Accused child sex trafficker Matt Gaetz made a complete fool of himself on Twitter yesterday.
The anti-LGBTQ congressman got into a spat with HRC legal director Sarah Warbelow on Thursday at a House Judiciary Committee hearing about the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, which saw Roe v. Wade overturned.
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During the heated back and forth, Gaetz, who seriously needs to find a better doctor to handle his Botox injections, tried to argue that LGBTQ people should oppose abortion–even in cases of rape–because it would mean more babies for them to adopt.
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Afterwards, he shared a short–very short–video of his exchange with Warbelow and falsely accused her of trying to redefine bisexuality. “Truly remarkable,” he tweeted.
Truly remarkable https://t.co/BedA50xO3n
— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) July 14, 2022
Of course, the misleading five-second clip is completely devoid of any context.
Gaetz conveniently left out the first nearly minute and a half of the video, where he spins a word salad to try and confuse Warbelow, as well as the last 30 seconds, where she explains how the word “bisexual” describes attraction to more than one gender, not necessarily relationships or “being with” more than one gender.
Here’s the full video:
Per LGBTQ Nation:
While Gaetz mentioned his pro-LGBTQ record as a member of the Florida state house, that record hasn’t carried over to Congress. He has gotten a score of zero for the last two Congressional sessions on HRC’s Congressional Scorecard, showing his strong opposition to LGBTQ equality.
Now, here’s how people responded to Gaetz’s very stupid tweet…
Can you play some more of the clip?
— ExcuseMyCorrectness™ (@MyCorrectness) July 14, 2022
Perfect example of the repubs just looking for sound bites that actual debate and fact finding. #GOPLiesAboutEverything
— 💙MnFormerConservative💙 (@MTk4679) July 14, 2022
Where’s the rest of her answer matty? Care to play the entire clip? And are you coming out as bisexual? What is your knowledge of it?
— John M (@Miss_Vitas_Hair) July 14, 2022
Why do we have to pigeonhole everyone’s sexuality?
— 🇺🇦David Messer🇺🇦 (@DayB4UCameX) July 14, 2022
Matt, I think a better question is:
If a man is with teenage girls and boys, they’re a pervert, right?
— Matt Gaetz’ Liver 🍸🇺🇦 (@MattGaetzLiver) July 14, 2022
She literally didn’t even finish speaking before he cut it off.
— AL (@Al_Marie_) July 14, 2022
That’s not true Matty. They might be engaged in a bisexual act, but that doesn’t make them bisexual. Rephrase your question. Play the whole clip, sir.
— Patrick Moore (@PatrickSMoore74) July 14, 2022
Don’t you have humans to traffic?
— Robert (@RlorD2020) July 14, 2022
He cut the clip. Pansexuality is sexual/romantic/emotional attraction towards people regardless of their sex or gender identity. Pansexual people refer to themselves as gender-blind, asserting that gender & sex are not determining factors in their romantic/sexual attraction.
— 🇺🇸 RIO 🇵🇹 (@riogirl9909) July 14, 2022
Why are our tax dollars being used for all this stupid shit. I want a refund.
— seenthat (@sawitdawg) July 14, 2022
Why only provide a 5 second clip? The rest of her answer may or may not be relevant but he played just the right amount that riled up the masses.
— Nicole Carroll 🇺🇸 🏳️🌈 (@NicoleC77923551) July 14, 2022
— ❤️the famous rick grimes❤️Dianne Wyntet (@ldiannew) July 14, 2022
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abfab
Mario, your buddy is calling.
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abfab
Don’t you think? I mean both of them are like mosquitos. Extremely annoying.
Jim
Gaetz looking like an idiot is not news, unless dog bites man is.
cs1900
I mean….
I’m white and everything, but do you ever wanna smack a frat boy in his bad dye job?
abfab
And no matter what he wears to Ivana’s funeral, there is nothing in the world that would make him look good.
M.Gallo
And he’ll win re-election easily this November. I’m sure this dude doesn’t care what Queerty or its readers think about him.
cc423
He can celebrate in federal prison.
abfab
But you sure do, Mario. You’d fit in nicely in his hick backwater district in red neck Florida. He needs you Mario. He enjoys the company of low lifes. Perhaps you’re already neighbors.
Bosch
“And he’ll win re-election easily this November.”
Because republicans are very forgiving of pedophilia.
dbmcvey
And conservatives don’t care if one of there own is a pedo.
Morandi
As insane as Gaetz’s comment are, the future prospect of gay couples adopting is probably also in jeopardy. Some elements of the far right would like to strip us of all normal human activity.
jayhalleaux
We in the trade call that spocking…. That is a newbie mistake.
Guess he can’t even afford good injectors.
Vincent
He looks like an idiot? He IS an idiot!
inbama
Queerty had an article here yesterday about the threat of Monkey Pox to gay men, and they took it down.
Do you think the threat is over?
dbmcvey
So, you come on and make random posts.
You need to get a job.
Kangol2
I’m going to agree with inbama on this; Queerty should be sounding the alert about monkeypox. Why not find a legit public health doctor or physician who deals specifically with LGBTQ folks and have him/her/them write an accessible series of articles about monkeypox? Ignoring it isn’t going to make it go away.
That said, Matt Gaetz is pathetic!
Invader7
Hell NO. Queerty where are the HEALTH articles to HELP Gay men protect themselves???
dbmcvey
Gaetz is a truly stupid man.
johncp56
You are being Kind
Bengali
Please join me in pressing J-6 committee to subpoena Matt Gaetz’s uh “son” @galban_Nestor He hung out with Matt a lot before heading off to college and certain must have some inside information. If we deluged them with requests to subpoena Nestor in Matt’s J-6 involvement as well as the sex trafficking case, we could finally see the crucifixion of Matty.
jlew64
He’s still only an “accused sex trafficker”? Seems like a while back his tafficking buddy was “singing like a canary” and the cops were looking for the keys to the patrol car to go lock up Matty. WTF ever happened to all that???
scotty
looks like he picked the wrong week to quit drinking.
Jimmynj
Quick question – when doesn’t Matt Gaetz look like an idiot????
johncp56
What a male C!@#$%^&t!!!! will someone show him to his buttplug so he can take a nap
scotty
it’s always up in and out of sight. but rest assured it IS in there.