The far-right representative has plunged the House into chaos—and turned his own party against him.

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[–] 129 points 3 years ago (7 children)

People hate child rapist Matt Gaetz? Republitards loved him when he was fucking a little girl, but hate him after fucking an old man. It tracks.

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  • [–] 97 points 3 years ago (24 children)

    The growing anger towards Gaetz is unlikely to help him as Republicans weigh whether to expel him from Congress.

    Ha fucking ha. No they won't. There's still that weirdo liar Santos. If they still haven't done anything with him, I seriously doubt they'll do jack dandy to teen sex trafficker Gaetz.

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  • [–] 63 points 3 years ago (22 children)

    What will it take for republicans to expel one of their own? Apparently child trafficking isn’t it.

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  • [–] 50 points 3 years ago (12 children)

    Working with democrats or reaching across the isle in any form

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    The Realpolitik of the situation is that if they expel Santos, he gets replaced by a Democrat immediately, who will swim to re-election. Gaetz is in a safe Republican district under a Republican governor, so they can replace him without causing any real problems.

    Not to even remotely equate the situations, but it's the same reason why Dems went after Franken and are going after Menendez right now; it doesn't cost them anything to do so. They'd be much less likely to go after someone like Senator Manchin of WV, Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and Senators Warnock and Ossoff of Georgia unless they were absolutely forced to, since doing so would mean the loss of the Senate.

    And it is a genuinely messy question. How heinous an act is worth losing the ability to pass any legislation and make any judicial appointments? I really don't think there is a clear answer to that. A few Senators made the difference between Roe v. Wade standing and falling.

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  • [–] 96 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I hated Matt Gaetz before it was cool.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    I remember when this weasel helped to storm a SCIF for a little stunt.

    Add that in with J6 and plotting a coup, and yet: these assholes have the BALLS to pretend to be upset about someone pulling a fire alarm.

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  • [–] 72 points 3 years ago (14 children)

    Party of Family Values everyone. And pedophiles, rapists, thiefs, liars, racists, homophobes, and bigots.

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  • [–] 34 points 3 years ago (10 children)

    Remember that when push came to shove, Democrats kicked Al Franken out of the Senate, while Republicans doubled down in their support for Roy Moore.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    While this is absolutely true, it feels unfair to compare Franken and Moore.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    And he shouldn't have been kicked out. That was a mistake, not a career ending stunt imo.

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    [–] 50 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    “Fly as many underage girls across state lines as you want, but you effed with our power play, so now you have got to go”

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    [–] 45 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    If fucking teenagers wasn’t enough to get him tossed out on his ass, I wouldn’t expect that moral-deprived party of snakes to lift a finger to do a thing about him

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    [–] 18 points 3 years ago (22 children)

    So who is least popular amongst his peers Ted Cruz or May Gaetz?

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago (21 children)

    One of them hasn't eaten his own tonsil stone live yet

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    The moderate Republicans keep saying Gaetz is Biden's favorite Republican so at least someone likes him. /S

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago

    …. Pretty much everyone hated him before, but we hate him now, too

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The cult of Reagan values only one thing, loyalty to the cult.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    “I think Matt Gaetz is a disgraceful human being,” Matt Lawler told reporters Wednesday. “I think he has certainly alienated lots of people left and right.”

    Lawler added he thought Gaetz should be kicked out of the Republican conference altogether.

    Always entertaining when Republicans start judging one another as bad people. I wonder what kinds of ethics they imagine themselves to have?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm not fully convinced on this one. NPR just interviewed people this morning in his district who had a "I didn't really like him before but now I think he's great" response. Seems that some people get happy when someone turns over the apple cart.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    Ah, yes, the "burn it all down" contingent that DGAF about foreseeable consequences to the degree that they should be excluded from jury duty for lacking the ability to be representative of a "reasonable person," i.e., being unable to determine what a normal person would do under the same set of circumstances.

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