Matt Gaetz deletes tweet about Michael Cohen, apologizes to Nancy Pelosi

[packman]

Source: Pensacola News Journal

Update 7 a.m.: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz deleted his tweet appearing to threaten the president's former personal attorney Michael Cohen ahead of his testimony to Congress.

Gaetz apologized to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Twitter just before 11 p.m. Tuesday night after the Democratic leader tweeted a statement implying Gaetz's tweet should be investigated by the House ethics committee.

"Speaker, I want to get the truth too," Gaetz said on Twitter. "While it is important 2 create context around the testimony of liars like Michael Cohen, it was NOT my intent to threaten, as some believe I did. I’m deleting the tweet & I should have chosen words that better showed my intent. I’m sorry."


Read more: https://www.pnj.com/story/news/2019/02/26/matt-gaetz-under-fire-witness-intimidation-after-tweet-michael-cohen/2996688002/

[Renew Deal]

1. I guess it's good of him to apologize

For absolutely terrible behavior

[KPN]

2. Aw, poor boy. So sorry you wet your

pants motherfucker!

[redstatebluegirl]

3. He talked to a lawyer and they told him to do this.

He is a frat boy toad like Kavanaugh.

[Wednesdays]

4. Save it for the jury, chump. nt

[George II]

5. The funny thing is that THOUSANDS have screen shots of it and dozens of people have...

...tweeted them back to him, along with his DUI mug shot.

[saidsimplesimon]

6. Keep his feet to the fire, Speaker Pelosi, brava.

[SWBTATTReg]

7. Too late. He knew what he was doing. Trying to intimidate a witness...

right before their testimony to Congress. Need to take these people who feel like they are above the law and throw the book at them. Mouthing off does not pay, especially when made in the context of a threat.

[rurallib]

9. Amen to that!

[dogknob]

21. Michael Corleone was way classier about intimidating a witness

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[JackInGreen]

8. Idgaf

You can't delete a threat you've made.

'I retract, see? All good.' horseshit.

[SWBTATTReg]

10. Really! I agree w/ you totally. It's like waving a gun in the bank, and then putting it away, ...

saying 'I wasn't threating anyone!'...the authorities would laugh in the robber's face while they hauled them off to jail.

[MontanaMama]

11. The damage was done.

His point made. An apology does not fix that. Asshole.

[defacto7]

22. +1

That's why they do it. They think it's a useful revolving door.

[voteragain]

12. I am livid !!!!

tell me what would happen to me if I threatened this thing that calls himself a rep of the people ???

tell me where I would be sitting right now ????

do you think I could say I'm sorry ????

it was a threat....welcome to the red hat gang Amerika.....

[ancianita]

13. If apologies mitigate harms of crime, no one would be jailed. Indict him, drive him from Congress.

[Honeycombe8]

14. An old trick. You can't erase what's been said. The threat has been made.

He knew that. He said it. It's out there. The threat was made. Now he tries to nullify any action against him personally with an apology. It's an old trick.

[Marthe48]

15. Screen shot

which is fun to sing to the tune of Rag Mop.

Why are these intellectually vapid hoodlums in public office? nm,I know the answer.

[bitterross]

16. NOT ENOUGH!

That's simply not enough. He needs to be submitted to the ethics committee at the very least.

If they let his behavior slide then that is the behavior we will continue to see from the GOP.

[oldsoftie]

17. That HURT him to the core. Having to apologize to Nancy Pelosi!!

[BumRushDaShow]

18. Censure.

[yellowcanine]

19. Yeah well, not good enough. He threatened a witness.

Saying "I'm sorry" after the fact is not enough. The threat is out there and so are the allegations regarding Mr. Cohen's personal life. It is not a matter of word choice. He should have kept his mouth shut, period.

[old guy]

20. He accomplished his goal.

He attempted to obstruct justice, makes a fake apology, and walks away clean to do it whenever it suits him. People who are not held accountable for their bad behavior, never change it.

[rockfordfile]

23. The same pos in South Florida trying to suppress the vote.

Don't forget the pos proud boy standing behind trumpf in Texas. That same guy in Miami when Pelosi visited.

[Cha]

24. BullShit.. I notice he didn't call trump

a "Liar"!

[meow2u3]

25. The genie is already out of the bottle, Mugshot Matt

Sorry, Cracker Corleone, but you can't just delete the incriminating tweet and make the consequences go away

[muntrv]

26. Too late. Florida Bar Association is opening investigation

into his tweet.

[Gothmog]

27. Disbar this idiot

Link to tweet

[Snotcicles]

28. I'm curious about his liar determination and selection process. nt

[Bradical79]

29. Apologizing to the wrong person

Not sure Pelosi is all that broken up about Gaetz putting himself in legal jeopardy at the moment.

[LisaM]

30. Twitter should put all politicians' accounts on a delay.

I'm tired of seeing elected officials spar on Twitter.

[Izzy Blue]

31. On CNN this morning before Cohen's testimony

there was a senator(forgot his name) who would be at the hearing today who was questioned about Gaetz's threatening tweet,
He skirted condemning Gaetz and spinned it into emotions running high on both sides,yada,yada,

Then later we see the pompous, arrogant pos Gaetz enter where Cohen's testimony will take place, walk through the crowd over to the seated senator, they smile at each other and shake hands.