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TlalocW
(15,384 posts)Matt Gaetz has resting, "Do you know who my dad is," face.
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yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)such an Asshole. Do the Republicans only require only Assholes to govern? Sure seems like it.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Matt's mouth is affixed to his face in an upside down position.
catbyte
(34,402 posts)From Wikipedia:
Early life, education, and early career
His father Don represented parts of northwest Florida as a member of the Florida State Senate from 2006 to 2016 and served as Senate president from 2012 to 2014. Gaetz's grandfather, Jerry Gaetz, was the mayor of Rugby, North Dakota, and a candidate for lieutenant governor of North Dakota at the 1964 North Dakota Republican Party state convention, where he died of a heart attack.[7]
Drunk driving arrest and speeding tickets
In 2008, Gaetz was arrested under a charge of driving under the influence (DUI) as he was driving back from the Swamp, a nightclub on Okaloosa Island, Florida. Police recorded Gaetz driving 13 mph over that area's speed limit.[86] Police noted that Gaetz had shown physical signs of intoxication, initially denied that he had drank alcohol, but later admitted to drinking two beers. Gaetz failed an eye test twice, then declined field sobriety tests. After Gaetz was arrested, he refused to take a breathalyzer test.[87]
Shortly after Gaetz's case was referred to state attorney Steve Meadows, Gaetz's driving license was reinstated. Despite a time period of a year's suspension mandated by Florida law when a driver refuses a breathalyzer test, Gaetz's suspension was less than a year long. Gaetz's refusal also did not lead to a criminal prosecution, where it could have been used against him. An officer for the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles declared there was no evidence that Gaetz refused a breathalyzer test, despite the arresting police officer having documented it in an affidavit and Gaetz's arrest report, and Gaetz's own attorney also documenting it. Gaetz's attorney also claimed an unnamed witness who knew Gaetz "observed no indication of impairment".[87]
Charges against Gaetz were dismissed by Meadows. Gaetz has cited the dropped charges as proof that he was innocent.[87]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Gaetz
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And I'm sure that this had absolutely nothing to do with his daddy being a State Senator at the time.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)What a come-on for him to pretend that he was having trouble with his audio feed earpiece. GMAFB! He's a complete tool!
catbyte
(34,402 posts)Pardon my French.
RVN VET71
(2,692 posts)I never thought I'd believe the Republicans were actively seeking to undermine the Constitution and overtly change the Republic into a Kleptocracy -- in which they give concessions outright to our heretofore enemies (Russia and China) in exchange for the unrestricted power to pillage the nation, strip bare its natural resources, and prepare for themselves a soft, luxurious landing out of the reach of the people (us!) they ruined.
He and his dishonorable brothers are in it for themselves. When that kind of vile ambition is shown so clearly by a punk like Gaetz -- his resting face is his tell -- and he nevertheless gets re-elected by people who I had always assumed knew better ("Fool me once, shame on you . . ." sort of thing -- but he fools them again and again) it makes me wonder how America has survived this long when so many of its citizens actually support and seem to admire the spiritual leeches who so gleefully suck the very life force out of them and the country they profess to love.
If we fail to destroy this unprincipled, greedy, vicious regime in November, we are all screwed and will be well advised to read Dick's "Man in the High Tower" as a prophecy of what the future holds for us. (No, not the Nazi part -- but the willingness of the people to kowtow to a despot and turn away from what was once most precious to them as citizens of a free country.)
Gothmog
(145,313 posts)tomhagen
(3,604 posts)AirmensMom
(14,643 posts)Such a bully! So typical of what kind of trash supports the orange monster.
dchill
(38,503 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)God, I so fucking hate that guy!
She's good though! I thought she held her ground very well. The only time I see network news is when I watch these clips on DU or occasionally You Tube. I have rarely seen her live.