It’s reasonably possible that trump likes him specifically because of these accusations.
People who have baggage are easily controllable. Trump’s a mob boss, and he’s equally in the pocket of Putin. He’s used to these tactics.
Every pick has been specifically chosen to be bad for their role.
Gaetz was 100% chosen for ATTORNEY GENERAL because of the accusations.
It’s like one massive trolling so they can say “see how bad it could have been? Now take this close to but not quite as bad choice and like it.”
Kinda feels like it. I wonder if the idea is to lower the bar for the next pick – someone who sucks 75% as badly?
I think he’s testing loyalty in the party. I think he wants exactly who he has chosen.
A distraction perhaps
The article mentions that he paid her to have sex with him at a party. That also makes it a sex trafficking crime. Also, IANAL but if the jurisdiction had an age of consent lower than 18, the sex trafficking part might negate that.
Also, Gaetz, who was born in 1982, was 35 at the time – double her age and well outside the limits of any potential Romeo & Juliet laws.
Guy seriously broke the ‘half your age + seven’ rule. Off with his head.
I tend to stick to within 5ish years of my own age. Any more seems weird.
My sister and I had an agreement, I don’t date anyone younger than her and she doesn’t date anyone older than me. :)
We’re 9 years apart.
Okay, but since you haven’t established birth order, that could be either a really good rule or a really bad one.
Yeah, sorry, I’m older. :)
I married someone 5 years younger than me, 4 years older than her.
TBH, I don’t know how old her husband is. Pretty sure he’s younger than me.
Why would having sex at a party make it trafficking.
It’s just paid for underage sex at a party.
Unless she was trafficked at the party by someone else, but I don’t think that gets the person paying charged with trafficking? That would get the person who trafficked her that charge.
Wasn’t he older than that? I saw some other article stating this was 2 years ago when he would have been 40…
“These allegations are invented and would constitute false testimony to Congress,” Gaetz said in response to ABC News’ reporting.
AG Gaetz has his first case all lined up doesn’t he?
That should probably give him a huge assist within trump’s regime. They seem to love that type of thing.
So, we are going to have an actual child-fucker as AG.
Republicans, “the party of law and order”.
🤣
Btw, if there is anyone that I would believe would feed on adrenochrome…just look at Gaetz. Sure, the adrenochrome thing is just rehashed antisemitic blood libel bullshit, but I could see Gaetz maybe trying it out to see…
Hey, the President is an adjuducated rapist with 34 felony convictions, why should the AG be clean?
There are many credible accusations against Trump being a pedophile. So why would his AG be any different?
Pointed out last night that a sexually active 17-yo isn’t anything like a “child” or “kid”. Got buried. She also started an OF site at 18. Magically crossed a calendar date and went from “child” to “full grown woman who can do whatever the fuck she pleases”. Weird how that works. In any case, I’m glad she did as she pleased and finally testified.
Been following Gaetz because he was my Congressman. Simple history, he’s a rich frat boy that got lucky. Should have never hit the national stage when he did, or ever. Explains much. My god, he was showing nudies around the House floor!
NONE of that changes the fact that he’s guilty as fuck of all the charges leveled at him. Or at least I think so, barring a court date or the release of the House investigation. But facts are dead around here, he’s a “child fucker”. Whatever.
I went to look at your comment. I’ll be polite and summarize it instead of sharing the exact quote.
I was 18 and had a 17 year old girlfriend and we had a ton of sex. That’s what 17 year olds do.
If you don’t understand how the power dynamics are different between 2 nobodies of similar age vs a 17 year old and a 38 year old federal representative and his local gov buddy, you may want to read some things written about consent written in the last decade.
When I was 17, someone almost 40 was considered old as hell.
Edit: Article on coercion vs consent
They had her out of state, where she likely didn’t really know where she was, likely had no one to get help from if she felt she was in a bad situation, and was there with very much more adult authority figures, and there were drugs at the party, so she may have also been under the influence.
You also can’t fault someone for taking time to want to testify. She probably felt at least partially responsible, and he is a national figure. It takes time to get up courage to open yourself up to the whole world getting a chance to say things like you must have wanted it or did something to deserve it.
People are adults at 17?
Rapists are paying close attention…a phrase that is now a normal thing one would expect to be said on radio and TV news.
I don’t even know why things like this get posted anymore when we all know it doesn’t make one lick of a difference.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump comes out and says that you have to be good at breaking the law before you can apply it
Gross.
Here we go…
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Just looked it up, it is 18 in Florida.
