When it comes to Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy is now saying the quiet part out loud.
The bitter ex-speaker, who was ousted last fall and resigned shortly thereafter, was speaking Wednesday at an event at Georgetown University. When the topic turned to his downfall, McCarthy became defensive… and catty!
After insisting he didn’t agree to Democratic concessions to pass spending bills, the California Republican brought up the real reason he says he lost his speakership: a fellow GOP rep’s alleged fornication with an underaged girl.
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While McCarthy didn’t name Gaetz, it was easy to surmise his target.
“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker. It’s because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint, because he slept with a 17-year-old,” he said. “An ethics complaint that started before I ever became speaker, and that’s illegal, and I’m not going to get in the middle.”
You gotta respective the resentment from McCarthy, who said he’s “not going to get in the middle” of an ongoing ethics probe, before doing just that!
Later, McCarthy admitted he didn’t know for sure whether Gaetz broke the law, but the damage was already done.
“Did he do it or not? I don’t know, but ethics is looking at it, and there are other people in jail because of it, and he wanted me to influence it,” he added.
Matt Gaetz is an ongoing danger to children. That’s the whole tweet
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) April 10, 2024
For those who have luckily avoided this disgusting story, Gaetz was the subject of a federal investigation over allegations that he had helped transport a 17-year-old girl over state lines and had sex with her. He and his buddies, including convicted felon Joel Greenberg, allegedly procured women online for the purposes of naughty play.
Greenberg, a former tax collector, pleaded guilty to underage sex trafficking, wire fraud, stalking and other tawdry misdeeds. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison; and in the process, told Department of Justice investigators one of the women involved was underage.
In a confession letter, Greenberg said the gay-hating lawmaker paid to have sex with the teenager. “I also made payments to several of the girls on behalf of the congressman,” he wrote.
While the DOJ closed its inquiry into Gaetz, the House Ethics Committee didn’t. Earlier this year, it was reported that congressional investigators obtained text messages from a young woman who said she had relations with Gaetz at a bacchanalian affair in which revelers partook in heavy alcohol and drug use.
The woman told prosecutors she and others were provided “all kinds of controlled substances” at the party in question.
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Gaetz, otherwise known as “Rapey McForehead,” is a well-known creep around Congress. The gay-hating Florida rep. apparently boasts on the House floor about his conquests, bragging about how he “crushes E.D. medicine” so he “can go all night.”
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Though Gaetz claims he’s innocent, the political nepo baby sure acts like a guilty man. Infamously, he asked Trump to issue him a “blanket pardon” in relation to the sex trafficking investigation, according to witnesses (the unprecedented request was denied).
“He wanted a pardon, as I recall, from the beginning of time up until that day, for anything,” Eric Herschmann, an attorney in the Trump White House, told the January 6 Committee.
One of Gaetz’s former staffers told the New Yorker Gaetz was so consumed by the inquiries, he stopped carrying out many of his official duties.
However, Gaetz has not resigned from Congress, where he’s almost uniformly disliked. On Wednesday, former GOP rep. Denver Riggleman shared an old interview with Bloomberg TV, in which he called Gaetz the “human embodiment of a wet fart.”
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Gaetz, for his part, continues to fire back at McCarthy, his top political adversary.
“Kevin McCarthy is a liar. That’s why he is no longer speaker,” he posted Wednesday morning. “Just ask the 224 people who voted to remove him.”
While Gaetz remains a public backer of the current embattled speaker, Mike Johnson, he’s still sowing chaos. He’s one of multiple Republicans who’s working to tank a major surveillance reauthorization bill, at the urging of Trump.
Johnson has already pulled the bill twice due to GOP infighting.
The only thing you're on is "underage girls"
— Sandy (@sandiechill) April 10, 2024
With the House ethics investigation still ongoing, expect Gaetz’s erratic behavior to continue. McCarthy, by the way, says he has no regrets.
“I’d do it all over again,” he said.
We can’t wait for more retributive tea to be spilled!
dbmcvey
Just keeps coming back!
dbmcvey
Like herpes.
abfab
Like George Santos (Baron JOJOCORNPOP Wisesman)
abfab
Log Cabin Club ”no comment”.
abfab
And here we were thinking Donald Trump had the ugliest mug……
abfab
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Fahd
Gaetz’s father basically has put together a team consisting of every expensive sex offense defense lawyer in the nation. That might explain why his buddy is serving an 11-year sentence while the DOJ dropped the investigation (see also Jeffrey Epstein and the DOJ in Florida); I don’t think the ethics committee will be immune to these lawyers’ wiles. McCarthy resigned not Gaetz which is a harbinger of where this is going.
abfab
Donald Trump should be placed in the same cell Jeffrey Epstein was in. Same guards and everything.
Gordon of the Bassets
Whatever happened to his little Cuban friend Nestor?
abfab
Witness protection program. He lives swith MTG now.
Kangol2
By friend do you mean “play son”?
DeeAnnCA
This is: The Gang That Couldn’t Govern At All, yet The Faithful drink the Kool-Aid and think Everything Is Awesome…
LumpyPillows
If there is a crime here, indict him already.
LumpyPillows
So, I’ll answer my own question. Appears the crime is hiring a prostitute and giving her a trip. Prostitution is an archaic prudish crime that will fall to the wayside eventually. Like adultery has.
All sex is a transaction. Ask Melania. And most of the time there is payment, if not in cash. I don’t like Gaetz at all, but I don’t care who he has sex with as long as it isn’t rape.
dbmcvey
Lumps, his crime is falsifying business records in order to hid paying hush money to Stormy Daniels.
