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RockRaven

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7. He can be guilty as fuuuuck and still be a liar about being extorted. It's pretty classic Repuke/con

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 31, 2021, 12:18 AM

Mar 2021

deflection to claim to be the victim whilst being the offender.

"Hey, Gaetz, why is the DOJ sniffing around you?"
"It's not because I sex trafficked a minor!!! No! It's, uh, it's.... I mean, uh... Oh!... *ahem*... It's because someone is trying to blackmail me with totes not true accusations... Yup, that's it. That's why the DOJ is poking around."

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What if Gaetz's so called extortioner is working on trump's behalf? [View all] ecstatic Mar 2021 OP

I hope so soothsayer Mar 2021 #1

I don't think Gaetz is being extorted; he's probably making it up. Ocelot II Mar 2021 #2

What if his extortionist is a fistful of feces he just pulled out of his ass? RockRaven Mar 2021 #3

Well ... it's a lot easier to extort an actually guilty person, wouldn't you think? Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #4

He can be guilty as fuuuuck and still be a liar about being extorted. It's pretty classic Repuke/con RockRaven Mar 2021 #7

Oh, absolutely. But the opposite is possibly also true ... Hugh_Lebowski Mar 2021 #8

True, but he did toss a name out there ecstatic Mar 2021 #6

No, if anything Trump held the Justice Dept back from doing anything . Trump is also just not JI7 Mar 2021 #5

KomproMatt? tblue37 Mar 2021 #9

+1 True Dough Mar 2021 #10

Love it! nt ecstatic Mar 2021 #12

You mean like the Liberty U gardener story? malaise Mar 2021 #11