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George II

(67,782 posts) Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:12 PM Dec 2019

Matt Gaetz, arrested for DUI, is talking about Hunter Biden's substance abuse problem....

....of all people to do so!

Corrected: he only got one DUI, he got 16 speeding tickets between 1999 to 2014.

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Matt Gaetz, arrested for DUI, is talking about Hunter Biden's substance abuse problem.... (Original Post) George II Dec 2019 OP

If it was 9 times i wish bluestarone Dec 2019 #1

9 times DUI? guillaumeb Dec 2019 #2

That's what I've seen posted here in the past, but to be safe I've changed it to "multiple". George II Dec 2019 #5

So Gaetz is speaking from experience. eom guillaumeb Dec 2019 #9

Indeed. I don't know how the Hunter Biden case turned out (if there was one) but Gaetz' daddy.... George II Dec 2019 #11

Similar to Fred Trump helping his own idiot son. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #16

I found where people are saying 7, but when I was looking that dewsgirl Dec 2019 #10

So Matt has experience in these matters. guillaumeb Dec 2019 #13

Thanks. It's been many, I've seen 9 here, you found 7, so it's been too many for most.... George II Dec 2019 #14

I knew someone once that had 17 in Ohio, this kid was only dewsgirl Dec 2019 #21

How does he still have a driver's license? smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #22

I just found a guy with 22 and I personally knew a guy that was dewsgirl Dec 2019 #23

That is so wrong. smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #25

Me too.😔 dewsgirl Dec 2019 #27

His head looks like a fireplug. nt tblue37 Dec 2019 #35

Which also has nothing to do with whether Trump should be impeached. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #3

+1 2naSalit Dec 2019 #4

Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. BKDem Dec 2019 #6

Nine times should be a felony. blueinredohio Dec 2019 #7

Snopes says he has had only one DUI. cwydro Dec 2019 #39

I didn't say he had 9. I said 9 should be a felony. blueinredohio Dec 2019 #45

You need this kind of kettle -- polished mirror bright, it shows the viewer his own reflection. eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #8

...and Rep Hank Johnson put him in his place Dennis Donovan Dec 2019 #12

Great response, I like that guy. Quiet, soft-spoken, but cuts to the core. George II Dec 2019 #18

Wow...the look on Gaetz's face! Docreed2003 Dec 2019 #19

I realized last night, Rep. Johnson's voice, is like a badly needed dewsgirl Dec 2019 #24

Ah ha ha ha ha. Well done!! Roland99 Dec 2019 #33

I hate these hypocritical scum! MoonRiver Dec 2019 #15

What next? Gym Jordan talking about Biden not reporting something? JHB Dec 2019 #17

Reminds me of how some of the philandering GOPers in the House The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #20

Henry Hyde underpants Dec 2019 #26

Actually he was 41. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #28

Ok. My mistake underpants Dec 2019 #29

"Youthful indiscretion" my fat pink ass. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #30

Vile @mattgaetz comments have NO place in a Trump impeachment hearing. riversedge Dec 2019 #31

Not just Matt Gaetz. Trump's an amphetamine and benzo addict. octoberlib Dec 2019 #32

Guys, Gaetz has only been arrested once for DUI eissa Dec 2019 #34

I still like beer. B Stieg Dec 2019 #36

Thoughts and prayers Traildogbob Dec 2019 #37

Snopes says that he didn't have multiple DUIs. cwydro Dec 2019 #38

I corrected it. Unfortunately I heard about "all" the DUIs here on DU, took it as fact. George II Dec 2019 #41

Did some research, he only got one DUI, but he did get 16 speeding tickets in 15 years. George II Dec 2019 #40

Even one is enough to ruin the lives of the rest of us. ancianita Dec 2019 #44

Think he only had the one in 2008 Hulk Dec 2019 #42

Neither should be in elected office. To tag someone as your moral "foil" won't work after 45. ancianita Dec 2019 #43

bluestarone

(17,012 posts)

1. If it was 9 times i wish

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:14 PM

Dec 2019

THAT would have mentioned!! AMAZING! 9 fucking times!!! WOW!

