New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is pissed at Rep. Matt Gaetz. So much so that he’s told him never to return to the Garden State again.
Last week, the antigay congressman from Florida was photographed partying with a huge group of people at an indoor gala in Jersey City hosted by New York Young Republicans. No one in the photo was social distancing or wearing masks, which is a violation of the state’s COVID-19 guidelines.
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“Last night, the @NYYRC allegedly snuck into Jersey City to hold a ‘gala fundraiser’–ignoring our social distancing and mask rules,” Murphy tweeted. “It is beyond the pale that anyone would willingly endanger people in another state. Jersey City law enforcement is investigating this matter.”
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Last night, the @NYYRC allegedly snuck into Jersey City to hold a “gala fundraiser” – ignoring our social distancing and mask rules.
It is beyond the pale that anyone would willingly endanger people in another state.
Jersey City law enforcement is investigating this matter. pic.twitter.com/OX2ug8S1e3
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) December 4, 2020
He followed that up with a second tweet specifically calling out Gaetz, who can be seen right in the center of the photo dressed in a fitted gray designer suit and necktie.
“It is also beyond the pale that Rep Matt Putz–I mean @RepMattGaetz–would participate in this,” Murphy tweeted. “What a fool. Matt–You are not welcome in New Jersey, and frankly I don’t ever want you back in this state.”
It is also beyond the pale that Rep Matt Putz – I mean @RepMattGaetz – would participate in this. What a fool.
Matt – You are not welcome in New Jersey, and frankly I don’t ever want you back in this state. pic.twitter.com/j67x9Z2lAf
— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) December 4, 2020
Murphy then appeared on MSNBC to say his state is investigating the venue that hosted the event and to call the whole party “ridiculous” and everyone that attended “jerks.”
“These jerks just came in,” he said. “It’s under investigation, including the venue, and it’s unfathomable. The pictures, nobody’s wearing a mask, they’re inside. They’re on top of each other. It’s ridiculous.”
He then called Gaetz’s behavior the “height of irresponsibility.”
Of course, Gaetz, being Gaetz, doesn’t give a damn, having tested positive for coronavirus antibodies just last month. He responded to Murphy’s remarks with a threat, saying, “You’re gonna regret this tweet when you move to Florida like the rest of New Jersey.”
You’re gonna regret this tweet when you move to Florida like the rest of New Jersey. https://t.co/zVYjvEYF0I
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) December 4, 2020
He then followed that up with several more tweets trolling Murphy, calling on New Jersey residents to protest lockdowns, and implying he’ll be back, presumably to attend more superspreader events and get people sick.
New Jersey has been hit especially hard with coronavirus and is experiencing a very bad spike in new infections. The state currently has 373,000 reported cases and has seen over 17,000 deaths.
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AxelDC
How bad do you have to be to get banished from NJ?
missvamp
right? he’s a moronic twatwaffle!
Brian
Gaetz is a brainwashed idiot. He’s too stupid for a job pretty much anywhere, so it’s especially sad that he has a job in Congress.
Max
it’s probably due to cranial deformation that may cause brain malformation.
RandomGuy
Matt Gaetz is the kind of guy you enjoy picturing being pulled into the spinning blades of his private plane.
jonasalden
Isn’t it weird that politicians don’t talk like politicians anymore, regardless of how disingenuous that always were? Now, they just talk like straight-up douchebags (“You’re gonna regret this when you move to Florida, like most of New Jersey..” I’m paraphrasing). That’s so…like the asshole with the lawyer father in Big Mouth, or the worst frat guy at the party. Why is this posture now okay?
Kangol2
He’s grotesque on every level.
Is Queerty going to cover the fact that lame duck Don the Con is allegedly changing Obama era rules to allow the expansion of religious discrimination against LGBTQ people, even though a majority of the Supreme Court ruled against workplace anti-gay and anti-trans legislation this past June?
cuteguy
Florida doesn’t want Rep Putz back here either. And while you’re at it, take the gov Ron Disaster with you to h€LL
Prax07
The more I see every day of these gop brain dead assholes the more I think public flogging should be a thing, along with public hangings. Most of the gop should be charged with being a danger to the public.
SPEEDOSWIMMER
Covidiots and Maskholes
Cam
I still want to know if anybody has looked into the fact that this guy claimed he adopted a 12 year old boy, claimed the kid was an orphan, it turns out the kids family is alive, and Matt never adopted him. Since then he has described the kid as an intern or a buddy.
Combine this with the fact that Gaetz has said in interviews that he’s “Too busy to date”. Congressmen work from Tuesday to Thursday and get weeks off at a time. Every other person in Congress has time for families, some of them for mistresses, yet the guy who lied about adopting a 12 year old boy is “too busy to date”??
This seems like possible child abuse/molestation that needs to be investigated.
succubus
butthole eyes