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Florida Congressman Wears Gas Mask During Coronavirus Vote Bill Would Allocate Money to Fighting Virus
CLICKORLANDO ^

Posted on 03/11/2020 4:50:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A Florida congressman made a statement about coronavirus on the House floor.

Rep. Matt Gaetz wore a gas-mask on Wednesday during a vote on emergency funding to fight the spread of coronavirus.

The bill would allocate billions of dollars to combating coronavirus as concerns rise over the spread of the respiratory illness.

The move comes as the number of cases of the virus in the U.S. rises above 100 and the number of deaths approaches a dozen.

However, Vice President Mike Pence said the American public’s risk of contracting the novel coronavirus “remains low,” stressing that there is “no need for Americans to buy masks.”

Gaetz ultimately voted in support of the bill.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; florida; gaetz; gasmask; iran; mattgaetz; streettheater; theatrics

Florida always be Flordin'


Kind of reminds me of former Florida rep Joe Scarorough. Hope that ady doesn't end up mysteriously dead.

1 posted on 03/11/2020 4:50:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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He should have worn that at CPAC he wouldnt have had to be tested..:-)


2 posted on 03/11/2020 5:10:22 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Actually he is quarantining himself, as is Ted Cruz and Mark Meadows, I believe it is, after visiting with a person who apparently was infected with coronavirus at CPAC.


3 posted on 03/11/2020 5:11:43 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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Gaetz clearly was not driven by hatred of the president when he voted for last week's House resolution against an unauthorized war with Iran.

No surprise Gaetz is trying to amp up hysteria...

4 posted on 03/11/2020 6:59:04 PM PDT by piasa (The only thing we have to fear is running out of toilet paper.)
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From another thread:

Matt Gaetz hired away a staffer from Texas Democratic Rep. Sylvia Garcia, who served as a Democratic impeachment manager. Isabela Belchior, who served as a staffer for Garcia throughout the impeachment hearings, accepted the position for Gaetz shortly after the Senate voted to acquit President Donald Trump...


5 posted on 03/11/2020 7:00:39 PM PDT by piasa (The only thing we have to fear is running out of toilet paper.)
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Matt Gaetz says he was kept off impeachment defense team over war powers vote
1/23/2020, 1:49:45 PM · by conservative98 · 107 replies
NY Post ^ | January 23, 2020 | 12:26pm | Emily Jacobs
One of President Donald Trump’s strongest supporters on cable news and Capitol Hill was surprisingly excluded from his impeachment defense team — and he has suspicions as to why. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) was widely believed to have been a frontrunner to join a select group of House Republicans to defend the president through media outreach and providing consultation to his legal team, but he was snubbed. In an interview with Politico, Gaetz said he wasn’t entirely sure why he was kept off the team, but he has been told by someone in the White House that Eric Ueland, the


6 posted on 03/11/2020 7:02:06 PM PDT by piasa (The only thing we have to fear is running out of toilet paper.)
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To: nickcarraway

The correct date on this story is March 5.

This was way back when the message was that coronavirus was a hoax, no more serious than the flu, and the White House was suggesting people should keep going to work even if they have it.

What a difference 6 days makes.


7 posted on 03/11/2020 7:09:13 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: nickcarraway

Probably good for the gas of Nancy Pelosi


8 posted on 03/11/2020 7:26:18 PM PDT by hondact200 (Lincoln Freed the Slaves. Obama Enslaves the Free. Trump 2020 - Keep America Great)
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#1. If that is Miss Florida, I’m moving down there. Nice to see a woman who looks like a woman (and not Omar the Tent Wearer, Jihad Tlaib, Bad Hair Day Forever Waters, and Sheila Jackson Lee Jeff Davis.

Re the guy wearing the gas mask, now that’s a “gas”.


9 posted on 03/12/2020 12:19:46 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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