Luke Ball, the communications director for Rep. Matt Gaetz, has resigned, according to a person fam

[soothsayer]

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@AdamWeinstein
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Apr 2, 2021
From NBC News: Luke Ball, the communications director for Rep. Matt Gaetz, has resigned, according to a person familiar with the situation

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Gaetz's de facto communications strategy came up on Wednesday evening's @MehdiHasanShow:

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As a former federal prosecutor, what does @renato_mariotti think about Rep. Matt Gaetz’s media-blitzing reaction to his investigation for sex trafficking?

“He has the right to remain silent,” Mariotti tells @mehdirhasan, “but apparently not the ability to remain silent.”

[nolabear]

1. ...

[gratuitous]

2. Nothing to see here

Happens all the time. Private personnel matter. No comment.

I said NO COMMENT, DAMMIT!

[Aristus]

3. His resignation, word-for-word: "Whoa, Dude! It's THIS bad? I'm out!"

[Kingofalldems]

4. There must be something really big coming down the pike.

[LizBeth]

5. I imagined he knew about all this and probably participated seeing how Gaetz shred with his repug

friends in Florida and DC

[PCIntern]

6. Luke Ball??? Really?

It sounds like one of the pseudonym authors from one of those sleazy 1960s paperbacks that you bought at the back of the sleazy bookstore.

[bluedigger]

7. And he was doing so well...

[greenjar_01]

9. LOL

Genuinely laughed!

[catbyte]

8. Rats deserting the sinking ship.

I really hope this sinks Gaetz. What a vile, oily, sleazy waste of space.

[Botany]

11. I'll never forget that punk wearing this large gas mask to make fun of C-19 mask requirements

[malaise]

10. Like Trump Gaetz thinks he's above the law

and can bullshit his way out of any situation. Like the insurrectionist in chief, down he goes.

[lapfog_1]

12. drunk in public

“He has the right to remain silent,” Mariotti tells
@mehdirhasan, “but apparently not the ability to remain silent.”

Which is a great line from Ron White (Blue Collar Comedy Tour and on his own as well).

[dawg day]

13. When staff start leaving ... the ship is sinking.

After all, these are people who need the income-- don't necessarily have another job lined up. When they decide that job or not, they can't stay and be tarred with the stain, they know more than we do, and what they know is BAD.

[Nevilledog]

14. Statement from Gaetz's office.

Link to tweet

[demmiblue]

15. ...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Sounds like Gaetz has the cooties

no one wants anything to do with him.