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Matt Gaetz is being investigated for sexual relation with a 17 year old [Up2: In the finale days of the admin Gaetz wanted blanket immunity]
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It's just as bizarre a hill to assail. Like I agree he sucks. We all know that it was only the immediate storm that was an issue for Republicans and not any meaningful means to prevent another like it in the future, so literally any help he would have offered would have been akin to Trump throwing out paper towels, something rightly mocked at the time for the absurdity. I think he's a shit politician.
Just I don't think handing out a bottle of water to people surrounded by ice is worth a trip, probably for him or the poor sap who has to deal with him. And in comparison to the scandals others have faced I find using him as an example of how Republicans won't resign is silly. Hell, Cruz himself has already done much worse what with his rhetoric during the election.
We pay him with our taxes to help people, not go on vacation during a crisis.
If he can't even pretend to care, he shouldn't have the job.
The "he couldn't have done anything anyway" defense is horseshit and you should know better.
Of course he shouldn't have the job! But because of shit he did before the storm, the storm's small potatoes on his BS.
This is like harping on Darth Maul for not feeding homeless in-between helping Palpatine take over the Senate.
AOC and Beto did a lot to help and they aren't even reps of Texas. Saying Ted Cruz couldn't do anything is not accurate
sometimes you just drink wine and think to yourself:
"ps, Ted Cruz can go f*** himself"
That's how I'm going to end all my threads moving forward.
It's becoming obvious that in states that are effectively one-party systems (New York, Texas) that you can weather any press storm because who else is anyone going to vote for. This isnt a 'right wing' or 'left-wing' thing, it's systemic to the American system.
The resignation thing that AOC references is in relation to the Capitol Insurrection in January, not the ice storm, I believe.
Edit:. Woops, I see you're responding to a posters call for resignation, not the AOC tweet. Nevermind
Do these GOP fucks even do their job? Seriously, what legislation have these people put forth that actually improves lives? Do they just sit at home collecting a check while having to go in once in awhile. I just dont get what makes these stupid fucks so go damn self righteous. What worth are they to modern society? NONE!!
What is with sex trafficking and these people in positions of power? Honestly, I totally don't understand. Is there some secret underworld society of sex trafficking and what is the allure of it?
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you just know this guy is the type of loser who offs himself when he feels the walls closing in lol
Hopefully his still alive and actual biological father.
edit: wait, this kid is like 20 now lol. The hell is up with this spring break stuff?
Daily mail (I know) is reporting that Greenberg flipped, that Gaetz's victim testified to a Florida grand jury, and that charges are imminent 😬
It's probably about power. Running for public office comes with wanting power (at least to some extent), so it's no surprise to see gross sex acts performed by politicians. Power corrupts and all that.
It's gonna take a lot of bad stuff to ruin the rest of my year. These first 4 months have been so damn great.
After 4 years of "Trump is going to jail any day now" I don't believe that for a second
Haven't been following this since the first or second page so I decided to drop in to see what was happening and.....holy shit.
I've long known he was a scumbag but wow.
I've long known he was a scumbag but wow.
Gaetz is the dictionary definition of a predator. Can just assume details will always get worse. What to expect from another rich fuckboi drunk on generational power and wealth from the jump?
There's not only a secret underworld, but a regular underworld, and then just the in-your-face-now regular world. When Taken came out, it was praised for shining a light on the topic. That was back in 2008 and I can only assume it's actually worse now.
Then outside Hollywood, you have this philanthropist child rapist build himself a temple on a private island. He was able to skate by for years - and that's just considering the time after his first intentionally bungled federal/state conviction.
And that 6 degrees of Epstein is insane with the diverse amount of power we're talking about, spanning the globe and regimes.
The whole thing is a shitshow. All of these past, present, and future victims deserved better than what the world has given them.
There's not only a secret underworld, but a regular underworld, and then just the in-your-face-now regular world. When Taken came out, it was praised for shining a light on the topic. That was back in 2008 and I can only assume it's actually worse now.
Then outside Hollywood, you have this philanthropist child rapist build himself a temple on a private island. He was able to skate by for years - and that's just considering the time after his first intentionally bungled federal/state conviction.
And that 6 degrees of Epstein is insane with the diverse amount of power we're talking about, spanning the globe and regimes.
The whole thing is a shitshow. All of these past, present, and future victims deserved better than what the world has given them.
that is an oddly specific and small subset of "loser". Don't mean to be sensitive but geez.
Going back to Gaetz's lone vote against the 2017 trafficking bill... like, why?
I know his public reasoning was your standard Republican talking point (i.e. "Government's too bloated already, we don't need more!" or something to that effect). But this guy is all about optics, regardless of his own silly politics, so voting for an effort to combat human trafficking just seems like a no-brainer. And I seriously doubt his vote was made as some defensive maneuver to hopefully mollify any potential future criminal investigation he may have foreseeably found himself in (I mean, c'mon, he's the only prick voting against the bill lol)...
So yeah. 'Tis just a puzzling decision, and I'm not sure why I even care enough to know the answer... But what I do know is the joy in my heart everytime I enter the forum and see this thread near the top <3
I know his public reasoning was your standard Republican talking point (i.e. "Government's too bloated already, we don't need more!" or something to that effect). But this guy is all about optics, regardless of his own silly politics, so voting for an effort to combat human trafficking just seems like a no-brainer. And I seriously doubt his vote was made as some defensive maneuver to hopefully mollify any potential future criminal investigation he may have foreseeably found himself in (I mean, c'mon, he's the only prick voting against the bill lol)...
So yeah. 'Tis just a puzzling decision, and I'm not sure why I even care enough to know the answer... But what I do know is the joy in my heart everytime I enter the forum and see this thread near the top <3
I feel bad for the victims absued by Gaetz and his ring of sex trafficking. Hope they are alright and not scarred mentally, emotionally or physically by these freakshows.
It's a mixture of rich people being able to skirt around the law and wanting to exercise power against people lower on the societal totem pole. It's all about feeling important and in control
I knew this guy was a sex pervert when he used kangaroo court and Captain Kangaroo in a single metaphor.
Yep, just like ignoring laws and checks/balances. The next "Trump" is going to fuck us hard because he'll know that he can push things as far as he wants to go, if he's a Republican. This is why a voting rights act is so goddamn crucial.
Not sure what kind of IDs we're talking about, but it sure sounds like the trafficker had some sort of "collection" he was shopping...
But that's just my guess.
Why aren't you sure? We've been talking about these fake IDs that were used to traffic at least one girl for days.
Not just ride it out but actually attack rather than be quiet or go on the defensive. What did he expect was going to happen after he made public accusations of extortion? That people would feel sympathy for him having done the thing he's being investigated for?
Really don't understand what the logic was behind his Fox News stint... my best, and only, guess is that he just panicked.