'I'm horrified': Community reacts to Gaetz speaking tour

[George II]

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) plans to launch a speaking tour alongside Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), beginning at a retirement community in Florida. Residents of the community, The Villages, tell CNN's Randi Kaye what they think of Gaetz.

Source: CNN

Video here:

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/05/07/matt-gaetz-villages-tour-greene-kaye-pkg-ac360-vpx.cnn

[Blue Owl]

1. The horror... the horror...

[JohnSJ]

2. The stupidity of people never fails to astound me

[Hiawatha Pete]

3. Already posted by others on DU, but quality never goes out of style:

[haele]

4. Snakes, the both of them.

Maybe they'll get in a fight over whom is the most Q. Hopefully, they don't breed.

Haele

[PSPS]

5. In general, The Villages is pure MAGA.

[hlthe2b]

6. The R's in the piece defending him won't be convinced even with live video and a dead child.

Every time Pres. Biden or other "old school" Dems talk about the "good R's" that we can work with, I despair. Even if they are merely being diplomatic in saying that, it still just grates. Now, I do believe in helping the RW divide itself and if Liz can be part of it, go forth and multiply. But strategically picking winners among our opponents is not trusting them beyond the immediate.

[RKP5637]

7. I guess the place is nice, but their politics with Trump MAGA is disgusting. n/t

[LakeArenal]

9. Exactly. It was a community hot for trump.

But a friends Republican mother lives there and she hates trump now. So don’t dismiss the Villages. It can make or break a candidate in that area.

My parents lived at Top of The World.
Smaller but still a hot bed of Republicans
Hoping that’s changing too.

[Hortensis]

11. About a third of the voters among TV's 120K or so residents voted Democrat,

while in FL in general a bit under half voted Democrat. Biden-Harris might have won FL but more new Latino conservative voters hadn't come out for Trump.

[smirkymonkey]

8. I still can't believe that disgusting, arrogant jackass isn't already in prison.

How is he running around like nothing ever happened, and with that evil harpy, MTG? God, it's just maddening!

[LakeArenal]

10. But, but, Cuomo pinched cheeks in public.

[abbeyco]

12. Signed up for 3 seats

A number of people used the link for free passes to hog them & let them remain empty. I hope it’s like Tulsa 2020 for tfg.