Mullin [Oklahoma] slams Gaetz: ‘Living off your daddy’s money’

The Hill ^ | 12/14/23 12:14 PM ET | BY ALEXANDER BOLTON

[RandFan]

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who challenged a Teamsters boss to a fight last month, on Thursday slammed Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) for “living off” his “daddy’s money” after Gaetz cited Mullin’s increase in wealth as a reason to ban members of Congress from trading stocks.

“I hear @RepMattGaetz has criticism of hard-earned success — he should try building a business that gains value, it’s more gratifying than living off your daddy’s money,” Mullin posted on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Mullin was reacting to a graphic Gaetz reposted that showed Mullin’s net worth swelled from $12 million in 2018, when he was a House member, to $63 million in 2022, despite earning a $174,000 salary in Congress.

“We should pass a ban on trading stocks!” Gaetz said in his post, citing Mullin’s rise in wealth.

Gaetz also defended his post after Mullin’s comment.

“The only thing I criticized were your stock trades while a member of Congress. I want to ban those trades. You cashed in and made millions,” Gaetz wrote.

Mullin’s stock trades have attracted some attention online.

Capitol Trades pointed out that Mullin bought between $15,000 and $50,000 in Raytheon Technologies stock through a joint account on Sept. 13, noting that company’s stocks have risen 6 percent since the Oct. 7 attack on Israeli civilians outside of the Gaza Strip.

[TexasGator]

“Took over a long established plumbers business in a small town.”

At the age of 20 and was very successful. Gaeta ventured into the private sector and failed.

[gibsonguy]

Gaetz is taking flak again. When you are taking flak that means….

[Uncle Miltie]

Gaetz was right: McCarthy just admitted being a Dem.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

No, it was also from stock trades as you would know if you had RTFA.

But please continue to show your assets in public it amuses the rest of us.

[Iceclimber58]

He is a dimwit. I know the guy.
Ray Trimble and Robert Morris made that company a success.

[Prince of Space]

If true, I’m surprised the article didn’t reference it. Mullen could clear up the controversy by mentioning it, but he didn’t. Hmmm.

[Nextrush]

A Chamber of Commerce stooge IMHO.

[Sequoyah101]

1. Says a man who built his business on the back of the business that his father built. He did one up him but he had that to start with.

2. $12mm to $63mm in four short years. Wow! Pretty incredible. He must be really smart huh?

3. What we need is a trade like a congress critter ETF.

4. Disclaimer, got no use for mwm. He makes a good oklahoma representative though as he is representative of so many of his constituents.

[Sequoyah101]

But he’s smart. He does mma. He’s smart.

[Sequoyah101]

And without air conditioning. Air conditioning is the problem with this country. Before that nobody that wasn’t handcuffed and made to stay in DC did in the summers.

[NautiNurse]

Matt Gaetz and his daddy supported Jeb Bush during his failed 2016 POTUS campaign.

[Cen-Tejas]

Mullin said that he witnessed the shooting of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt during the attack, which occurred after she climbed through a barricade leading toward the House Chamber; Mullin said the Capitol police officer “didn’t have a choice” but to shoot, and that this action “saved people’s lives”, with members of Congress and their staff “in danger” from the “mob”.[49][50][51]

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Yes, Mr. Mullin, the lady was unarmed and your opinion of that incident confirms that very old saying about Plumbers.......to wit: ...”all a plumber needs to know is that shit don’t flow uphill and payday is on Friday”...........

[StAnDeliver]

"And yet here you are, so bored that you're responding to it."

"At least I admit I'm bored enough to point out your hypocrisy. Or jackassery as the case may be."

Typical of you to run your gob without knowing the background that RandFan knows - publically and privately - that I am one of his biggest Freepfans on FR, along with Red Badger.

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If I were contemplating 'jackassery' I would simply hit [Report Abuse], and you'd never know it, noob. But you might going forward.

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