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Mullin [Oklahoma] slams Gaetz: ‘Living off your daddy’s money’
The Hill ^ | 12/14/23 12:14 PM ET | BY ALEXANDER BOLTON

Posted on 12/14/2023 3:48:09 PM PST by 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: Oklahoma
KEYWORDS: ashlibabbitt; audithim; coupaccomplice; insidertraining; markwaynemullin; rino; rinothief; termlimits; termlimitsplease
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To: DesertRhino

“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.


21 posted on 12/14/2023 5:02:06 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: AnthonySoprano

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


22 posted on 12/14/2023 5:11:38 PM PST by gibsonguy
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To: RandFan

Gaetz was right: McCarthy just admitted being a Dem.


23 posted on 12/14/2023 5:20:50 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.)
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To: TexasGator
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.

24 posted on 12/14/2023 5:41:15 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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To: TexasGator

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


25 posted on 12/14/2023 5:59:20 PM PST by Iceclimber58
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To: TexasGator

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.


26 posted on 12/14/2023 6:42:49 PM PST by Prince of Space (Trump 2024!)
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To: DesertRhino

A Chamber of Commerce stooge IMHO.


27 posted on 12/14/2023 6:56:39 PM PST by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER REV. NIEMOLLER)
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To: RandFan
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.

28 posted on 12/14/2023 8:20:43 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: Prince of Space

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


29 posted on 12/14/2023 8:21:55 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

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.


30 posted on 12/14/2023 8:23:00 PM PST by Sequoyah101 (Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
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To: AnthonySoprano

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


31 posted on 12/15/2023 2:46:19 AM PST by NautiNurse (🇺🇸 Bidenomics: "Over a billion three hundred million trillion three hundred million dollars!")
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To: RandFan

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”...........


32 posted on 12/15/2023 8:11:31 AM PST by Cen-Tejas
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To: Sirius Lee; RandFan; Red Badger; Kaslin
"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.

As Original Posters -- a critical role to the success of FreeRepublic, but also a role far too often abused on FR -- they know and appreciate, that I am completely within rights to question Original Posts, both in content and placement in context with Free Republic's Mission Statement; and this one missed the mark, as someone about your speed at The Shrill typed elbows-and-asses to commit, under 'editorial' encouragement, anti-GOP-agitprop-hype-garbage clickbait.

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


"Let's Dance!"

33 posted on 12/15/2023 12:37:20 PM PST by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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To: StAnDeliver
"Let's Dance!"

*yawn*

34 posted on 12/16/2023 4:38:27 AM PST by Sirius Lee (I am going to keep SPAMming the meme "I see Freepers bickering..." where applicable)
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