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Rep. Nadler Cuts Off Matt Gaetz' Mic (Original Post) CatWoman May 2019 OP
happens at 1:20 CatWoman May 2019 #1
Inches from civil _ _ _ Eliot Rosewater May 2019 #2
Matt Gaetz and Pvt. Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence (Separated at Birth?) NurseJackie May 2019 #32
I would give THIS a thousand recommends, if i could bluestarone May 2019 #3
Way to Go!!!!!!!!!!!! montanacowboy May 2019 #4
I don't think it was Nadler FoxNewsSucks May 2019 #5
C&L says it was Nadler CatWoman May 2019 #9
Elections have consequences.... albacore May 2019 #6
We don't have to imagine. GoCubsGo May 2019 #11
Yup, I remember one time in particular of Sensenbrenner doing it dmr May 2019 #38
oh god, i remember that orleans May 2019 #45
Can you summarize for those of us NewJeffCT May 2019 #7
From the hearing this morning, when Barr didn't show up CatWoman May 2019 #8
Thanks for the recap! Nt Tanuki May 2019 #12
I thank you also. dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #24
GOOD JOB NADLER Sugarcoated May 2019 #10
K&R mountain grammy May 2019 #13
Shut up[ you GOP Gaetz. You offer no good information to the committee. Remove him !!!! trueblue2007 May 2019 #14
But before you go, Gaetz, could you elaborate on all those DUIs? calimary May 2019 #41
Really? Control-Z May 2019 #44
Gaetz is a weasel. He is used to grandstanding and blathering on. Grammy23 May 2019 #15
Excellent! K&R Duppers May 2019 #16
Excellent. murielm99 May 2019 #17
Gaetz had it coming to him. . . DinahMoeHum May 2019 #18
That's the treatment that shithead Gaetz should regularly receive. Paladin May 2019 #19
Post removed Post removed May 2019 #20
Oh snap Clarity2 May 2019 #21
Good. Gaetz wasn't who was supposed to testify today, Barr was. SunSeeker May 2019 #22
I imagine fake fox news spent an hour crying about it. nt yaesu May 2019 #23
LOL ck4829 May 2019 #50
Delicious cp May 2019 #25
Matt Gaetz is most probably the least intelligent person in government Perseus May 2019 #26
I believe Louie Gohmert holds that distinction sop May 2019 #35
I second that belief. RVN VET71 May 2019 #54
Either bring real facts to the table or stfu. Afromania May 2019 #27
+1 ck4829 May 2019 #49
Gaetz is in the class of Jim Jordan(?) dick heads. pangaia May 2019 #28
At least Gaetz wears a suit jacket during congressional hearings. sop May 2019 #36
these guys have never had be be accountable for their outrageous behavior... samnsara May 2019 #29
Perfect reaction to dRumpf's water boy. Hulk May 2019 #30
What's the status of the Florida Bar investigation into his witness tapering & intimidation? Tarc May 2019 #31
If you were going to give the state of Florida an enema... SergeStorms May 2019 #33
Good lsewpershad May 2019 #34
Fabulous! Owl May 2019 #37
YES! BigOleDummy May 2019 #39
Hahahaha prodigitalson May 2019 #40
Paybacks a bitch, ain't it drmeow May 2019 #42
K&R!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2019 #43
Which DUI was this from? RhodeIslandOne May 2019 #46
Ugh! One of the most punchable faces in Congress. smirkymonkey May 2019 #47
Those eyes definitely register a 60 tavernier May 2019 #52
Nice ck4829 May 2019 #48
Gaetz clearly doesnt handle being shut down well tymorial May 2019 #51
The fact that this clown is ranking member on Judicial..... northoftheborder May 2019 #53

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
32. Matt Gaetz and Pvt. Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence (Separated at Birth?)
Thu May 2, 2019, 04:57 PM
May 2019

Matt Gaetz and Pvt. Leonard 'Gomer Pyle' Lawrence (Separated at Birth?)



