Woman is 2nd accused of throwing drink at US Rep. Matt Gaetz

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

2 hours ago

MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Two women have now been accused of throwing drinks at U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz.

The most recent was Saturday, when Selena Chambers, 41, of Tallahassee, threw a glass of wine at the Republican congressman during an event in Miramar Beach and shouted obscenities at him, the Walton County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post.

“We cannot allow an environment where you can throw things at elected officials because you don’t like them,” Sheriff Michael Adkinson said in a statement. “No matter your political affiliation, this is not the way to conduct yourself and will not be tolerated in Walton County.”

Miramar Beach is about 50 miles (80 kilometers) east of Pensacola and is part of Gaetz’s Florida Panhandle congressional district.




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[Marthe48]

1. Red wine

The color of maidens' blood.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. But the reverse is certainly allowed!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217877978

[sanatanadharma]

3. Fixed the Sheriff's comment

"We cannot allow an environment where you can throw things at elected officials because you don’t like them,” Sheriff Michael Adkinson said in a statement. “No matter your political affiliation, this is not the way to conduct yourself and will not be tolerated ..." except by legislatures throwing shit at all the people we don't like.

[2naSalit]

4. Yeah but...

Did she get him?

[rambler_american]

5. I wish she had scored a direct hit and

that the wine was still in the bottle.

[Jerry2144]

10. Or in the vat

They use for fermentation

[Paladin]

6. I wish those women could be awarded marksmanship medals. (nt)

[Rob H.]

7. From the article:

Defense attorney Matthew A. Karp said in an email that his own investigation has revealed that Gaetz and his group were engaged in a verbal altercation with a group of women at the South Walton Beaches Food & Wine Festival.

“This investigation has initially shown Rep. Gaetz to have been both an aggressor and agitator, and we look forward to taking his deposition,” Karp said. “My client, Selena Chambers, maintains her innocence in this matter, and we intend to vigorously defend against the allegations of Rep. Gaetz.”

This wouldn't surprise me at all, if true, and she should've aimed for his forehead--there's no way she would've missed.

[OMGWTF]

12. It's not a forehead, it's a fivehead. You could show movies on that thing.

[erronis]

14. Forehead with foreskin removed. Little man's brain on top, nothing below.

[WhiteTara]

26. ...

over and over again

[progressoid]

13. wouldn't surprise me either. n/t

[barbtries]

8. i know it's wrong,

and she should have just shouted the obscenities, but it must have been so satisfying.

[housecat]

15. and still is satisfying for the readers

[marble falls]

9. Anybody got a link to their defense fund? I think this is more of a 'free speech' issue than ...

... an assault. It's not like they were right wingers whipping out an AR-15.

[truthisfreedom]

11. He's so hated for his behavior that he can't go anywhere

Without being verbally or physically attacked. When he takes action against those who can’t stand him, he’s hated even more. His world is joyless.

[lame54]

16. Was it a political drink toss?...

Or a good old fashioned creepy guy offending a woman drink toss?

[quakerboy]

17. My first assumption is that he was likely sexually harassing someone

backup assumption being he was otherwise harassing someone.

Im open to the possibility random women find him so odious that they just walk up and spontaneously throw beverages at him, but it doesnt seem like the most likely answer.

[LudwigPastorius]

25. She's not Gaetz's type...a 41-year-old woman.

He was probably trying to grope her underaged daughter.

[brooklynite]

18. Sorry, "but Bobby did it!!!" Isn't acceptable.

Neither is it okay because we don’t like the target.

[TomSlick]

19. That's not acceptable conduct.

Understandable but not acceptable.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

20. He looked thirsty

And she thought he could use a drink

[Marcuse]

21. Nt

[11 Bravo]

22. If any wine splashed on Matt's date, the women could be accused of providing alcohol to a minor.

[Kali]

23. !

[GP6971]

24. That's a DUZY!! n/t