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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGaetz's fiancee is sister to Palmer Lucky. (Occulus/Facebook & Defense contracts)
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/fl-ne-matt-gaetz-palmer-luckey-ss-prem-20210402-p4zwjxmtnvaunoyfdbuiiqrex4-story.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=trueMatt Gaetz, his fiancee, drones and national security: Embattled congressman is engaged to sister of pro-Trump tech mogul
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has put Chinese drones at the top of his enemies list, demanding they be grounded and raising concerns about spying.
Gaetz says its an issue of national security.
The North Florida congressman also has a personal interest in the matter:
Gaetz is engaged to the sister of Palmer Luckey, the co-founder of a defense company that stands to profit by building drones and other technology for the U.S. government.
As a congressman, Gaetz is in a position to influence what the future of Luckeys industry will look like from pushing legislation to shut down foreign competition to sitting on a committee that is exploring how the military will use artificial intelligence and other emerging technology Luckeys company is developing.
Gaetz, 38, proposed to Luckeys sister, 26-year-old Ginger Luckey, at former President Donald Trumps Mar-a-Lago Club in December. The proposal surprised many because only one photo of the couple had been publicly posted on Gaetzs Twitter feed just a few weeks before the engagement.
WHO IS PALMER LUCKY
Luckey founded the virtual reality company Oculus, which Facebook acquired for about $2 billion in 2014. The young entrepreneur left Facebook in 2017 as controversy erupted over $10,000 he had given to support an anti-Hillary Clinton group. Luckey has said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fired him because of his political views.
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From April 2, 2021
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bluestarone
(16,911 posts)Gaetz couldn't see trump. TO BAD SO SAD!
Celerity
(43,329 posts)struggle4progress
(118,280 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)why stick with a loser like Gaetz when you're sister to a billionaire?
Lulu Latech
(29,098 posts)It's not easy being a beard for a creepy pedophile. She'll walk away with a chunk of change way before any wedding date. Gotta wonder what brother is getting out of the deal if he can't get that military contract he had dangled in his face....unless Gaetz has info on him.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,046 posts)Hes got $700M and some people are saying a very small penis.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,046 posts)He stole a lot of the technology for Oculus and the lawsuits are what caused Facebook to fire him. He is the my pillow guy, just younger and with a silly goatee rather than a porn stash.
I have a former friend who works with Palmer now on the drone surveillance project and the odds of getting a juicy defense contract are almost zero. They cannot design a way out of a wet paper bag. 100% smoke and mirrors. Hes a libertarian vampire. Remember, most libertarians are just asshole Republicans who live in a glorious blue state like California and are just not honest. Oh and fuck off Peter Thiel and Elon Musk.
msfiddlestix
(7,278 posts)to build a floating city here off the shores of San Francisco Bay..
Priveledged "Libertarians" wanting to create their own "country" , completely autonomous from the United States or any other country. while usurping resources from the State of California. I don't know the current status of their autonomous Seasteading enterprise, but I followed it at the time I learned of it when I met Patri at a friend of a friend's house in Berkeley back in 2012/2013.
There's a story there too long to go into, but I wasn't aware of the relation to Milton Friedman initially until later which caused me to turn down a sort of lucrative gig he offered me to perform for.
These people are a special kind of evil.
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global1
(25,241 posts)How can she still want to marry this degenerate?