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

2. 9 times DUI?

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:14 PM

Dec 2019

Surely you are joking. Correct?

George II

(67,782 posts)

5. That's what I've seen posted here in the past, but to be safe I've changed it to "multiple".

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:18 PM

Dec 2019

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

9. So Gaetz is speaking from experience. eom

Reply to George II (Reply #5)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:21 PM

Dec 2019

George II

(67,782 posts)

11. Indeed. I don't know how the Hunter Biden case turned out (if there was one) but Gaetz' daddy....

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #9)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:23 PM

Dec 2019

....bought out all of his DUIs.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

16. Similar to Fred Trump helping his own idiot son.

Reply to George II (Reply #11)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:25 PM

Dec 2019

Interesting.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

10. I found where people are saying 7, but when I was looking that

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:23 PM

Dec 2019

up, I accidently found this. Apparently there may have been a cover up.

Link to tweet

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

13. So Matt has experience in these matters.

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:25 PM

Dec 2019

It would be truly sad if these pictures were to be widely circulated on Twitter.

George II

(67,782 posts)

14. Thanks. It's been many, I've seen 9 here, you found 7, so it's been too many for most....

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:25 PM

Dec 2019

....average people. It pays to have a rich daddy.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

21. I knew someone once that had 17 in Ohio, this kid was only

Reply to George II (Reply #14)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:39 PM

Dec 2019

22, his daddy got him out of all of them, he was a friend of my SIL, he died of an overdose while I was there on vacation.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

22. How does he still have a driver's license?

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:53 PM

Dec 2019

He looks so evil in those photos. Another face badly in need of a fist.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

23. I just found a guy with 22 and I personally knew a guy that was

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #22)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:04 PM

Dec 2019

only 22 yrs old, and had 17. Money really can buy you almost anything, it seems.😔

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

25. That is so wrong.

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #23)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:07 PM

Dec 2019

I honestly believe you should be out after three strikes. And even that is probably too much. People who drive drunk endanger other innocent people's lives and should not be allowed the privilege of operating a motor vehicle.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

27. Me too.😔

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #25)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:38 PM

Dec 2019

tblue37

(65,477 posts)

35. His head looks like a fireplug. nt

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #10)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:03 PM

Dec 2019

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,806 posts)

3. Which also has nothing to do with whether Trump should be impeached.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:15 PM

Dec 2019

Even if Hunter Biden had been shooting heroin in a back alley in Kiev, that wouldn't have made the slightest difference with regard to whether what Trump did to strongarm Ukraine was an impeachable offense.

2naSalit

(86,743 posts)

4. +1

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:17 PM

Dec 2019

BKDem

(1,733 posts)

6. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:18 PM

Dec 2019

These R schmucks are shameless.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)

7. Nine times should be a felony.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:19 PM

Dec 2019

But I guess you can be a felon and still serve in congress.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

39. Snopes says he has had only one DUI.

Reply to blueinredohio (Reply #7)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:16 PM

Dec 2019

False stories don’t belong on DU.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)

45. I didn't say he had 9. I said 9 should be a felony.

Reply to cwydro (Reply #39)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 05:40 PM

Dec 2019

eppur_se_muova

(36,280 posts)

8. You need this kind of kettle -- polished mirror bright, it shows the viewer his own reflection.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:21 PM

Dec 2019

Hence the origin of the expression. The black, cast-iron pot sees his own reflection in the shiny copper kettle, and assumes it is the kettle which is black.

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)

12. ...and Rep Hank Johnson put him in his place

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:24 PM

Dec 2019

Link to tweet

George II

(67,782 posts)

18. Great response, I like that guy. Quiet, soft-spoken, but cuts to the core.

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:27 PM

Dec 2019

Docreed2003

(16,869 posts)

19. Wow...the look on Gaetz's face!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:28 PM

Dec 2019

Well done Rep Johnson!!

