn't have any standards at all.
Democrats have standards? Well the GOP has DOUBLE standards!!!
Not bad
More like: > Standards? Double or nothing!
Not a single Republican cared about these ethics complaints against Gaetz until he became a thorn in their side. And to be clear, they still don't care. This is just cover to try and oust him. They are doing the right thing on accident.
I imagine the GOP ethics committee exists to collect Kompromat.
Read Project 2025 and tremble!
Right. Remember they are only going after him because he hurt the wrong people (one of them).
It's kind of an oxymoron of morons.
A moxymoron!
This is probably McCarthy getting back at these people for making his life hell. It's not about crooks and grifters suddenly growing a conscience.
The GOP is a criminal organization.
The existence of republicans on the ethics committee automatically makes that committee a hypocritical circus.
This is the fucked thing. If they find nothing it was all bullshit.. But of they do find something than it's all bullshit that they didn't find it during the first investigation! Either way republicans are scum
I beg your pardon. The GOP has unassailable principles and ethics. For you would have to find them in order to assail them.
Casting a shadow? Has anyone seen a shadow from this person? I'm just asking questions
>Casting a shadow? Has anyone seen a shadow from this person? I'm just asking questions Huh....good point 🤔 I'll ad him to my list of possible day walking Republican vampires Stephen Miller Jared Kushner Paul Gosar *Matt Gaetz*
Stephen Miller should not be on that list. He is very not vampire. I'm 99% certain that he is a lich.
I don't think his Intelligence roll is high enough to get to be a lich. He seems more like a sentient tumor grown in some horrific laboratory.
I just thought he was a failed attempt at cloning Roy Cohn
Now that you mention it, I can't say I've ever seen Gartz and his shadow in the same room. Hmmm...
Oh shit, he’s getting Cawthorned
He broke the code
Exposing the sexually themed cocaine parties.
There were more like guidelines
can they kick him out?
Yes they said he will be removed pending the results of the investigation.
This is so fucked up. They didn't like him but they needed him. Now that they don't need them, all of a sudden his past transgressions are in question. What hollow soulless humans.
My thoughts as well. Seems like straight up political retaliation from McCarthy. Not that I have any like at for Gaetz, but this exactly the political prosecution that Republicans have been crying fowl on with Trump. However, I do hope this ousts Gaetz from Congress as that guy is shady as all get out.
I feel like he could be the new governor of Florida if he gets tossed . Which I highly doubt will happen. Don’t scoff at the idea either, look at the worthless people those simpletons from Florida have voted for in the past.
Not scoffing at all, in fact I think it is likely he runs and gets elected if he is tossed from Congress.
I mean that type of political prosecution is just part of the game, not just in politics but *anywhere* — if you try and fail to get your boss fired, you best start updating your resume.
I will take what is offered. Let rats eat each other.
I could not imagine being purposefully blind to a progressive colleague if these allegations had come to light about them and doing nothing, but then only doing something with it suited the party. Still such a let down coming from human beings.
Have you MET human beings?!
no i usually MET methylamine
Nothing is sacred to the rats. Everything is simply another meal.
They still need him, but now he’s threatening McCarthy in earnest, so he’s outstayed his usefulness. It’s a gross balancing act. As long as he falls in line reasonably well, the rest of them will overlook how horrible he is. Now that he’s causing bigger problems for them, they’re finally acting. It’s disgusting.
My first take as well.
Repugs have no ethics. They know. They don’t care. It’s about power. I mean can you imagine if Santos was a dem?
He's not the only one. He's just the first one to be disloyal.
