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Gaetz is reportedly the subject of a federal investigation into whether he and another Florida political figure provided cash or others things of value to women they had sex with after connecting with them on the website Seeking Arrangements, according to the New York Times. The DOJ is also looking into whether multiple encounters Gaetz allegedly had with a 17-year-old girl two years ago violated sex-trafficking statues. In response to reports, Gaetz made bizarre claims that he was the subject of an extortion plot, and that the Justice Department was trying to criminalize my sexual conduct, you know, when I was a single guy.
Now the creepy floodgates have opened, and reports of all kinds of piggish and wildly inappropriate misconduct are pouring in. The latest is right out of a raunchy teen comedy per ABC, sources said Gaetz was part of a group of young male lawmakers who created a game to score their female sexual conquests, which granted points for various targets such as interns, staffers or other female colleagues in the state House. It gets even worse: One of the targets of the scoring system was a group the lawmakers had heard were virgins.
The scoring system by male Florida lawmakers was previously reported by the Miami Herald. State Senator Debbie Mayfield told the Herald in 2017 that during her freshman year as a House member, a group of freshmen male legislators lived together and ran their rented session home like a frat house. The men reportedly created a scoring system to rank female legislators and lobbyists
One of them was asked what he wanted to do in Tallahassee, and his answer was to sleep with as many women as possible, according to Mayfield.
Gaetz did not respond to the ABC report.
https://www.thecut.com/2021/04/rep-matt-gaetz-used-to-score-his-sexual-conquests-at-work.html?utm_medium=s1&utm_campaign=nym&utm_source=tw
Mike Nelson
(9,944 posts)... this could be a case of arrested development. Weird things happen when the mind stops progressing at the age of ten, but the body still matures. I would compare Matt Gaetz to a teenager, but that's not really accurate... teenagers go through wild ranges, but they are still teenagers. Matt acts like a preteen and he has an adult body, job... he really should lose the job, right NOW.
Cerridwen
(13,252 posts)Mike Nelson
(9,944 posts)... for sure. I would have to consider each of the others separately... I'm familiar with Matt through his already deplorable public persona. Hopefully, most of the others rolled their eyes and decided to distance themselves from the big baby.
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)"I have definitely, in my single days, provided for women I've dated. You know, I've paid for flights, for hotel rooms. Ive been, you know, generous as a partner."
Theres no age that you cant be sexy.
"I'm not a monk. I'm just a congressman!"
Maraya1969
(22,464 posts)rateyes
(17,438 posts)high-schoolers participating in the same kind of game. Gaetz and his cronies are pigs.
tblue37
(65,227 posts)speak easy
(9,191 posts)Tell me about the identities of this congressional 'pussy posse'.
smb
(3,471 posts)badhair77
(4,210 posts)They gave extra points if the woman was married. We need to know who else was involved. They are all pigs. It was apparently well-known in Florida.
FSogol
(45,455 posts)Hey!
I do not like you college brat
I do not like you and your frat
I do not like you at the shore
I do not like you drunk on Coors
I do not like your average life
I hope you do not take a wife
I hope you don't decide to breed
Cause that's one thing I do not need
I do not like you radical
I hate you and your fancy school
You're wrong about the working class
I hope they kick your Harvard ass
I do not like you world of ours
I'd rather live on planet Mars
And die from lack of oxygen
Than breathe the air of other men
Hey!
Karadeniz
(22,474 posts)Warpy
(111,174 posts)and perfectly respectable behavior because not a single one spoke up until now, when they all want to cover their own frat boy butts.
Yeah, I expect no better from at least 90% of men, and that is sad.
What I would very much love to see is how those women rated him. I have a feeling it would be hilarious.
Unfortunately, the double standard will prevent them from being asked and even if they were asked, prevent them from answering if they want to keep their jobs.
Linda Ed
(493 posts)He showed Congressional colleagues naked photos of women during session .. Might not be illegal .. However, it shows a "conduct unbecoming for a congressman and a gentleman."
Tanuki
(14,914 posts)"In January 2020, state Rep. Chris Latvala accused Gaetz of having created a game during his time in Tallahassee that gave out points for sleeping with aides, interns, lobbyists, and married legislators. The allegation echoed a Miami Herald story in 2015 that reported that such a game was played by younger state representatives. Gaetz denied involvement in any such game."
North Shore Chicago
(3,305 posts)bragging about "grabbing women by the p***y" "they let me do things..."
etc.....
Very little wonder things started looking up for boys who believed they could behave very poorly.