Really Lumps, that’s just sloppy.
abfab
You admitted to not following this story, Lumpy. That much is clear.
Derek Northcutt
Why hire a copy editor when you can instead invent your own English vocabulary, Queerty? “You gotta respective the resentment from McCarthy.”
JOJO
Interesting comments here…I wonder how many were also creeped out by Call Me By Your Name? Don’t all jump in at once, now.
bachy
In case you didn’t notice, the relationship in CMBYN was an historical fiction, and it did not involve sex trafficking, wire fraud, stalking, a “blanket pardon” from the beginning of time, prostitution, “all kinds of controlled substances” and “other tawdry misdeeds.”
Regardless, there were viewers who were “creeped out” by it.
ZzBomb
Interesting comment you made there considering one is a fictional movie and the other is a real life person asking for his crimes to be covered up.
Which do YOU think is creepier?
abfab
JOJO is still wondering. Give her a moment.
bachy
How many criminals either in – or seeking – office to avoid the law? A heinous state of affairs.
Kangol2
Kevin’s claws are out!
abfab
And the fangs.
JOJO
So, thank you for answering my question. You’ll have to forgive the delay in response as this is a work day for some of us (it may be your day off).
This is what’s called distinction without a difference. If you’re okay with prostitution and you’re okay with an adult having sex with a minor (I’d assume Chalumet’s character was being portrayed as maybe 14/15 at best?) then there simply is no difference in outcome.
Gaetz hasn’t been accused of rape, but Trump, Clinton, and Biden all have…food for thought.
abfab
You’re welcome, Baron Wiesman. Always a pleasure.
JOJO
No need to be snarky. Attacks of character rarely move the needle on people’s political views (left or right). Might as well report on their voting record. That actually has an effect.
It’s like attacking Fox News’ CEO for sexual harassment and saying, “ We knew it all along.” but then finding out that Matt Lauer and Chris Cuomo were doing the same at CNN and NBC. The message then falls flat leaving open whataboutism. In this case it’s completely fair game.
abfab
You know all about falling flat. With each and every comment, with each new stage name.
LumpyPillows
I haven’t been following this very closely. After reading the article I’m not sure what the crime is. If she was 17 then it wasn’t statutory rape, was it? If she didn’t say it was rape, then it was just sex. So, the issue is it was prostitution? Seems yes, but I find prostitution to be an archaic crime that has been decriminalized in many places. So…is it just the lying and cover up? Misuse of funds? I don’t know.
We don’t like Gaetz, but what was the crime? Some outdated sex law for prudes? Jojo may have a point.
abfab
Don’t worry, you’ll never sit in the jury box with this mentality. You both need ”food for thought” For your brains.
LumpyPillows
Personal attacks are so tedious.
abfab
Like your one-liners.
JOJO
He did vote against renewing the Patriot Act which I will give him credit as well as the National Defense Authorization Act. Anyone who lived through the 2nd Iraq war would know how evil those laws were.
abfab
How much is your credit worth—I hope Matt knows. Hang it up Baron.
dbmcvey
So Barren tried to rebrand as JOJO? Makes sense.
abfab
And usually that entails being ”new and improved” but……………..
LumpyPillows
Funny how the usual two are at it with the personal attacks. Do better.
dbmcvey
Because you’re always just right there with the facts, right lumps? No personal attacks for you.
abfab
And bossy! DO BETTER! Right.
LumpyPillows
lol. The one line wisdom of you two.
abfab
In a few minutes Baron and Lumpy will be begging Trump to pardon them.
JOJO
And with that said gentlemen…
dbmcvey
Are you going to leave?
LumpyPillows
Badger much, dbm?
dbmcvey
Whine much lumps?
JOJO
I mean…with so much insightful commentary compensating for this article which will clearly be handsomely rewarded with a journalistic praise where only the highest and most esteemed award would only pale in comparison, I can’t see how I could possibly offer anything above the most casual comment left here. Bye
LumpyPillows
The problem you faced is in defending, probably rightly so, a person most of us dislike. It goes to the hypocrisy of many of the people commenting here.
It’s like if I were on a jury on a Trump case, as much as I loathe that person, would I be fair in my decision if the law was in his favor? Yes, as much as it would pain me, because that is what honest people do.
I respect standing up to the buzz saw here. Been there myself. They are wrong. We know it.
dbmcvey
We’re so sad to see you go. Maybe Lumps will go with you.
abfab
Yeah, but it’s like you’re NOT on the jury. Buzz saws, oh you poor thing. ”They are wrong. We know it.”
You just got yoursefl kicked off the jury. Bye.
LumpyPillows
lol. I’m almost sad for you two. Almost.
abfab
You’re just sad. Don’t blame us.
Mr.Gavin Elster
Hey? What’s “catty” about Kevin McCarthy telling the truth? Oh, and by the way, loved, loved, loved Kevin in the original “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” 1956. But I thought he was dead? His sis, Mary wrote that campy book turned movie, “The Group,” 1966. Candy Bergen played a lesbian in a derby hat. Mary had a long-running Bette Davis/Joan Crawford-style feud with Lillian Hellman, who wrote “The Children’s Hour” a 1934 play, and 1961 film about unrequited lesbian desire at a fancy, girl’s school. That movie, with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine set back gay rights about 100 years!
Kangol2
Not 100 years; Stonewall occurred only 8 years later, remember?