FoxNewsSucks

(10,761 posts)
5. I don't think it was Nadler
Thu May 2, 2019, 02:55 PM
May 2019

While that piece of human waste Gaetz deserves to be cut off, that sounded like it was either the pool feed ending or one of Fox "News" famous edits. All sound was cut off, not just asshole Gaetz.

But I'm sure all the fox shows will play that and tell their sheep how "rude" Nadler was to poor widdle Matt

albacore

(2,573 posts)
6. Elections have consequences....
Thu May 2, 2019, 02:56 PM
May 2019

It's a bitch being in the minority, isn't it? Imagine how the Repubs would have killed this investigation if they had the majority in the House.

GoCubsGo

(32,937 posts)
11. We don't have to imagine.
Thu May 2, 2019, 03:05 PM
May 2019

At least not those of us who remember 2001-2006, when the republicans held the White House and both houses of Congress. We saw how they behaved back then. This is nothing compared to that.

dmr

(28,639 posts)
38. Yup, I remember one time in particular of Sensenbrenner doing it
Thu May 2, 2019, 06:57 PM
May 2019

I forget to whom, and what it was about, but I can still see it in my mind's eye.

Sensenbrenner and his cohorts were being horrible assholes.

Not only were the mikes turned off, he had the lights turned off, as well.

Yeah, I was yelling at my TV that day.

orleans

(34,877 posts)
45. oh god, i remember that
Fri May 3, 2019, 12:30 AM
May 2019

but i can't remember what the meeting was about...
maybe i'll google ...

i don't think this was time with the lights but i found this on bradblog
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=1453

or maybe it was?? (from rolling stone)
"The GOP’s “take that, bitch” approach to governing has been taken to the greatest heights by the House Judiciary Committee. The committee is chaired by the legendary Republican monster James Sensenbrenner Jr., an ever-sweating, fat-fingered beast who wields his gavel in a way that makes you think he might have used one before in some other arena, perhaps to beat prostitutes to death. Last year, Sensenbrenner became apoplectic when Democrats who wanted to hold a hearing on the Patriot Act invoked a little-known rule that required him to let them have one.

“Naturally, he scheduled it for something like 9 a.m. on a Friday when Congress wasn’t in session, hoping that no one would show,” recalls a Democratic staffer who attended the hearing. “But we got a pretty good turnout anyway.”

"Sensenbrenner kept trying to gavel the hearing to a close, but Democrats again pointed to the rules, which said they had a certain amount of time to examine their witnesses. When they refused to stop the proceedings, the chairman did something unprecedented: He simply picked up his gavel and walked out.

“He was like a kid at the playground,” the staffer says. And just in case anyone missed the point, Sensenbrenner shut off the lights and cut the microphones on his way out of the room."

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-worst-congress-ever-161304/

CatWoman

(79,623 posts)
8. From the hearing this morning, when Barr didn't show up
Thu May 2, 2019, 02:58 PM
May 2019

Nadler was trying to adjourn and Gaetz started whining about "parlimentary issues"

So Nadler had his mic cut, got up and left the room.

calimary

(84,128 posts)
41. But before you go, Gaetz, could you elaborate on all those DUIs?
Thu May 2, 2019, 09:39 PM
May 2019

I heard you had six... or was it seven?

Control-Z

(15,684 posts)
44. Really?
Fri May 3, 2019, 12:23 AM
May 2019

That's like a pre-1990s thing. Since then it's been straight to jail for a DUI, first time. He doesn't look old enough to have gotten away with more than one.

Grammy23

(5,898 posts)
15. Gaetz is a weasel. He is used to grandstanding and blathering on.
Thu May 2, 2019, 03:11 PM
May 2019

He deserved to get his mic cut off. The look on his face was priceless. What happened to him needs to happen to the rest of those worms working for tRump. Cut ‘em off.

Paladin

(28,724 posts)
19. That's the treatment that shithead Gaetz should regularly receive.
Thu May 2, 2019, 03:27 PM
May 2019

Gaetz is yet another radical conservative who is one step away from wearing an SS uniform in public.