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

24. I realized last night, Rep. Johnson's voice, is like a badly needed

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:06 PM

Dec 2019

sedative for my ears.

Roland99

(53,342 posts)

33. Ah ha ha ha ha. Well done!!

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Reply #12)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:47 PM

Dec 2019

MoonRiver

(36,926 posts)

15. I hate these hypocritical scum!

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:25 PM

Dec 2019

Yeah, I HATE them.

JHB

(37,161 posts)

17. What next? Gym Jordan talking about Biden not reporting something?

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:26 PM

Dec 2019

Will Newt Gingrich be brought in to scold someone about lies and marital infidelity?

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,806 posts)

20. Reminds me of how some of the philandering GOPers in the House

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 01:33 PM

Dec 2019

pontificated about how immoral Bill Clinton was during his impeachment hearings.

underpants

(182,861 posts)

26. Henry Hyde

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #20)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:16 PM

Dec 2019

He cheated on his wife with a married woman. “Youthful indiscretion”. He was 32.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,806 posts)

28. Actually he was 41.

Reply to underpants (Reply #26)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:42 PM

Dec 2019

underpants

(182,861 posts)

29. Ok. My mistake

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #28)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:44 PM

Dec 2019

Thanks

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,806 posts)

30. "Youthful indiscretion" my fat pink ass.

Reply to underpants (Reply #29)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:46 PM

Dec 2019

riversedge

(70,271 posts)

31. Vile @mattgaetz comments have NO place in a Trump impeachment hearing.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:47 PM

Dec 2019

octoberlib

(14,971 posts)

32. Not just Matt Gaetz. Trump's an amphetamine and benzo addict.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 02:47 PM

Dec 2019

He did so much cocaine in the 80's and 90's , it ate a hole in his septum.

eissa

(4,238 posts)

34. Guys, Gaetz has only been arrested once for DUI

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:01 PM

Dec 2019

I also thought he had multiple arrests, but when I tried to confirm it, I found this:

Court records and press reports show that Gaetz was arrested once, in 2008, on charges that he was driving while intoxicated — but the case was later dismissed, the Okaloosa County court docket shows. In other words, he was never convicted.

The posts offer no evidence that Gaetz has “had numerous DUIs,” or that his father, Don, a Florida state senator from 2006 to 2016, “got him off each time.”

https://www.factcheck.org/2019/10/misleading-posts-target-gop-rep-matt-gaetz/

B Stieg

(2,410 posts)

36. I still like beer.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:07 PM

Dec 2019

Gaetz and Kavanaugh deserve to on each other...

Traildogbob

(8,790 posts)

37. Thoughts and prayers

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:11 PM

Dec 2019

My thought is he will eventually kill someone while driving drunk (from power and alcohol) and my prayer is it will be him alone. Hope he does not hurt a tree when he hits it.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

38. Snopes says that he didn't have multiple DUIs.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:15 PM

Dec 2019

We really ought not to repeat false stories, despite our dislike for the creep.

George II

(67,782 posts)

41. I corrected it. Unfortunately I heard about "all" the DUIs here on DU, took it as fact.

Reply to cwydro (Reply #38)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:22 PM

Dec 2019

George II

(67,782 posts)

40. Did some research, he only got one DUI, but he did get 16 speeding tickets in 15 years.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:20 PM

Dec 2019

ancianita

(36,130 posts)

44. Even one is enough to ruin the lives of the rest of us.

Reply to George II (Reply #40)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:40 PM

Dec 2019

Hulk

(6,699 posts)

42. Think he only had the one in 2008

Reply to George II (Original post)

Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:28 PM

Dec 2019

But if ANYONE thinks that lone DUI was the extent of his difficulties with alcohol, I have a couple bridges I’d like to show you.

?quality=65&strip=all

ancianita

(36,130 posts)

43. Neither should be in elected office. To tag someone as your moral "foil" won't work after 45.