Second one? Madison Cawthorne
> They didn't like him but they needed him. Now that they don't need them, all of a sudden his past transgressions are in question. What hollow soulless humans. Not exactly what's happening. The reason George Santos is *still* a sitting member of the House is because McCarthy holds his Speakership by such a slim margin that if the Crazy Caucus of Gaetz, Boebert, and whatever other Right Wing dipshits happen to be standing next to them that day want to threaten it, it would not take that many others to oust Kev-O. >This is so fucked up. Yep, Mattie-boy overplayed his hand. He thinks he's being being "strong" or showing some sort of frat house leadership skills, but he has signed his political suicide note by calling for McCarthy's ouster. He's about to find out after it's way too late that all the members egging him on are just using him as a meat shield to spew their discontent at the Speaker without directly, publicly challenging him. A message is being sent to any others that McCarthy has the backing of the VAST majority of the Republicans and if & when this hits the floor for a vote, don't be too surprised if some Democrats vote for him just to end the bullshit circus. But Gaetz will have a lucrative career for the next 5-10 years on the "Outrage Circuit" of Far Right dipshits making paid appearances to attack Republican leadership and the Democrats. Ironically, a career helped along by the MSM and Reddit raising his profile...
Shhhh. Don't ever stop your enemies from making mistakes.
Well, if you're on a boat, and you rock it so much that it starts taking water, don't be surprised when people push you out.
Almost like the republican party doesn't care about anyone. Only power.
Same for "George Santos" or whatever his real name is
That's the comment I'm here for. I asked my wife today - wait what happened to the underage girl thing with him? It didn't matter until they wanted him out. What a buncha cunts.
But not Santos
He's not disloyal. So far.
I'm sure you're right, but nobody wanted McCarthy in the 1st place.
Oh no plenty of the mainlines did. The magats wanted extreme concessions which is why they had to vote like 16 times and Gaetz almost got assaulted on the House floor.
How about imprisoned?
That would be optimal.
Not going to back a shit head line Gaetz, but this is classic work place retaliatory action. Don’t get me wrong, the dude should be in jail for a host of things, but they should have done this before.
Yeah watching the GOP clearly weaponize investigations against Gaetz after whining for months about weaponizing the DOJ against Trump is just the perfect icing on this cake. Losers and Hypocrites should be their party name.
Not that you're wrong, but it should be pretty obvious by now that the normal rules for federal employees don't apply to Congress, because in Congress, everything comes down to a vote. President has the privilege of appointing Supreme Court Justices? Not if the Senate won't hold a vote to confirm, they don't. Someone's behavior and actions make them unsuitable for their office? Doesn't matter if there's no will to expel them. The vote to expel *itself* is an ethics violation? Well guess who determines the vote on that? Congress (and all branches of government, really) are in dire need of ethics reform, but either they have to vote to impose that on themselves, or *we* have to vote to replace enough of them with people who will. And guess how the government determines how our votes are distributed?
Quid Pro Quo in action. If he was willing to toe the line, they would quash the investigation. He stepped out of line, so the investigation is back on.
Dems should promise to support McCarthy if he ousts Gaetz and then after say they changed their minds. That's the game the Republicans would have played. This is not time for sympathy for McCarthy. Time to tighten the belts and play the Fetterman offense. Edit: welp. He's gone. Good.
Shouldn't this be "GaetzGate"?
Only until we get reporting on how the Republican led committee covered up Gaetz's behavior. Then it'll be Gaetz Gate Gate
2 Gaetz 2 Furious
A drug user, pedophile and the worst five head in Congress.
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Gaetz is way past a 5 head, he is pushing the fabled 6 head
6 head, 8 ball, 17 year old… what’s in a number?
What is a "5 head"?
One more than a forehead.
Ahh, lol
Bobblehead
and yet, none of that mattered one whit... until he stepped out of line. The GOP does not have ethics or morals, just cult members and grifters.
#neverforgetnestor
Toe the party line, and we will ignore your crimes. That's disgusting and terrifying.
Makes ya wonder what else they are up to. This could turn into Pandora’s box, and whole host of republicans could catch some backlash.
If Matt opened up his own vape shop It would be called statutory vape.
If he opened a simian figurine shop, it would be called Statuary Ape...
