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[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

Woah are they gonna promote Gaetz to president?

[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

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.

[–] ZK686@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Here we go...

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 238 points 1 week ago (4 children)

It's reasonably possible that trump likes him specifically because of these accusations.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 72 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 43 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What the hell are you talking about?

The president-elect has no idea what Gaetz looks like. The president-elect doesn’t even know Gaetz. The president-elect has never considered Gaetz for AG. The president-elect and Gaetz have never met.

[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (5 children)

For the uninformed, this is funny (and sarcasm) because there's mountains of evidence of them together. Besides, you know, picking him for AG. But he tries this defense all the time anyway, and people actually believe it.

Just like explicitly Trump calling up members of Congress to kill the bipartisan border bill, and then blaming the Democrats for not passing a border bill. They sold that one on the campaign trail too, and it worked.

Sources

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[–] Omegamanthethird@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

Every pick has been specifically chosen to be bad for their role.

Gaetz was 100% chosen for ATTORNEY GENERAL because of the accusations.

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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 132 points 1 week ago (5 children)

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.

[–] NJSpradlin@lemmy.world 34 points 1 week ago (9 children)

Guy seriously broke the ‘half your age + seven’ rule. Off with his head.

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[–] penquin@lemm.ee 101 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You know what's fucking infuriating? Nothing will happen to this fucker at all.

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 39 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Nothing has happened to captain cheeto after he literally raped a child, so I can't say I'm surprised.

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[–] PortoPeople@lemm.ee 62 points 1 week ago (40 children)

Ups his cred with Republicans. They love pedophiles.

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[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 57 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That should probably give him a huge assist within trump’s regime. They seem to love that type of thing.

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago

"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?

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 41 points 1 week ago (9 children)

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....

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[–] AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee 34 points 1 week ago

"Had sex with" is a weird way to say raped

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