Response to CatWoman (Original post)

 

Perseus

(4,341 posts)
26. Matt Gaetz is most probably the least intelligent person in government
Thu May 2, 2019, 03:55 PM
May 2019

I don't know maybe there is another one who we haven't heard, although if we have not heard of him/her that makes him/her more intelligent than this guy. He just likes to be seen on TV, he has no substance and when confronted his lips go into contortions...Why Floridians vote for that guy is a mystery, although how Floridians vote is a mystery anyway. Talk about a State that likes to shoot its foot every election period.

sop

(11,083 posts)
35. I believe Louie Gohmert holds that distinction
Thu May 2, 2019, 05:20 PM
May 2019

Without a doubt Gaetz is a goober, and that's why he was elected to represent his fellow goobers in Florida's 1st Congressional district, the armpit of Florida. But Gohmert is the dumbest human being in Congress.

RVN VET71

(2,767 posts)
54. I second that belief.
Fri May 3, 2019, 12:27 PM
May 2019

But Gaetz is more deplorably sickening than Gohmert who is so dumb he's clownish. Gaetz is an arrogant sociopath, IMHO, and deserves as much humiliation as the Dems can dump on him.

Afromania

(2,785 posts)
27. Either bring real facts to the table or stfu.
Thu May 2, 2019, 03:59 PM
May 2019

Its time, republicans add nothing to these proceedings. They offer no facts, points of interest, or relevant insights to the matter at hand. Its either grandstanding, stonewalling or licking each other asses. We should no longer humor these human jackals when they set up to do nothing except kill reasonable discussion.

sop

(11,083 posts)
36. At least Gaetz wears a suit jacket during congressional hearings.
Thu May 2, 2019, 05:24 PM
May 2019

Last edited Thu May 2, 2019, 06:10 PM - Edit history (1)

Jordan's constituents really should create a GoFundMe site to buy the guy a couple of cheap off-the-rack blazers, maybe even a new suit for special occasions.

samnsara

(18,281 posts)
29. these guys have never had be be accountable for their outrageous behavior...
Thu May 2, 2019, 04:09 PM
May 2019

..these had their own come to Jesus moment

 

Hulk

(6,699 posts)
30. Perfect reaction to dRumpf's water boy.
Thu May 2, 2019, 04:10 PM
May 2019

This cheesy piece of rotten shit is embarrassing to Florida and to the entire country.

Way to handle this little butt licking bitch....no acknowledgement, no contention.

Tarc

(10,575 posts)
31. What's the status of the Florida Bar investigation into his witness tapering & intimidation?
Thu May 2, 2019, 04:19 PM
May 2019

I can't find any sources discussing it past early March.

SergeStorms

(19,312 posts)
33. If you were going to give the state of Florida an enema...
Thu May 2, 2019, 05:01 PM
May 2019

Matt Gaetz's district is where you'd stick the tube. Actually, the tube would be placed firmly in Gaetz's big, stupid mouth.

BigOleDummy

(2,274 posts)
39. YES!
Thu May 2, 2019, 07:28 PM
May 2019

We need MORE of this to happen. Rep. Nadler has just gotten my whole hearted respect and hopefully many more than me. We HAVE to start standing up to these assholes. We cannot keep playing defense, the stakes are too high.

drmeow

(5,256 posts)
42. Paybacks a bitch, ain't it
Thu May 2, 2019, 10:05 PM
May 2019

The GOP have treated the Dems with mind numbing disrespect - they deserve to be silenced

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
46. Which DUI was this from?
Fri May 3, 2019, 12:38 AM
May 2019
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This clown is entitled trash, and a Roger Stone protege. He should go to jail.

tymorial

(3,433 posts)
51. Gaetz clearly doesnt handle being shut down well
Fri May 3, 2019, 07:25 AM
May 2019

He was seething and that makes this PRICELESS.


to Nadler

northoftheborder

(7,606 posts)
53. The fact that this clown is ranking member on Judicial.....
Fri May 3, 2019, 08:49 AM
May 2019

.....doesn't say much for the rest of their side of committee

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