Matt Gaetz is angry at Belgium for removing statue of genocidal king

[turbinetree]

By Josh Israel -June 9, 2020 2:27 PM

Leopold II of the Belgians was responsible for the deaths of 10 million Congolese people, historians say.

The removal of a statue of a genocidal colonialist monarch on Tuesday in Belgium has angered Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz.

In a tweet sharing video of the removal of the statue of King Leopold II of the Belgians in Antwerp, Gaetz said it was an example of progressives trying to expunge the past.

"Left Platform," Gaetz wrote. "Defund Police - Erase History - Disarm You - Lockdown Forever."

Leopold II reigned from 1865 to 1909 and pushed Belgian colonization in Africa, establishing what was first the privately held "Congo Free State" and later the country's colony, Belgian Congo.

https://americanindependent.com/matt-gaetz-statue-removed-belgium-king-leopold-ii-genocide-congo-house-gop-florida-twitter/

I guess he hasn't looked across to the white house to see and understand that this country has a homicidal manic in the white house who hasn't done anything on a virus for starters...........and goes around and brags that it was a Hoax............resign Gaetz...........you do realize that in your state your governor and you are in that same boat as the guy in the white house..................

[budkin]

1. LMAO that picture!

So mad!

[turbinetree]

2. I think he forgot to floss..............

[madinmaryland]

7. I'm here, though I think Matty is drunk! 😀

[mitch96]

12. That's the look of a man being f'ed with a rusty piece of rebar......... nt

John Oliver came up with that line and it stuck..........
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[Paladin]

3. Now, now. Don't worry, Rep. Gaetz.

There will be no erasing your history of being a clueless piece of shit, play-acting as a government official.

Why don't you run back to your room and count your daddy's money? Afterwards, you can fuck yourself.

[turbinetree]

4. Don't hold back..............

[tblue37]

5. Is that his Lindsey Graham impersonation? nt

[DBoon]

6. in other news, Matt Gaetz has been day-drinking again

[smirkymonkey]

9. Hah! That's what I was thinking!

That is such a "meme-able" picture of him. God, he has such a punchable face!

[lame54]

8. Is that any of his business?

[Crunchy Frog]

10. Bet he's really upset about all the Lenin statues too.

[DBoon]

13. I keep thinking of the Canadian town that wanted a statue of a Vietnam resister

Nelson wanted to erect such a statue, in honor of the good work the US war resistors did after becoming Canadian residents.

US groups would have none of it:

Romano had originally asked Nelson to find a public place for the statue. Politicians in Nelson rejected the idea after an angry backlash from U.S. veterans' groups.

The veterans had threatened to boycott Nelson, saying Americans who evaded the draft deserved no honours.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/war-resisters-statue-finds-a-home-1.627046

[struggle4progress]

11. "The hands of men, women, and children were amputated when the quota of rubber was not met"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium#Exploitation,_atrocities,_and_death_toll

Much like Trump, Leopold II used his power to stuff his own purse