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malaise

(268,694 posts)
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 12:55 PM Apr 2021

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaah! Matt Gaetz's aides reportedly sent embarrassing videos of him to other Republican

https://www.businessinsider.com/gaetz-aides-sent-embarrassing-videos-of-him-to-others-report-2021-4

Aides working for Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida sent embarrassing videos of their boss to other Republican operatives, Politico reported on Tuesday.

It's unclear what was on the videos, and the news is not connected to a wide-ranging Justice Department investigation into whether Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a minor and violated federal sex-trafficking laws. But it underscores Gaetz's status as a wild card on Capitol Hill, one who is widely disliked even within his own camp.

Perhaps the most notable silence is that of former President Donald Trump, who had counted Gaetz among his most loyal defenders. The Florida Republican fervently defended Trump during congressional oversight hearings and endorsed Trump's wildest conspiracy theories.

One former White House staffer told Insider this month, shortly after the news of the Justice Department's investigation into Gaetz broke, that while the president's former aides weren't happy to see the congressman in hot water, they did "feel a little vindicated."
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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaah! Matt Gaetz's aides reportedly sent embarrassing videos of him to other Republican (Original Post) malaise Apr 2021 OP
Oh, my. Tick Tock. Joinfortmill Apr 2021 #1
Interesting to read that Gaetz is MontanaMama Apr 2021 #2
THIS malaise Apr 2021 #4
He won't quit leftieNanner Apr 2021 #3
But they still had to go malaise Apr 2021 #5
"Not well liked" applies to most all of them. Harker Apr 2021 #6
I hear he makes his staffers do his hair. Now that's grounds to embarrass the boss! Cozmo Apr 2021 #7
AND his makeup for TV appearances leftieNanner Apr 2021 #9
" Aides working for Rep. Matt Gaetz" Grins Apr 2021 #8
You made me malaise Apr 2021 #10
Looking forward to the avalanche that gets Gaetz. Hermit-The-Prog Apr 2021 #11
Fly the "Gaetz" malaise Apr 2021 #12
that's pretty vague Skittles Apr 2021 #13

MontanaMama

(23,295 posts)
2. Interesting to read that Gaetz is
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 03:23 PM
Apr 2021

"widely disliked" even within his own camp...this is also true of Ted Cruz and yet all of those troglodytes still rally to support these two obnoxious individuals.

leftieNanner

(15,062 posts)
3. He won't quit
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 03:24 PM
Apr 2021

And mccarthy won't fire him.

I'm not even sure an indictment would do it.

Hunter and collins were even reelected.

We shall see.

Harker

(13,976 posts)
6. "Not well liked" applies to most all of them.
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 03:34 PM
Apr 2021

They don't have friends, they have cronies and co-conspirators.

Grins

(7,195 posts)
8. " Aides working for Rep. Matt Gaetz"
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 03:42 PM
Apr 2021

Any chance one of them was devout “Christian” Luke Ball...?

Because - WOW! (Or Bwahahahahahaha...!!!)

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,254 posts)
11. Looking forward to the avalanche that gets Gaetz.
Tue Apr 6, 2021, 06:04 PM
Apr 2021

Maybe it will be big enough to scare the cockroaches back under their rocks.

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