Makes you go "Hmmm" - Gaetz and his "adopted" son

[packman]

Adopts a rather old child from Cuba, keeps it quiet for years, sending him to college and yet, "We share no blood"???

[soothsayer]

1. Twitter is having fun with it

Link to tweet

?s=21

Vote for Joe Biden: because he won't adopt a 12 year old boyfriend from Cuba.

[dalton99a]

4. +1

[BComplex]

2. This whole thing stinks.

It just does.

[soothsayer]

3. The US State Department has recorded exactly ONE adoption from Cuba since 1999: a girl in 2000.

Link to tweet

?s=21

What a day...

Nestor can't be Matt Gaetz's "son"...

The US State Department has recorded exactly ONE adoption from Cuba since 1999: a girl in 2000.

That Gaetz was holding Nestor out to be his "son", even to his fellow congresspeople, is fucking weird and creepy.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Illegitimate son?

Can anyone find out if Gaetz traveled to Cuba and when?

[Thomas Hurt]

7. Supposedly adopted by Gaetz's sister after Nestor's mother passed.

Gaetz and Nestor's mother "dated".

[Sanity Claws]

8. How do you know this?

If you what you said is true, then that pretty much clinches it.

[Thomas Hurt]

10. It has been several OPs here at DU, mostly from Twitter IIRC.

It maybe true or bee ess of course.

[Ms. Toad]

24. People article. Easy Google search.

https://people.com/politics/matt-gaetz-tells-story-boy-he-raised-as-a-son/

[SoonerPride]

18. There was no adoption. There are no papers.

Nothing about this is legal or proper.

It needs to be investigated by legal authorities.

[Thomas Hurt]

19. Hence the word "supposedly".

[soothsayer]

20. So is Gaetz marrying his own sister?

[Thomas Hurt]

21. Don't know, don't care, haven't seen anything saying anything about him marrying anyone.

[LisaL]

36. You got it all wrong.

Nestor was adopted (although again, probably not formally) by his own sister. Gaetz sister had nothing to do with it.

[Ms. Toad]

25. Gaetz was dating the sister

of Nestor's mom (who died from cancer). Nestor's dad is back in Cuba.

[LisaL]

37. No, people article says Gaetz was dating Nestor's sister.

[Ms. Toad]

38. You are correct. n/t

[avebury]

26. Per the People article below, Nestor is the

brother of a now former girlfriend of Gaetz. They broke up and Nestor stayed with Gaetz.

Where is the paperwork where Gaetz "adopted" or obtained some type of legal status to the kid? Would be curious to know about the documentation on the boy. You know Republicans will find a way to keep someone in this country if THEY want to and are so willing to throw everyone else out.

It still sound creepy.

[LisaL]

35. There is no paperwork because it was not a "formal" adoption.

[LisaL]

34. No, Gaetz sister had nothing to do with any of it.

Nestor was supposedly adopted by his own sister.

[dalton99a]

6. Did he claim him as a dependent and give him health insurance?

[fleur-de-lisa]

16. We need records!

[Budi]

9. Twitter encourages Gaetz to proudly come 'Out' & just introduce us to his partner

C'mon Matt. It's ok!
We love you

They may just be right about this.
Welcome to the free world ~

[RT Atlanta]

11. so true

go twitter!

[Stallion]

12. Gaetz Has a "Trophy Cuban"

[soothsayer]

13. "A subtle reminder that Matt Gaetz was the sole vote against an anti-human trafficking bill."

Link to tweet

?s=21

“Matt Gaetz, as a 27-year-old drunk, adopted Nestor, a 13-year-old boy from Cuba.

A subtle reminder that Matt Gaetz was the sole vote against an anti-human trafficking bill.”

(Later corrected to call him 32 year old drunk, or 31 - I forget)

[fleur-de-lisa]

17. That's not suspicious. Not at all.

[Cirque du So-What]

23. ...

[keithbvadu2]

14. Yet not proud enough to say it openly for years.

[BannonsLiver]

15. He's gay, they're together and there's no way Nester is a day younger than 25

The entire story is bizarre.

[Thomas Hurt]

22. That is my suspicion, though if that is true, he is a raging hypocrite and liar.

Nothing like abusing your power to keep your lover in a job and close.

Little nepotism, little corruption, little cover up. all endangered just so Gaetz can make a faux political point.

[JI7]

32. true. he looks nowhere near being a teenager

the whole thing is weird.

Katie Hill mentioned how Gaetz talks about him all the time and i'm sure he does but that doesn't mean he is his son. or that the relationship is a father/son one.

[Blue Owl]

27. Unfortunate Son

n/t

[hlthe2b]

28. When I worked overseas and stayed frequently in B&Bs/hostels popular with Ex-Pats

and other foreigners, I observed an often not-so-benign pattern of middle age (and older) men traveling with young boys from the host country (India, Thailand, elsewhere). It was hard not to assume the most obvious explanation.

I am NOT saying this is the case here, but my 'antennae' went up in an identical way when encountering these unusual traveling "pairs" in years past. If Gaetz did a nice thing for this young man, as he now states, it is hard to understand why he never mentioned him before.

I'll say nothing more than that, but the seeming secrecy up to now between Gaetz and this young man is understandably "curious."

Ok, I apologize for the innuendo if I am wrong, but it is not an uncommon issue among those who would exploit the vulnerable and impoverished worldwide. I hope that is not the case here.

[tanyev]

29. I will love him and pet him and squeeze him and call him Prop.

[LiberalFighter]

30. Definitely something fishy about the setup.

[Martin Eden]

31. Didn't Gaetz say his son is black?

Not seeing it in that pic.

[PCIntern]

33. My God, how stupid are these people?

Do they really believe that people will not figure this stuff out? And since when is he black, as we define black in America? He’s Cuban and looks about as black as I do, which is not saying a whole lot.And although men are not my thing, he’s a very handsome Young man. Matt has very good taste.

[left-of-center2012]

39. Personal life

Gaetz has never married.

In June 2020, following an argument with fellow congressman Cedric Richmond, Gaetz revealed that he lives with a 19-year-old Cuban male, Néstor Galbán, who is a legal U.S. immigrant, since Galbán was age 12.

Gaetz has not legally adopted Galbán. Gaetz and Galbán's living arrangements had not been public knowledge or disclosed in Gaetz’ official biography until the revelation in June 2020.

Though they share no consanguinity (blood relation) nor any legal affinity, Gaetz has stated that he considers Galbán's relationship to him as that of a "son".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Gaetz#:~:text=Gaetz%20has%20never%20married.,is%20a%20legal%20U.S.%20immigrant.