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Jose Garcia

(3,551 posts)
Fri Nov 22, 2024, 06:03 PM Nov 2024

Gaetz joins Cameo, charging hundreds for personalized video messages

Source: Politico

Matt Gaetz is following in the footsteps of another Republican who left Congress under a cloud of controversy … by joining Cameo.

A day after withdrawing from consideration as Donald Trump’s attorney general — and hours after the now-former Florida representative said in an interview that he would not return for the next Congress — Gaetz created an account on the app where celebrities and other public figures can charge hundreds of dollars or more for personalized video messages.

“I served in Congress. Trump nominated me to be US Attorney General (that didn’t work out). Once I fired the House Speaker,” reads the profile for the “Former Florida Congressman” that’s charging upwards of $500 a video. Semafor first reported Gaetz’s account.

Gaetz follows his one-time colleague, former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) — who was expelled from Congress late last year after a scathing ethics report into his conduct — in attempting to cash in on his fame on Cameo. Santos, who lists himself as a “Former congressional ‘icon,’” charges upwards of $250 for his videos.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/11/22/congress/gaetz-joins-cameo-00191352

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Gaetz joins Cameo, charging hundreds for personalized video messages (Original Post) Jose Garcia Nov 2024 OP
It would be fun to pay him to say that he was a Klarkashton Nov 2024 #1
AI should be able to do that LiberalFighter Nov 2024 #6
When you want to give the ick to someone special... SunSeeker Nov 2024 #2
Forehead advertising -- aka billboards Blue Owl Nov 2024 #3
He should be the poster boy for botox! catchnrelease Nov 2024 #11
imagine the caliber of people paying to hear from that pervert Skittles Nov 2024 #4
rudy giuliani did it Randypiper Nov 2024 #5
Lol.. George Santos Has Entered The Chat... MayReasonRule Nov 2024 #7
Next up - Dancing With the Stars! n/t TexasBushwhacker Nov 2024 #8
Only Fans is next JoseBalow Nov 2024 #9
Wishing an imaginary daughter a happy birthday- speak easy Nov 2024 #10
Isn't his father incredibly wealthy? not fooled Nov 2024 #12

catchnrelease

(2,164 posts)
11. He should be the poster boy for botox!
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 12:29 AM
Nov 2024

He seems to be so vain he could end up looking like one of the post plastic surgery 'cat ladies'.

not fooled

(6,763 posts)
12. Isn't his father incredibly wealthy?
Sat Nov 23, 2024, 04:55 AM
Nov 2024

I thought I heard on one of the MSNBC shows that he got money from his father.

Did daddy cut him off? For bringing shame to the family name by not keeping the debauchery better under wraps?

Well, at least it's unlikely he will run for FL governor after this. FL spared from another crook in the governor's chair despite the fact that lots of Floridians would have voted for him no matter what because of the R after his name.

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