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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBwaaaaaaaaaaaah! 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-2021-4Aides 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
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Joinfortmill
(14,387 posts)1. Oh, my. Tick Tock.
MontanaMama
(23,295 posts)2. Interesting to read that Gaetz is
"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.
and yet all of those troglodytes still rally to support these two obnoxious individuals.
leftieNanner
(15,062 posts)3. He won't quit
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.
malaise
(268,694 posts)5. But they still had to go
Harker
(13,976 posts)6. "Not well liked" applies to most all of them.
They don't have friends, they have cronies and co-conspirators.
Cozmo
(1,402 posts)7. I hear he makes his staffers do his hair. Now that's grounds to embarrass the boss!
The horror
leftieNanner
(15,062 posts)9. AND his makeup for TV appearances
Eeewww.
Grins
(7,195 posts)8. " Aides working for Rep. Matt Gaetz"
Any chance one of them was devout Christian Luke Ball...?
Because - WOW! (Or Bwahahahahahaha...!!!)
malaise
(268,694 posts)10. You made me
Grin
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,254 posts)11. Looking forward to the avalanche that gets Gaetz.
Maybe it will be big enough to scare the cockroaches back under their rocks.
malaise
(268,694 posts)12. Fly the "Gaetz"
Lock up the pirates (had to change the lyrics)
Skittles
(153,113 posts)13. that's pretty vague
the guy embarrasses himself on a daily basis