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(4,175 posts)
Fri May 28, 2021, 09:24 AM May 2021

Matt Gaetz To Run For President In 2024 In Bid To Avoid Prison

Gaetz texted The New York Post, “I support Donald Trump for president. I’ve directly encouraged him to run and he gives me every indication he will. If Trump doesn’t run, I’m sure I could defeat whatever remains of Joe Biden by 2024.”

Trump could be a convicted felon by 2024 and Matt Gaetz could be sitting in federal prison for child sex trafficking by the same date.

Rep. Gaetz is obviously looking for presidential immunity to keep himself out of the big house.


https://www.politicususa.com/2021/05/27/matt-gaetz-to-run-for-president-in-2024-in-bid-to-avoid-prison.html

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msfiddlestix

(7,282 posts)
3. We'd like to think so, right? except we know now, that simply isn't a given anymore.
Fri May 28, 2021, 09:37 AM
May 2021

There was a time, it would have been impossible for me to believe ANYONE in this country would support a suspected pedophile for president.

We now have been thoroughly disabused of such a notion, at least if it is a Republican.

The GOP and republican voters would support any sleaze ball, any criminal, any mobster, any traitor so long as it a Republican.


samsingh

(17,598 posts)
5. yes, apparently the Presidency is now the goal for every criminal to attain
Fri May 28, 2021, 10:19 AM
May 2021

the worse the criminality, the greater the need to become President.

Just run on a GOP ticket and you could win.

MontanaMama

(23,314 posts)
8. I don't doubt that he would run
Fri May 28, 2021, 10:33 AM
May 2021

and win. We cannot count on politicians to do the right thing and we can no longer count on them being held accountable for their actions.

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
9. He'll likely already be in prison long before then.
Fri May 28, 2021, 10:37 AM
May 2021

I can't see him even making it to running for re-election to Congress in 2022, let alone a 2024 presidential run.

Lettuce Be

(2,336 posts)
18. Launching a bid for office does not grant you any immunity
Fri May 28, 2021, 12:42 PM
May 2021

If it did, they'd all be running for President of the US of A

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