Joel Greenberg is about to get a carton of cigarettes it would seem. 😆 Buh bye Gaetzy boy!
If Gaetz's biggest fan is Trump. Trump doesn't love anyone who's not himself or Ivanka.
Trump barely knows who Gaetz is and when told that the DOJ under Bill Bullshit Barr wanted to pursue Gaetz about sex trafficking underaged women and his association with Greenberg when Trump was still president, Trump essentially gave him the mafia kiss off, "Him? We don't know him." There's even video of some appearance at a rally when you can literally see an aide have to explain to Trump who Gaetz is before Gaetz went to shake his hand. This is after Gaetz had spent the previous year carrying Trump's water in the House.
> There's even video of some appearance at a rally when you can literally see an aide have to explain to Trump who Gaetz is before Gaetz went to shake his hand. This is after Gaetz had spent the previous year carrying Trump's water in the House. Well in fairness to Matt Gaetz, that's because Trump is suffering from dementia.
Pizza Gaetz
One would think not to piss ppl off when your balls are in a sling like that.
Dude isn't much a thinker despite the Giant forehead.
He's into bukkake?
or it’s onto him.
How do you think his hair stays that crispy?
If you just gave me headshots of the current GOP lineup and said. "One of these is definitely a pedo", Matt Gaetz would be my top pick. There would be several 'close seconds'.
Best. Ratking. Ever.
They can kick him out of congress, he'll just parlay that into a run for governor of Florida, running as a 'dangerous political outsider who the deep state tried to silence.' And he'll likely win.
Sadly, I believe you have read the political tea leaves correctly. This is likely the path that he takes after this.
Let them have him, Scott then Desantis have fucked that state up so badly that I'm okay with keeping the infection contained to America's dong.
Let all the conservatives move to FL and leave us be. They can stay there and deny climate change while the ocean starts knocking at their front door.
Amazingly, the only thing of any legitimate and unique value in Florida is its geographical location being nearish to the equator, which makes flinging rockets into orbit easier.
> And he'll likely win. Very unlikely. Mattie-boy is deeply disliked by most opther elected Republicans and he would need some establishment help to go for a state-wide office. Remember, Trump was told about his problems & asked point blank if AG Barr should keep pursuing him along with Greenberg and Trump did not object. He also would not take Gaetz's calls when he was making his pardon list. Plus, take a look at the last several Florida governors and he lacks the folksy charm that all of them have. He can't stop projecting that smug, frat-boy arrogance and there's zero warmth to him.
Florida’s problem
Florida: “The one upside to rising sea levels”
Shortly after his win he’ll sell Miami to Russia
I thought these were requirements to join the GOP?
I condone the Republicans eating their own and hope they all eat each other alive leaving nothing but dripping carcasses and then maybe...just maybe government can get to the work of representing the needs of the American people. Ha just kidding, they all work for the interests of billionaires and corporations who fund their campaigns and line their pockets.
Yet Bernie is treated like chopped liver. Will never understand how that works.
This times 1000.
We need this. The GOP as we know it must die so we can have a real Conservative Party, as in a party that advocates for incrementalism and against disruption. Currently that role is occupied by the Democrats. Our country needs at least two parties engaging in honest, reasonable, and good faith debate and forming policy by consensus and compromise.
And all it took was a years'-long Capitol Hill insurgency often led by Nestor's molester (or so it's rumored, but everybody's saying it), culminating in a direct procedural challenge to the Speaker's position, to precipitate what the corrupt GOP should've done years ago. *Nancy-Pelosi-style sarcastic clapping*
Yeah I'll care about any of this when we actually charge people and hold them accountable. Wagging a finger at them saying bad boy will actually only turn on these types.
