Republicans are trying to use the texts to paint Gillum as unethical.
Almost pitiful.
Now this is a smack down…
“I’m a hardworking person. I know that may not fit your description of what you think people like me do. But I’ve worked hard for everything that I’ve gotten in my life, and I don’t need anybody handing me anything for free.”
Well done Mayor Gillum
In other smears, the GOP attacked Beto O’Rourke for using a Canadian quarter, and offered CCTV footage proving that Heidi Heitkamp left a Chinese take-away with an unwarranted number of duck sauce packets.
Getting tickets to Hamilton now counts as an ethics scandal according to Republicans? Have they seen their goddamn President? So long as Trump is in office, Democrats should feel free to appear in public with dead girls, live boys, and any other gift, kickback or piece of swag they feel like.
The word chutzpah has lost all meaning.
NOW… if he had purchased 50 or 60 thousand dollars worth of tickets for his friends that would have been fine.
The bigger issue here is why the FBI is trying to do these honeypot sting operations for such petty supposed offenses. It’s a ticket to a dang musical. These sorts of things get traded and sold. It seems more like they were trying to set him up in order to blackmail or destroy his future political prospects. That worries me. Is this the tip of an iceberg? Has the FBI been intentionally undercutting minority and progressive causes for years or decades with these tactics?
At this point aren’t the votes pretty much baked in? I guess these last minute tactics can help with a few voters who were on the fence but I would think it is look away desperate attempts.
Did taxpayers pay for Mike Pence’s tickets to Hamilton? Were Secret Service agents given free admission? I had to wait a year and a half to win the Hamilton Lottery. We need an investigation now.
Everything I’ve seen about Gillum tells me he’s an impressive guy. But I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: when you’re in public service, you don’t take jack shit from anyone. The only gifts you accept are from your partner and your kids, on birthdays, Mother’s or Father’s Day, and on the religious gift-giving holidays of your choice. And they have to come from TJMaxx and cost less than $20 bucks. Follow that rule, and you don’t have to worry about FBI stings or blackmail attempts by your political enemies.
YES, Edgar was noted to just make things up to fit his racists views.
Trump steals literally billions from the IRS, and we’re talking about a Hamilton ticket. Makes me feel like Allen Iverson… https://youtu.be/eGDBR2L5kzI
Pretty desperate considering they support a grifting, grasping SOB stealing from the United States…
Who TF cares??? I mean, really?
So did Gillum buy off this FBI agent by accepting the tickets or, did the FBI agent, by giving the tickets to Gillum, buy off the person or persons he was investigating? I am just a bit confused here.
How’s that red tide doing in Florida?
Whoops. Thanks to the current republican governor, it’s spreading!
Pathetic is closer. They’ve been trying to hammer this since the primary. The general public response seems to have been
#YAW*N
I get the sense that independent voters – who will decide this election at least as to the scope of the D gains – see this kind of attack as petty. Tickets to a Broadway show? Seriously? Nobody grants official favors over something like that. And his brother was along.
I’m glad to see he didn’t go into a defensive crouch. This might even help him.
I think this calls for an investigation: WHY ARE TAXPAYER DOLLARS BEING SPENT ON TICKETS TO BROADWAY SHOWS?
Let’s expand it and look into the cost of NFL tickets to stage a stunt at an Indianapolis Dolts game…