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Nevilledog

(50,986 posts)
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 10:48 PM Mar 2021

Wait.......wut?!!?? (Matt & Nestor)



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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
"My son is a college freshman. He had no real graduation, no prom, and I struggled with whether or not to allow him to enjoy spring break at Panama City beach. I allowed him to have an abbreviated one." -- Matt Gaetz on Nestor

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Wait.......wut?!!?? (Matt & Nestor) (Original Post) Nevilledog Mar 2021 OP
Son. Right CurtEastPoint Mar 2021 #1
Not. His. Son. soothsayer Mar 2021 #2
Over 18 is an adult and not his son. Gaetz "allowing" him is irrelevant.... Lulu Latech Mar 2021 #3
I'm pretty sure Nestor is 20 now, letting his "son" go on spring break. LMFAO..... sarcasmo Mar 2021 #4
In which case, he would have graduated HS before covid... JHB Mar 2021 #10
This relationship is a little strange. smirkymonkey Mar 2021 #5
Gaetz is Nestor's "Daddy." sarcasmo Mar 2021 #11
Well, if Dad's paying for it, then Sogo Mar 2021 #6
He's not a biological or adopted son. He's a son of convenience. n/t pnwmom Mar 2021 #13
So creepy. That man is not his son. That man has parents a mom and dad and extended relatives. SweetieD Mar 2021 #7
Nestor's actual father is still alive.... in Miami soothsayer Mar 2021 #8
So is the implication of what people are saying is that Nestor is in fact, his partner, and Matt has OnDoutside Mar 2021 #9
That's a line of thinking. Here's an older story (not that there's anything wrong with it) soothsayer Mar 2021 #12
No, that isn't, but the hypocrisy of being part of a homophobic party OnDoutside Mar 2021 #16
Definitely yes. And...Nestor has a biological dad in Miami! soothsayer Mar 2021 #17
Can you imagine the field day the RW media would have if he was a OnDoutside Mar 2021 #19
Yea I can soothsayer Mar 2021 #20
And they would hardly have been the first to conceal a relationship in this manner. pnwmom Mar 2021 #14
I missed that bit !!! OnDoutside Mar 2021 #15
Oh, right. That's kind of key. soothsayer Mar 2021 #18

Lulu Latech

(29,098 posts)
3. Over 18 is an adult and not his son. Gaetz "allowing" him is irrelevant....
Mon Mar 22, 2021, 11:00 PM
Mar 2021

Unless of course something of a more "private" agreement is present in that relationship. But even if that is so...His comment is just Weird....

JHB

(37,152 posts)
10. In which case, he would have graduated HS before covid...
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 07:01 AM
Mar 2021

...and thus he would have had a "real graduation" and "real prom".

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. This relationship is a little strange.
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 01:05 AM
Mar 2021

He's a little old to be "allowed" to do or not do something, isn't he?

SweetieD

(1,660 posts)
7. So creepy. That man is not his son. That man has parents a mom and dad and extended relatives.
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 02:32 AM
Mar 2021

and before people say no...when this story first broke, I went down the rabbit hole and found his mother's facebook (allegedly). She is still in cuba. He has a ton of family still in Cuba. I guess they did whatever to get Nestor to come over to the US by setting him up with an aunt/cousin who eventually gave him to Matt Gaetz. The whole situation is so disturbing.

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
8. Nestor's actual father is still alive.... in Miami
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 06:01 AM
Mar 2021

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Aaron Rupar
@atrupar
·
Mar 22, 2021
"My son is a college freshman. He had no real graduation, no prom, and I struggled with whether or not to allow him to enjoy spring break at Panama City beach. I allowed him to have an abbreviated one." -- Matt Gaetz on Nestor



sweetleaf says: abolish the Electoral College
@greatsweetleaf

for the 10,000th time...

Nestor's actual father is still alive.

https://cbsnews.com/news/matt-gaetz-cuban-son-nestor-galban-tweet-cedric-richmond/


OnDoutside

(19,945 posts)
9. So is the implication of what people are saying is that Nestor is in fact, his partner, and Matt has
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 06:59 AM
Mar 2021

not come out yet ?

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
12. That's a line of thinking. Here's an older story (not that there's anything wrong with it)
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 03:04 PM
Mar 2021

?s=21


StSeanoftheKnife
@TheGAMErie

the cigar in question:





The Daily Edge
@TheDailyEdge
Replying to @TheDailyEdge
Before he "adopted" 12 year-old Nestor, Matt Gaetz, at a retreat paid for by the Florida GOP, became drunk and unruly, and tried to bribe a hotel clerk to give him the key to the room of Rep. Jose Oliva late at night because he was desperate for a "cigar.” https://miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article1945489.html

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)
17. Definitely yes. And...Nestor has a biological dad in Miami!
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 05:09 PM
Mar 2021

And is also an adult now. And is in no legal way related to Matt (well via his sister maybe).

pnwmom

(108,955 posts)
14. And they would hardly have been the first to conceal a relationship in this manner.
Tue Mar 23, 2021, 03:14 PM
Mar 2021

But this relationship began Nestor was 12.

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