Do you ever wonder....?

[garybeck]

Some of the things these Magats and Refucklicans say and do are so stupid, outrageous, and unbelievable, there must be something deeper going on.... like they're being blackmailed .... ? how many of these idiots have "pee pee tapes" in Putin's locker? just take Gaetz as one example. we know he's a pedophile and a sexual predator. wouldn't be surprised if someone has shit on him and is pulling his puppet strings. Or Giuliani, we know he's a creep. Why on earth is he galavanting around the world lobbying for convicted Ukrainians? It just makes no sense without something deeper going on.

remember that movie The Firm with Tom Cruise? everyone in the firm, when they start working there, is filmed doing something illegal and for their entire career they have no choice to fall in line because they're being blackmailed

there has got to be something deeper going on. Just sayin.

[vlyons]

1. could be they are just corrupt

EVERY position in gov is an opportunity to grift and get bribes and favors for them and their "friends." Working as a true public servant for the benefit of others is for suckers.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Probably a combination of threats and bribes.

Putin is the world's richest man. He can afford a lot of bribe money.

[Fiendish Thingy]

3. I disagree

Gaetz, for example, is just a natural born asshole, no one needs to blackmail him, he’s doing it for the pure joy he gets from being an asshole.

There’s just a handful, Graham the most obvious one, who may be under pressure to support the fascist agenda, but the rest are gleefully joining in of their own free will.

[brooklynite]

4. No I don't think that at all.

Listen to THE BULWARK’S “The Corruption of Lindsey Graham” to understand how the shift can occur.