I thought this was satire..Matt Gaetz slept in his car in a Wal-Mart parking lot last night.

[dewsgirl]

Link to tweet

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[cwydro]

1. Is this a joke?

Doesn’t he have a home?

[drray23]

2. He said he did not want to go to a hotel and risk infecting people

In case he turns out positive to Covid-19.

[sarcasmo]

4. Drunk and passed out in a Walmart parking lot.

[drray23]

5. That's the other explanation. He does have an history of DUI.nt.

[dewsgirl]

6. I still thought it was satire, you would think some kind of arrangement

could be made for a sitting Congressman, yesterday he went from flying on Air Force 1, schmoozing with the POTUS to sleeping in a parking lot within a few hours.

[Luz]

14. Picturing that made me all bubbly inside. 😂

[dewsgirl]

15. I know right.😂

[cwydro]

8. But wouldn't he just go home?

Self isolate?

Strange, but he’s a complete moron, so who knows.

[dewsgirl]

16. This gave me a big giggle, maybe he is.🤣

[cwydro]

20. Bwaha!

Ok, I have to clean up some wine now...

[csziggy]

26. He was driving from near Washington, DC, to Pensacola, Florida

That's more than a fifteen hour drive, with no stops.

The article in the Pensacola News Journal said he was coming from National Harbor, Fort Washington, MD and said “I slept in a Walmart parking lot somewhere off (Interstate) 85.”

No indication as to what WalMart or what state or town. For his route I-85 leaves I-95 at Petersburgh, VA, goes around (or through) Atlanta and joins I-65 at Montgomery, AL.

Then, as he was nearing home, “I couldn’t stay in a hotel,” he said from the car as he arrived in Okaloosa County at mid-morning Tuesday, where he plans to spend the remainder of his self-imposed quarantine. (Pensacola News Journal)

How did the News Journal know where to intercept him for the interview? They don't say. https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2020/03/10/coronavirus-matt-gaetz-florida-congressman-slept-in-parking-lot-to-avoid-infecting-others/5012695002/

[smirkymonkey]

22. Because he is such a caring, unselfish person.

Bullshit! He was bombed out of his mind and passed out. He didn't want anyone to see him in the condition he was in. What a joke!

[blueinredohio]

3. They probably don't want him there even if he doesn't have the virus.

[cwydro]

9. Lol, no doubt that's true!

I’m sure his daddy would take him in though. And couldn’t his daddy, tangeranus, give him a room?

If this is true, he’s trying to stay in the news.

[SMC22307]

19. He said he was driving from DC back to Floriduh...

and couldn't risk staying at a hotel, so he slept in his car in a Walmart parking lot along 85 (?). That story makes sense, although drunk and passed out sounds *totally* Gaetz.

[UpInArms]

7. I saw that ... and was ...

So confused ....

A definite WTF ....

Does this guy not have a home?

Is Gaetz a homeless bum?

[coti]

13. Yeah, I don't think he has a wife/kids....

Why wouldn't he just be in his house, again?

Did he just totally lose his shit when he realized what a fool he'd made himself?

[MaryMagdaline]

10. Can't be the first time

[dewsgirl]

17. LoL😂 the replies in this thread are great.

[dhill926]

11. we have severely mentally damaged people...

representing us...which of course goes all the way to the top. jesus....

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

12. That's Gaetz's idea of a vacation

[dewsgirl]

18. CWYDRO suggested, perhaps he's just a moron and

doesn't know any better.🤣

[nolabear]

21. And THAT, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how you decompensate.

Look for a “more time with his family” before long.

[maxrandb]

23. The dipshit MAGA cult will see themselves in this jacknut

It will endear him to them

[Poiuyt]

24. Serious comment here: He may have some mental illness

That is not the way for a US Congressman to behave. There has to be more to this story.

[RhodeIslandOne]

25. He's a drunk and a drug addict most likely

[bamagal62]

27. So strange.

He had to be drunk.

[2naSalit]

28. So... what? We're supposed to feel sorry for him?

Where does he sleep when he's in DC any other time? Under -45's bed?

Is he driving home to Florida?

Idiot.

[MerryBlooms]

29. No need for open containers. If you're drunk and asleep behind the wheel,

if your key's in the ignition, you can get a DUI.