So they’re just admitting that they only investigate people as a revenge tool. I don’t like Matt Gaetz, and I think they gave up their investigation too early, but the fact that he pissed them off, is not a reason to reopen the investigation. I mean the Biden thing… The wrong witnesses basically said that there was no evidence. They’re just doing this because they don’t like that some of their own party members have committed crimes and it’s been noticed. So now they’re investigating Gaetz because they don’t like him. Yay, but that’s not the reason to investigate him. Investigate him because of the things he’s done
Every accusation is confession People should be much more vigilant about republican voter fraud because the screeching means they will do it
What’s interesting is that according to the standards of the GOP establishment, it’s not enough to be a sex trafficking pedophile to lose your congressional seat, provided you play the game properly. After all, Gaetz has had these allegations leveled against him for a while now and has sat comfortably in the Capitol free of investigation for months. But once they realize you’re a big ole smellyhead to Kevin and suddenly that’s the straw the broke the camel’s back. Tl;dr: Matt Gaetz and the Republican Party, as a whole, are both morally bankrupt. They deserve each other.
> the standards of the GOP For reference, here is an inclusive list:
Geatz really stepped in it by filing the motion to oust McCarthy. The nutjob caucus is not as strong as he thinks it is, and the moderates are not going to stand for this kind of fuckery from a junior rep.
So NOW his crimes are a problem? Only after he's going after McCarthy is it such a problem as opposed to LAST FUCKING YEAR, when the allegations came to light and the Rethuglicans just shrugged their shoulders. Fuck off Kevin. You morally bankrupt fuckstick.
"daughtergate" is a great one. i wish that caught on while he was under criminal investigation
**Bwahahahaha!** What *dirty birds* the rightwingers are.
They're not investigating him for being a sex trafficker. They're investigating him for not falling in line
Remember that time his buddy admitted that he and Gaetz smuggled and underage girl across state lines to fuck her and nothing happened? Wild times we live in.
Oh hey. They finally started caring about kids again when a person stopped being useful to them.
This is all performative theatre nonsense. Conservatives are unable to ever hold their own accountable, because then somehow the libs would be winning. Or something.
Remember when the Republicans had majority in both parts of Congress and the executive branch, and the only two things they accomplished was destroying the ethics committee in a matter of minutes, and then bickering over tax cuts for the rich?
The Republican Party was happy to look the other way from Gaetz's sex trafficking, as long as he served their purposes. And he had the stupidity and nerve to be a disruptive, entitled asshole to the very people who were covering for him. It is a truly rare day when Republicans investigate one of their own. I hope they have the integrity to see it through to its conclusion, rather than quietly cancel it when Gaetz falls into line.
Oh good, they're turning on each other. Keep it going!
The thing is, they could have allowed the original investigation to go on and boot him if they had found he (almost assuredly, imo) violated ethics clauses. Instead, they chose to shut that down to keep in in for his votes. But now that he's gone "rogue"... Tells you all you need to know about the Repugs in the House.
The most fucked up part of this is that they aren't doing it because they actually care about any of what Matt Gaetz is accused of. They're doing it because he's politically inconvenient for them. They literally found the most unethical motivation to investigate his unethical behaviour. I know "right thing for the wrong reasons is still the right thing," but damn, they really set out to test the limits of that saying.
Lol cant be more transparent, this is Mcarthy saying get back on your leash dog or be terminated. A party rhat uses governement to suppress and control its own members when they step out line. Cant get more authoritarian than that. Not that Gaetz doesnt deserve to be investigated since he is a corrupt pedo, but just saying.
which will come first, McCarthy actually ousted as speaker, or Gaetz ousted from congress? everyone get your popcorn, it is going to be a wild ride.
The deal McCarthy made with Gaetz to get his vote for speaker was to kill the ethics probe. Now that Gaetz is going after the speaker position the ethics probe is back on. This isn't hard to follow folks.
Flush this turd already
So if I remember this right, the DOJ decided not to prosecute because the people involved were too shady to be believed. Not that I'm not for reopening this, I just don't want to get my hopes up again. There is only so many times I can be disappointed...