Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) hasn’t seen many of his fellow GOP lawmakers stand up for him amid his burgeoning scandal involving alleged sex trafficking — and apparently that’s no surprise.
What with some guy’s crashing into a barricade at the Capitol and injuring two police officers, if I were handling Gaetz’s PR I’d tell him that this would be an excellent time for him to resign.
Gaetz’s GOP Colleagues Grumble About Him Privately
You have to wonder, did any of his “colleagues” also dip from his well?
From the article:
[“I don’t think you’ll find a lot of people who are desperate to keep him involved in Republican politics,” a GOP staffer told the Daily Beast.
For his part, Gaetz seems fully aware of his unpopularity — and that’s just how the congressman likes it, he claims.]
I’m prepared to disagree with both of the above statements.
For the first one: Gaetz is practicing GOP “politics”
For the second: His unpopularity (with the right people) will sink him.
I’ve been convinced for quite a while that a prerequisite to becoming a GQPer that you have your spine and your conscience removed…
With the exception of a few new congress critters who I assume will not be long in office, I have seen nothing in the past weeks/years to contradict this belief.
“Based on who’s publicly defended Gaetz… the Republican’s “few friends” in Congress consist of fellow Trump foot soldiers Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)…”
Ugh. Talk about your Garbage Pail GOPers.
demanded that Cheney be stripped of her leadership role and even went as far as traveling to her home state to openly encourage her constituents to kick her out of office.
I think I can predict what footage Cheney will use during her primary, should there be one.
Oh, you mean his comm director, who resigned this morning? 
Whether it be love, hate, or indifference, Gaetz craves attention just like Donnie. It represents the behavior of a sociopath.
Why, yes–that guy. I imagine his parting words to Gaetz were (or should have been), “Watch me walk out the door, then you do the same thing.”
Of course they did.
The question is, how many were dumb enough to leave evidence?
“few friends” in Congress consist of fellow Trump foot soldiers Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA),who was stripped of her committee assignments over her endorsement of deranged far-right conspiracy theories.
The Axis of Assholes.
That’d be my guess, too.
She can get even by visiting his prison and let everyone know he is a child molester.
I’m finding a silver lining is the steamy pile of turds that was Trump years in DC.
His over the top actions made it seem ok for fellow shadow douchebags to be more brazen and public with their crimes and behavior. That only works when there is no fear of accountability.
Now that Daddy MAGA is gone, no one is left to stop the accountability and reckoning for those who shined during the Trump years.
I don’t assume they did, but will note that procurators to powerful people tend to end up dead when they are exposed. Usually by “suicide”.
Don’t pass around nude photos at your workplace - that’s why the company pays your dues for the gym and attached locker room.
Good ol’ Matt ‘Pigtails & Lollipops’ Gaetz. I wonder if, and when, an association between Jeffrey Epstein and Matt ‘P&L’ will surface?
Unlikely. Matt was too young to be in the running around Mar-a-GoGo back when Epstein was in business and recruiting underage girls from there.
Enough second-degree connections to that would through Trump, the rub-n-tugs lady, etc.
There’s a whole world of dirt in that place, and touches a lot of the clientele.
Hey “colleagues”! Why grumble? This guy is the face of the party. You belong to a psychotic, morality-free death cult. Why not embrace what it is?