Congressman's Son Arrested for Slapping Miami Commissioner

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Last edited Fri Feb 11, 2022, 02:13 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/congressmans-son-arrested-for-slapping-miami-commissioner



The lobbyist son (left pic above) of congressman Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) was arrested for slapping a Miami city commissioner at a swanky steakhouse. It’s not clear what bad blood led to the contretemps between C.J. Gimenez and Alex Diaz de la Portilla at Morton’s in Coral Gables on Wednesday afternoon, but the slappee felt the need to put out a name-calling press release about the alleged slapper.

“It was more flick of his wrist from behind me when I was having lunch as he cowardly approached me from behind and ran away,” it said. “This guy is not known as a very courageous guy. Actually, he’s quite a coward and appeared to be under the influence.” Gimenez, who once represented Donald Trump, was booked on a charge of simple battery.

Read it at Miami Herald


some background on daddy's shadiness :


Corrupt Carlos Giménez Hit with New Ethics Complaint

https://www.floridadems.org/2020/01/22/corrupt-carlos-gimenez-hit-with-new-ethics-complaint-government-watchdog-vows-to-investigate/

Shocking new text messages just released from Giménez’s office show extent of Miami-Dade County Mayor’s corruption

With every passing day, as he prepares to run for Congress, Corrupt Carlos Giménez stumbles into new ethics issues.

On Friday, Giménez was hit with a new ethics complaint over his office’s response to a devastating new Florida Democratic Party ad that reveals Giménez’s decades-long pattern of using his office to enrich himself, his family and his wealthy donors at taxpayers’ expense.

Link to tweet

Matching a long pattern of unethical behavior, Giménez responded to the ad that exposed his use of taxpayer money for personal gain by…. using his taxpayer-funded staff for his political gain.

Read more about the new ethics complaint against Giménez below.

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1. Edited because the thing got fixed

Last edited Fri Feb 11, 2022, 02:16 AM - Edit history (1)

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2. Assault by a (R-FL). nt

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3. Yeah I was tame in describing it

I debated using the word victim as opposed to recipient. Oh well. Mostly I just noticed the man in the OP photo looked a little old to be referred to as a "son" so I went looking for faces to match names. I'm too lazy to find images to link here for all three men in the story. This article provides pics of the son and commissioner de la Portilla:

https://people.com/politics/police-are-involved-in-slapping-incident-between-florida-political-families/

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4. Edited for clarity, thanks!

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5. Following in daddy's footsteps eh?

It is said that violence has a history in families for those that are prone to being violent.

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6. Doesn't the son look older than the father?

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7. Alex Diaz de la Portilla, who got assaulted, is on the right, you can see the father in the tweet

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8. Ok, makes more sense

Thanks for the explanation.

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9. Gimenez and De La Portilla

Are both members of the Cuban political cartel that run Miami-Dade county.

I've personally witnessed De la Portilla's behaviour as a city of Miami commissioner and if Gimenez is anything like his father, he'll be an asshole too.