Posted on 11/21/2024 12:29:15 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Before Matt Gaetz withdrew from his Attorney General nomination today, Morning Joe was furiously kibitzing over how he could be unraveled over allegations of having sex with a minor and attending drug-fueled parties.
If they couldn't obtain the House Ethics Committee report, the Senate would conduct its own investigation, bringing live witnesses to testify as to Gaetz's activities--something that, Joe Scarborough argued, would be worse for the nominee.
That's when MSNBC Republican Elise Jordan blew the lid off it, by claiming Gaetz was an "addict" twice over. It's not simply an issue of morality:
"Your morality leads you to become compromised. And this is about not wanting a sex addict, not wanting a drug addict, having control of the nation's top secrets at the end of the day."
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So Bill Clinton wasn’t a security risk? Because he said he didn’t inhale, right...
This investigation was well known. If Trump team didn’t know, they were not doing their homework.
Algore was the mother of all sex addicts. So what! Now he’s the Official UN Climate Master of Disaster. Sex doesn’t interfere with people’s job performance and neither do drugs. Millions of Republicans smoke weed.
Who the Hell is Elise Jordan, and why am I supposed to be impressed that she’s a MSNBC Republican, whatever that is?
Interesting allegation, I hope Gaetz tears her a new one.
Well put.
He is an idiot for leaving this kind of paper trail
That’s a govt employee designed chart. Not a paper trail.
Post links to the actual receipts.
Thx.
I think she’s crossed over into libel territory.
Thanks, I was wondering what that meant. That explains it succinctly, perfectly.
I’ve seen no evidence of this being true regarding Gaetz. Just accusations that lack credibility. Meanwhile, there is actually photos of Hunter Biden with prostitutes and what appears to be minors, with plenty of drugs in plain sight (and going up his nose). The left says those pictures are “not evidence of wrong-doing”. The world is upside down.
I suppose you can believe they are made up but he has already admitted he made payments. He is classifying them as being generous to ex girlfriends
So are 99% of Washington DC… one more isn’t gonna hurt…
Half of Congress and all of Hollywood.
I’d say if you aren’t a sex addict, that’s a problem. Sex is a biological imperative.
Trump needs to appoint Mark Levin now.
As far as I can see there are two separate issues. The allegation is that he had sex with a minor but the witness says she thinks he didn’t know, stopped when he found out, and didn’t resume until she was 18.
This is entirely plausible.
It is similar to Prince Andrew. Virginia was 17. He may or may not have known she was 17. He tried to say age of consent was 17 in NY at the time.
Girls lie about their age.
Although, it would behoove a Congressman to actually ask to see an ID given the risk of Honeytraps, etc.
The second issue is all the payments he made and whether they were for sex. He said/She Said.
So since the witness admits he didn’t know about her being 17 that would seem to absolve him.
Then it is he said/she said as to whether he paid for sex.
It is easy to see why this was never prosecuted.
But that doesn’t change the fact that Gaetz has always seemed skeevy to me.
It is unfortunate that he personal life was so messy because I think he would have really tried to fix the AG office.
She’d better be able to back that up or Gaetz ought to sue the smirk off her face.
Show me that sex slush fund that We The People pay for. Is that an ongoing and active fund?
Before the hearings, Clarence Thomas was told that he would have to endure a high-tech lynching. Nobody is going to be confirmed who is not ready to undergo to undergo the same type of treatment.
The DC RINOS swamp won this one. I don’t care how you analyze it it was a defeat for Trump. Matt should’ve had the courage and continue and so be it if they would tear him apart at least we would know who the hell we are fighting. But instead he tucked his tail between his legs and skedaddle. He should’ve never ever have accepted the position if he was going to quit because it makes Trump look bad. And now that’s all you are hearing from morning until night for weeks on end how bad trumps future cabinet is. No one is putting the blame on the effing RINO Senators….I want them out I think the base is strong enough to kick their asses out once and for all! I don’t care if it takes six years three years two years they need to be kicked out! They’re not working for the people anymore they’re working for themselves. When dementia Joe can get all his corrupt Socialist communist nominees through Senate speedy fast without any hearings and quickly giving them the stamp of approval is outrageous!!! It pisses me off to no end! Charlie Kirk, Pressler and the RNC need to together the Calvary and tell us who are we going to be working against to get them out of office.
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