Matt Gaetz is "not an adult": GOP senator

[marmar]

Millennial Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was criticized for his lack of maturity by a Generation X senator from his own party.

""That guy is not an adult," Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) said of the Florida lawmaker during an interview with Politico. .....(more)

https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-republican/

[lapfog_1]

1. he reminds me of an obnoxious asshole frat boy - n/t

[Stuart G]

2. He reminds you of that because that is who he is.

[lapfog_1]

4. He is 38 years old

I know he might be academically challenged... but 16 years as a senior in college?

[maddiemom]

9. Seven years of college; down the drain.

[mpcamb]

14. ...and those 3 years in 8th grade were the best time of his life.

[housecat]

19. perfect

[Mr.Bill]

11. Mentally 14

and drunk.

[notinkansas]

35. Ummmm - whaddya mean we can't bring phones in here?

Anybody ordered the pizza yet?

[riversedge]

3. You have described Rep Matt Gaetz very well.

[Stuart G]

5. Thank You ...one thing more...he only cares about himself,just like his master-DT

[PatSeg]

6. Oh yes, spot on

A very privileged frat boy with an influential wealthy father. I'll bet he's never been held accountable for anything in his entire life. He seems to think serving in congress is just one big party.

[Major Nikon]

16. The difference being most obnoxious asshole frat boys don't act like that in their 30's

Some people never receive the punch in the face they so richly deserved.

[usaf-vet]

27. Of course he does that's because his father never held him to and ADULT standards.

I'm waiting for the day when he pulls some of his childish shit on the wrong person in the wrong setting, and somebody is going to put him in the hospital.

[Jilly_in_VA]

7. He most certainly is not.

He has a disgustingly wealthy father. And what about his mommy? Non-existent? Lush? Afraid to stand up to him and daddy? What?

[Tanuki]

20. She is reportedly disabled uses a wheelchair, which may be a factor

if she maintains a low profile.

[Butterflylady]

8. He's a child trying to please his daddy trump.

[everyonematters]

10. Jim Jordan is the same.

Ten year olds just parroting talking points. They are on social media all the time like that is their job, even while Congress is in session like they have nothing better to do.

[Celerity]

25. although Gym Jordan is a boomer (born in February 1964, so he is older than VP Harris)

[Ace Rothstein]

12. He's a well paid troll.

[usaf-vet]

28. Who apparently stood by while wrestler on the team he was coaching ignored the fact the team doctor.

.... was sexually abusing them. According to national news reports.

[keithbvadu2]

29. If you want Gym Jordan to shut up, tell him some teen age boys are being molested.

[usaf-vet]

31. Great point!

[DeSmet]

13. He's a loser who's hitched his wagon to a loser

They deserve each other.

[paleotn]

15. To be honest, I'm not convinced he's human.

[Grokenstein]

21. He does give off that "nice try...but not quite there" vibe, doesn't he?

[paleotn]

33. Exactly! A not quite right vibe.

[marmar]

23. A Men in Black-type alien wearing a (vaguely) human skin?

[paleotn]

32. Matt suit.

He's really a bug.

[Ford_Prefect]

17. Matt and the others of his ilk were recruited to the GOP for exactly those qualities

we find Sooooooo offensive. Their arrogance and conceit are transparently the values of the contemporary GOP.

[live love laugh]

38. Yes those qualities plus their obtuseness. nt

[hibbing]

18. Coming from the tool Sasse

He tossed out a few tepid tweets regarding the former thief in chief, other than that he's not the powerhouse and maverick that he thinks he is.

Peace

[BobTheSubgenius]

22. In fairness to the French, their revolution wasn't that far from being concurrent - 1776/1789.

The French helped HUGELY in the colonists' fight with Britain, and the exact circumstances of the conflicts were different in precise detail, but identical in ethos and effect.

Much of the French Revolution happened in Paris, where barricades were appropriate. The US had no such major city, and were fighting here and there, as befit their circumstances.

Cut the French a break for not being Americans.

[Geechie]

24. Baby Gaetz

That’s what some of the state reps and staff used to call him back when he was a state rep and his dad, Don Gaetz, was state senator. I always thought it was fitting.

[mahina]

26. We need to figure out who is recruiting these zeroes.

Boebert
MGT
Gaetz
Jordan
Hawley
All the rest of the sock puppets. It seems like being a craven douchebag is a criterion.

[ancianita]

34. They probably get groomed for notice by statehouse Republicans and state connections.

They do get a lot of corporate $$. Though there's news when donors leave them, it seems that more just stick with them because they tow corporate values.

Gaetz
https://www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/matt-gaetz/summary?cid=N00039503&cycle=2020

Hawley
https://fox4kc.com/news/with-donors-abandoning-josh-hawley-see-who-contributed-the-most-to-the-senators-campaigns/

I wonder about whose sock puppets they are.

[mahina]

37. Here's a giant Cawthorne donor

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/27/making-madison-cawthorn-how-falsehoods-helped-propel-career-new-pro-trump-star-far-right/?arc404=true

Bennett again was the favorite. But Cawthorn got an extraordinary boost from an outside group, a Georgia-based political action committee called Protect Freedom that sought to elect candidates in the mold of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). The group’s largest contributor is Jeff Yass, a co-founder of the Pennsylvania-based investment company Susquehanna International Group, who gave the PAC a total of $8.5 million in 2019 and 2020, according to federal election records. Yass declined to comment.

The committee poured $500,000 into the race to support Cawthorn in the days before the runoff. The money was mainly spent on mailers and television ads that renewed the charge that Bennett was a Never Trumper.

Bennett said in an interview that the last-minute spending on what she called a “lie” devastated her campaign, and she ran an ad blaming “Madison Cawthorn’s DC friends.” She said it proved impossible to convince many people that she had been mocking a Never Trumper, even when Trump endorsed her just before the election.

Michael Biundo, a spokesman for Protect Freedom, said in an interview that he believed the committee’s advertising “played a big role in the race.” He said the committee was aware that an audio clip had been released in which Bennett said she was not a Never Trumper but nonetheless decided to air that charge.

“We stand by what we put out there,” he said.

[keithbvadu2]

30. Is Gaetz any more mature than his boy toy 'secret son'?

Is Gaetz any more mature than his boy toy 'secret son'?

[Blue Owl]

36. He's got that giant baby forehead

[Irish_Dem]

39. Quite a few of the GOP leaders are immature, hostile, poor judgement, etc.

So are the people who vote for them.