Matt Gaetz, Under Federal Investigation For Sex Trafficking, Wins His GOP Primary

[Eugene]

Matt Gaetz, Under Federal Investigation For Sex Trafficking, Wins His GOP Primary (HuffPost)

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R), the Florida congressman who has spent much of the past two years under federal investigation for alleged sex trafficking, won his GOP primary Tuesday, likely ensuring another term representing his deep red panhandle district.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gaetz-wins-primary_n_630531c4e4b052615d75ba85

[dchill]

1. I'm sure his base thinks he could do just as good a job...

... behind bars as he could outside. Actually, so do I.

[empedocles]

2. There could be more gaetz sex trafficking in the news before the Election.

[RockRaven]

3. Note that this will be the SECOND time he gets re-elected after the public has known about

the sex trafficking thing. His buddy Greenberg was arrested/indicted in the summer of 2020.

Those justice wheels are turning so slowly they are near-indistinguishable from standing still.

[IcyPeas]

4. What has he actually done for his constituents?

How is Nestor these days?

[totodeinhere]

5. No surprise. Those voters are batshit crazy. n/t

[a kennedy]

6. Absolutely insane. 🤬 🤬 🤬

[crickets]

7. Insane. That's the party of "family values" for ya. nt

[Sneederbunk]

8. A consequence of not prosecuting.

[TheRealNorth]

12. +1

But hey, normal 30+ year-old men go to the Bahamas with unrelated 17 year-old girls. I am sure Gaetz was a gentleman /eyeroll.

[The Third Doctor]

9. But

Yet the gopers try to judge others.

[lindysalsagal]

10. The fla christian fascists love sex traffickers, apparently. I'm sure Jesus is proud.

[Firestorm49]

11. Maybe his challengers were even worse