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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,919 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 08:19 PM Jun 2020

Rep. Matt Gaetz: Can We 'Hunt' Down Antifa Like Terrorists 'In the Middle East'?

Source: Mediaite

Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) called for members of Antifa to hunted down like terrorists in the Middle East as America remains gripped by social unrest over the death of George Floyd.

As protests and calls for justice were overshadowed by rioters, looters and property damage, Trump and other conservatives have been focused on assigning blame for the chaos rather than addressing protesters’ grievances or calling for national unity. This has been topped off by Trump vowing to designate Antifa as a terrorist organization.

As we have previously noted, it’s unclear how declaring Antifa a terror organization would work since its a domestic ideological movement with no real leader, no organizational structure, nor a list of membership. Nonetheless, Gaetz got on Twitter and asked “can we hunt them down like we do those in the Middle East?


Matt Gaetz

@mattgaetz
Now that we clearly see Antifa as terrorists, can we hunt them down like we do those in the Middle East?

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10:48 AM - Jun 1, 2020

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rep-matt-gaetz-can-we-hunt-down-antifa-like-terrorists-in-the-middle-east/ar-BB14TjUF?li=BBnbcA1



Looks like Gaetz is the second politician to get his Tweet called out by the admins.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz: Can We 'Hunt' Down Antifa Like Terrorists 'In the Middle East'? (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 OP
as my dad used to say of men like @mattGaetz-He is a boot licker!! riversedge Jun 2020 #1
That's not the only thing he licks Maeve Jun 2020 #14
I am curious what you mean by your comment......... riversedge Jun 2020 #2
The article shows the Tweet Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2020 #6
oh.Thanks. riversedge Jun 2020 #9
We can raid his office, if he'd like relayerbob Jun 2020 #3
Gaetz will bring down his fellow reps to hunt out Antifa like he invaded the hearing room, illegally Frustratedlady Jun 2020 #4
I think we should HuskyOffset Jun 2020 #5
That one got reported to Twitter by HUNDREDS of people. George II Jun 2020 #7
Matt Gaetz apprently does not understand that antifa is a movement, pazzyanne Jun 2020 #8
now, who would want to hunt down anti-fascists.... dhill926 Jun 2020 #10
Like Trump's Nazi who killed a young woman in Charlottesville with his car? keithbvadu2 Jun 2020 #11
Can we hunt down Russian-backed operatives instead? byronius Jun 2020 #12
Excellent suggestion. Patriotic, really. Kid Berwyn Jun 2020 #15
Gaetz whereabouts Vic Ferrari Jun 2020 #13

riversedge

(70,186 posts)
2. I am curious what you mean by your comment.........
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 08:28 PM
Jun 2020

that was in the OP.

.......Looks like Gaetz is the second politician to get his Tweet called out by the admins..........

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,919 posts)
6. The article shows the Tweet
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 08:32 PM
Jun 2020

But when one clicks on it to go to Twitter they get a message that the Tweet violates terms of service.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
4. Gaetz will bring down his fellow reps to hunt out Antifa like he invaded the hearing room, illegally
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 08:32 PM
Jun 2020

That's how he gets his jollies and impresses his Gawd.

Won't it be fun to watch him make an ass of himself and fail, again? Kind of like watching snipe hunters.

HuskyOffset

(888 posts)
5. I think we should
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 08:32 PM
Jun 2020

go after drunk drivers instead. I'm guessing drunk drivers kill more Americans per year than Antifa.

Oh, look, I found one:

keithbvadu2

(36,770 posts)
11. Like Trump's Nazi who killed a young woman in Charlottesville with his car?
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 08:58 PM
Jun 2020

Like Trump's Nazi who killed a young woman in Charlottesville with his car?

A hero to Gaetz?

Vic Ferrari

(1 post)
13. Gaetz whereabouts
Mon Jun 1, 2020, 11:56 PM
Jun 2020

I swore the last I heard from this clown was that he was hiding out in his car in a walmart parking lot trying to avoid another DUI.

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