Andrew Gillum? Wtf?

[Tipperary]

How did I miss this story?

Damn shame.

[cilla4progress]

1. Depressing

as hell.

[Cousin Dupree]

2. Oh no! I didn't know about that either. But meth????

[Amishman]

3. yeah, end of his career

didn't expect something like this from him. He seemed mild and conventional.

[flying_wahini]

4. Why am I getting the feeling that this was a set up?

Reminds me of TurdBlossom all over again.

[Loki Liesmith]

9. Pretty hard to set something like this up

[Polybius]

22. He issued a statement saying he's going into alcohol rehab

If it were a setup, he would have said so.

[theLJhog]

5. now this is a surprise

Seems out of character. Meth and a male prostitute? That should pretty much end his political career.

[a kennedy]

6. Ah, I think we should hear ALL the details first eh??

[2naSalit]

27. Which makes me highly suspicious of the whole thing.

A few markers that indicate a set up make me think he was taken advantage of while drinking, maybe some enhancement in his drink to help place him where he could be "found" in a precarious situation that he can't explain.

Smell to high heaven and appears all too convenient.

I am not buying the whole gay guy and meth was "found" in the room too indicates that he's guilty of anything more than drinking.

I think he was set up. Maybe he needs to go to rehab for alcohol issues but I bet that's the extent of it.

Seems so many are ready to jump on the "off with his head" bandwagon.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

7. Glad he's getting help..here is NY Tmes article.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/us/andrew-gillum-florida-rehab.amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwipn4ewo5_oAhVMgp4KHWliDegQFjAFegQICBAJ&usg=AOvVaw2o5XpSuPz4m-0nRmsS-ztE&ampcf=1

[cwydro]

8. I hadn't heard anything either, probably because of coronavirus, primaries etc.

I googled him when I saw this OP. Surprised it didn’t make more news than it did.

Not surprised that he’s now going into “rehab.”

[beachbumbob]

10. he was as flawed as many said he was and many democrats chose to ignore

[Coventina]

11. Yeah, I'm seriously bummed.

[Tipperary]

12. I really liked him.

This makes me sad.

Also a bit shocked.

[Coventina]

13. Same.

[Ligyron]

14. The RW noise machine was all over this.

All his rubes are posting on FB gleefully.

[cwydro]

17. I'm still trying to figure out how I missed this completely.

I had no idea he had any issues like this.

[FM123]

15. This kinda broke my heart - I voted for him and hoped I would see him soar in the future.

I don't know how it was covered in national news, but here are some links to our local stations down here...

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/ex-gov-candidate-andrew-gillum-in-miami-beach-hotel-room-where-drugs-found-police/2205231/

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/03/14/man-found-with-gillum-at-south-beach-hotel-room-is-openly-gay/

[Chainfire]

16. Alcoholism

And depression can attack good men. My hopes for a sound recovery.

[UTUSN]

18. Seems like the first stage of bursting into public life would be a full & honest self-inventory.

[Tipperary]

20. Good point.

Smh. Seems a waste.

[UTUSN]

21. "a waste" - Whew, thanks, was afraid I was going to be flamed. (Still might happen)

[Music Man]

19. I've been skeptical of Gillum. I never understood the excitement.

Lots of issues with corruption as mayor (or at least carelessness with ethics laws), and I was never impressed with his performance in his gubernatorial campaign. And now it's clear that he has lots of personal baggage to work through. Wish DeSantis weren't governor, but it's possible we dodged a bullet by not having Gillum either.

I wish him well in his recovery and hope this is the start of a new life for him.

[Tipperary]

24. Yes. I think you are right.

I never knew about his previous problems. My bad.

[Turin_C3PO]

23. I wish him well in his recovery.

We have to remember that addiction is a disease, not a character flaw.

[rusty fender]

25. Apparently he wasn't thinking about the

damage his behavior would have on his children

[2naSalit]

26. I think his being found in that room was a set up.

I also think his electing rehab is the best way to salvage his career. Everybody makes mistakes. He wasn't on meth, that shit sounds like "throw down" material and the gay guy was icing on the character assassination cake.

I'm not writing him off. Somebody wants him out of the game and this would have been a good way to do it in the minds of many. So he slipped into the bottle for a spell, at least he has the self respect to do the right thing now. I don't think he uses meth and for anyone to quickly write him off without a full story is pretty shallow.

[aikoaiko]

28. "Now, I'm not calling Mr. Desantis a racist. I'm simply saying the racists believe he's a racist."

Sometimes politicians are like bands and are one-hit wonders.

I'll always be grateful for that debate gem:

"Well, let me first say my grandmother used to say, “A hit dog will holler.” And it hollered through this room. Mr. DeSantis has spoken. First of all, he’s got neo-Nazis helping him out in the state. He has spoken at racist conferences. He’s accepted a contribution and would not return it from someone who referred to the former president of the United States as a Muslim n-i-g-g-e-r. When asked to return that money, he said no. He’s using that money to now fund negative ads."

"Now, I’m not calling Mr. Desantis a racist. I’m simply saying the racists believe he’s a racist."


The best line since, "You're no Jack Kennedy."

[Catherine Vincent]

29. Pics have been leaked and all over Twitter

It looks bad. Feel bad for his wife and kids.