Matt Gaetz better be sleeping with one eye open these days because his Republican colleagues appear to be out for blood after he led the charge to oust Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker, sending Congress and the GOP into utter chaos.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma spilled some tea about Gaetz to CNN yesterday, saying the reason few Republicans came to the Florida congressman’s defense when his teen sex scandal broke in 2021 was because, well, maybe it’s better if we just let him explain it….
“There’s a reason why no one in the Congress came and defended him: because we had all seen the videos he was showing on the House floor—that all of us had walked away—of the girls that he had slept with,” Mullin alleged.
“He would brag about how he would crush E.D. medicine and chase it with energy drinks so he could go all night. This was obviously before he got married.”
OK, ew.
Mullin went on to describe Gaetz as an attention whore who “found fame because he opposed the Speaker of the House back in November.”
“And he’s always stayed there,” he opined. “And he was never going to leave until he got this last moment of fame… by going after a motion to vacate.”
Gaetz responded to Mullin’s remarks in a statement to Anderson Cooper last night, saying, “I don’t think Markwayne Mullin and I have said 20 words to each other on the House floor. This is a lie from someone who doesn’t know me and who is coping with the death of the political career of his friend Kevin.”
“Thoughts and prayers,” he added.
For the sake of, well, ourselves and anyone else who finds Gaetz (and his badly Botoxed forehead and Spock eyebrows) utterly repulsive, we hope to God the story isn’t true and there are no sex tapes, photos, or other pornographic materials featuring the anti-LGBTQ+ lawmaker that make their way onto the internet. That would be truly horrific.
Unfortunately, there’s now a lot of online chatter about how Gaetz is about to get #cawthorned, a reference to when Republicans retaliated against ex-congressman/MAGA queen Madison Cawthorn after he claimed on a podcast that he had been invited to drug-fueled orgies in Washington, D.C. by other members of the GOP.
Shortly after making those remarks, footage of Cawthorn was leaked online. One of the videos showed him butt naked in a hotel room humping another man’s face. (The man was rumored to be his cousin.) Another showed him having his crotch fondled by a male aide in a car. There were also photos leaked showing him drunk and dressed in women’s lingerie.
As a result, Cawthorn lost his reelection bid in the 2022 Republican primary to Chuck Edwards and has since reportedly moved to Florida to be closer to Donald Trump, who he worships.
In addition to being potentially #cawthorned, Republicans have also threatened to expel Gaetz from Congress should an ongoing Ethics Committee investigation into his alleged party boy behavior turn up any evidence of wrongdoing.
“No one can stand him at this point,” a source recently told Fox News. “A smart guy without morals.”
In response, Gaetz, who is said to be considering a run for governor in Florida, tweeted a AI-generated photo of himself over the weekend surrounded by a bunch of people pointing guns at his head.
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Matt Gaetz mocks women for being ugly, gets reminded he has huge forehead and (allegedly) pays for sex
The anti-LGBTQ lawmaker learned that hard way why you should never mock a teenage girl for being ugly when you yourself are under federal investigation for allegedly paying a teenage girl for sex.
quantum
Dr. Spock generally referes to the pediatrician…
Spock is just Spock.
abfab
Ha! Nice catch. So Dr. Spock might want to keep Matt Gaetz away from his patients.
dbmcvey
My favorite description of him was “a possessed ventriloquist dummy.”
smittoons
Spock is hot. Gaetz is not.
Jack
However Matt Gaetz paid his way out of getting indicted on child sex trafficking charges, you can bet after this week that somebody has started the process of paying to reopen that mess down in Florida. No fan of McCarthy at all and he got what he deserved, but Matt, the creeper is about to reap what he sewed. Two for one special as far as I’m concerned.
Kangol2
Let’s see if Gaetz reaps what he sowed but we’d also all better pay a bit more attention to his and others’ links to Steve Bannon, the “Red Caesar”-promoting right-wing academics, pseudo-intellectuals and billionaires who are doing everything they can to put Don the Con back in office and sow utter chaos throughout every level of US government governance.
Fahd
As an alumnus, Matt Gaetz is a disgrace to the College of William and Mary Law School, the oldest law school in the United States. No doubt his father is a big donor, but I wish they could find a way to dissociate themselves from Gaetz.
Ken A.
Madison Cawthorn there’s a name I hadn’t heard in long time. Queerty had such a crush on him too.
abfab
Him and Kitara Ravatchee are up to something. They might be putting their heads together.
Ahhh, the repugs.
Baron Wiseman
The time for conciliation, compromise, and appeasement are over. Matt Gaetz has made a mighty effort to restore the voice of the American people in their own government. For that, every American owes him a debt of gratitude.
dbmcvey
That’s one of the silliest things I’ve ever read. We’re all dumber for that. It’s great that McCarthy is out but Gaetz isn’t doing anything to restore the voice of the American people, he’s just trying to get more bookings on Fox News and drive traffic to his podcast.
abfab
Wiseman. You’re a fool.
Flamingo Falls
Matt Gaetz looks like he was hit in the face with a shovel. Baron Wiseman, based on your fawning defense of him, you appear to have been hit in the head with a brick.
Jimmynj
Matt Gaetz is a disgusting pig. He has no morals and only wants the fame and attention. I hope the Ethics Committee nails him and they expel him from Congress.
abfab
Is the Ethics Committee still a thing?
dbmcvey
And McCarthy is as bad.
abfab
Ethics. That’s rich.
Too all Republicans. You have and you continue to ruin this country. Know that.
RIGay
“GOP” and “ethics” are mutually exclusive terms.
When the GOP wants to impeach Joe Biden, they moved Heaven and Earth to form a televised committee (without congressional approval), but when Santos and Gaetz are being investigated? I think we have a better chance of winning the Powerball than on seeing any outcome from that committee.
It ain’t gonna happen. They are not going to expel any member of their limited majority for any reason, even if someone gets perp walked out of the chambers in cuffs.
mateo
This. (Arrow pointing upwards).
abfab
Truth.
abfab
Imagine that. Your only polical goal.
For Gaetz, Washington Drama Could Fuel Florida Ambitions
As rumors swirl about a 2026 bid for governor of Florida, Matt Gaetz said his only political goal was “electing President Trump again.”
NYT