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@mattgaetz
Hey @MichaelCohen212 - Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if shell remain faithful when youre in prison. Shes about to learn a lot...
Link to tweet
demmiblue
(36,851 posts)for those that can't access twitter at work, what are those tweets saying?
fleur-de-lisa
(14,624 posts)Matt Gaetz @mattgaetz
Hey @MichaelCohen212 - Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if shell remain faithful when youre in prison. Shes about to learn a lot...
3:12 PM - 26 Feb 2019
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)but, the response was tweets from Rachel Maddow without any text in the response
blogslut
(38,000 posts)?Verified account @maddow
Rachel Maddow MSNBC Retweeted Matt Gaetz
On pages 9-10 of this Congressional Research Service report...
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL34304.pdf
there's a fun haiku-esque approach to the criminal statutes potentially at issue here...
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)lock him up
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)Republicans are above the law.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)speaker of the House "suggestion" is usually followed.
dameatball
(7,398 posts)Matt Gaetz wants to be the new Devin Nunes. Roll him up too.
lilactime
(657 posts)the Post said Gaetz may have earned himself a visit from investigators with that tweet.
Grammy23
(5,810 posts)He is awful. I hope there are punishments given out quickly to that rat.
Well see.
Leith
(7,809 posts)That was my first question. My second question is why is lil Mattie bringing it up?
I thought that petty shit like talking down people stopped after high school. I learned at a young age to ask more about the person talking than the person being talked about.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)0rganism
(23,954 posts)maybe it also qualifies for blackmail and/or extortion.
comes off very mafioso: "that's a nice marriage you've got there, shame if something were to happen to it."
FreeState
(10,572 posts)Matt Gaetz is a licensed attorney in Florida. His Bar Number is 48962 https://www.floridabar.org/directories/find-mbr/?barNum=+48962
He may have violated 18 U.S.C. § 1512. He could be charged with a felony for witness tampering but this is also grounds for disbarment.
Feel free call the Florida Bar and file an official complaint. The number is 1-866-352-0707.