So they are doing to Gaetz what they did to Kavanaugh.
Going further back, what they did to George Allen in 2006, hoaxing a “macaca” slur as racist to indigenous native tribes of Upper Lower Slobovia, or something.
They did it to Charles Pickering and Miguel Estrada before that, too.
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And you can add Tom Delay to the list.
And the GOP ran scared and refused to support any of them - which is why we have so many RINOs today who seldom dare to take a controversial position.