Less than 24 hours after Matt Gaetz announced he was giving up his bid to become the next attorney general, the Northwest Florida Republican made clear that he will not return to Congress in the next session beginning in January.
Now that it’s accepted that what is in the ethics probe is so damaging that he’s pulling a Paul Ryan…
It’s important to remember that the actual criminal case likely gathered the same information, and that Biden’s DOJ helmed by his AG decided to drop charges.
“We have just spoken with the DOJ and have been informed that they have concluded their investigation into Congressman Gaetz and allegations related to sex trafficking and obstruction of justice and they have determined not to bring any charges against him,” Gaetz’s lawyers, Marc Mukasey and Isabelle Kirshner, said in a statement.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/15/politics/matt-gaetz-justice-department/index.html
And I know people think it’s mean to keep kicking a geriatric president when he’s a lame duck.
But it’s important everyone remembers how much we fucked up by running an ineffectual moderate when the opposition are literal fascists.
If we get an election in 2028, we can’t afford to do this again.
We need someone that will actually fight back. Just winning the election and not holding anyone accountable obviously doesn’t fucking work.
Trump’s campaign was big on vengeance, and the various unjust kangaroo courts that are going to spin up are going to be a nightmare.
But I’m not sure Merrick Garland’s prosecution is going to get much sympathy from the left.
But I’m not sure Merrick Garland’s prosecution is going to get much sympathy from the left.
I mean… he’ll really only have himself to blame. Garland was better equipped than anyone else in the country to hold Trump and his criminal cohort accountable for their literal treason, but he decided to drag his feet and avoid making waves. And for what? To avoid the appearance of the DOJ being “political”?
Well he’s about to find out exactly how political it can be.
And I know people think it’s mean to keep kicking a geriatric president when he’s a lame duck.
I’m okay with it when it’s for legitimate reasons, and I think you have some legitimate ones. He did some real good on infrastructure and renewables, but he still fucked up in a lot of other ways. What’s annoying is when people say he was either infallible or the very embodiment of evil.
We should accept the good while condemning the bad, because most people are more complex and nuanced than the caricatures presented by the internet.
But to your last point, I agree that we will continue to lose to the Donald Trumps of the world if we don’t have someone willing to publicly promise to fight and hold the entire rotten establishment accountable.
He’s leaving to spend more time with other people’s children
out of the goodness of his heart im sure
Well, how about that. Trump did drain part of the swamp.
Bye. Don’t let the door hit you. Actually no, let it hit you.
Prosecute this mother fucker. If what he did is this bad, he needs to be in jail. You have to be doing some serious heinous crime to be unqualified for the GOP.
Yeah. They have a document on US soil that was (apparently) hacked and contains such damning evidence that a career politician would run away. That’s some fucking evidence.
It’s probably not as bad as what trump has done, but Matt doesn’t have the clout to bang a child and get away with it.
He just looks like a creepy guy in this picture. Is there some kind of genetic requirement to actually look creepy when you are a creep?
He looks like the great Cornholio, I bet he needs TP for his bunghole
I’m sorry, but i see him more as a Butthead than a Beavis.
He should be going to jail. But I’m not going to hold my breath.
Wow, somebody got a damn stern behind-the-scenes talking to.
It sure would be a shame if there were any justice in the world and documents leaked. Or if the law actually applied to these fuckers.
