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Gaetz has to be one of the dumbest people around-he is filing ethics charge against Speaker Pelosi (Original Post) Gothmog Feb 2020 OP
No surprise. This is the typicwl repuke projection. pangaia Feb 2020 #1
Guess he's trying to get back into the Trump Circle of Shame. OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2020 #2
Nailed it malaise Feb 2020 #37
"Trump's only tearing up the Constitution! But Nancy's tearing up The Holy Word!" struggle4progress Feb 2020 #3
Nobody is above the law!? Blue_playwright Feb 2020 #4
He IS the irony. The giant, blind irony. dchill Feb 2020 #14
good luck with that Matt lapfog_1 Feb 2020 #5
It also has the opportunity to put on record dickthegrouch Feb 2020 #40
I'm always surprised that someone this stupid dflprincess Feb 2020 #6
OK, Sciffy! dchill Feb 2020 #7
Sciffy, the pizza delivery boy dweller Feb 2020 #11
Frivolous lawsuit. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2020 #8
Its all about performance with Matt Gaetz PatSeg Feb 2020 #9
They're all auditioning to be the next Trump. NCLefty Feb 2020 #18
Its like a perverse fraternity PatSeg Feb 2020 #20
The orange anus did just fine volstork Feb 2020 #10
Trying to get back into Twitler's good graces Roland99 Feb 2020 #12
He's desperate to get back in Trump's good graces after voting against Trump on war powers. Zolorp Feb 2020 #13
... Roland99 Feb 2020 #15
It is so sad that this idiot is debasing himself to get back into trumps favor Gothmog Feb 2020 #24
Do you all notice how their complaints have turned into weak soup now that they've trashed our Baitball Blogger Feb 2020 #16
Yup. Their complaints ring laughably hollow now. John Fante Feb 2020 #19
Is tearing a piece of paper in half ..... CatMor Feb 2020 #17
18 U.S. Code  2071 Pantagruel Feb 2020 #21
That guy is such a sniveling snowflake Baked Potato Feb 2020 #22
That must be th penance he's required FoxNewsSucks Feb 2020 #23
They are also saying, she could do 3 years in prison for it. dewsgirl Feb 2020 #25
IOW, Gaetz is advertising that he does not understand the concept of "copies" RockRaven Feb 2020 #26
Is he drunk again? ecstatic Feb 2020 #27
Matt is trying hard to get back in His graces, er, His rectum dalton99a Feb 2020 #28
What happens to ones brain cells when they drink too much. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #29
Heres what Tony Webster has to say: Leghorn21 Feb 2020 #30
this is what I call public masturbation. just doing it to make himself feel good. sad! EveHammond13 Feb 2020 #31
- sigh - Go play with yourself, Gaetz. Talitha Feb 2020 #32
Gaetz ... i feel sooooooooooooooo sorry for you. you belong in a mental institution. trueblue2007 Feb 2020 #33
Smarmy suckup. mahina Feb 2020 #34
Go home, Matt. You're drunk. Buns_of_Fire Feb 2020 #35
Beat me to it! smirkymonkey Feb 2020 #36
Gaetz is an idiot Gothmog Feb 2020 #38
His attempt to get back into Trump's posse Under The Radar Feb 2020 #39

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
1. No surprise. This is the typicwl repuke projection.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:01 AM
Feb 2020

Turn8ng around something real into someth8ng make believe.

OAITW r.2.0

(24,504 posts)
2. Guess he's trying to get back into the Trump Circle of Shame.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:01 AM
Feb 2020

Whatever drunk Frat Boy. Waste more time in the Courts on a frivolous lawsuit. You and Nune's are making litigation stupid again.

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
5. good luck with that Matt
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:08 AM
Feb 2020

(a)Whoever willfully and unlawfully conceals, removes, mutilates, obliterates, or destroys, or attempts to do so, or, with intent to do so takes and carries away any record, proceeding, map, book, paper, document, or other thing, filed or deposited with any clerk or officer of any court of the United States, or in any public office, or with any judicial or public officer of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

i saw Trump give a copy to Pence and to Pelosi... so these are copies... and nothing in this law prevents a public officer from destroying a copy.

I would love to depose the VP under oath as part of discovery. The testimony does not have to be restricted to just the State of the Onion.

dickthegrouch

(3,174 posts)
40. It also has the opportunity to put on record
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 11:24 PM
Feb 2020

How much of the speech was actually wrong, and exactly how it was wrong. I think he’s done us a huge service. Ripping up lies is the appropriate response.

The worst interpretation is that Ms Pelosi was joining the attempted cover up of tRump’s crimes.

PatSeg

(47,501 posts)
9. Its all about performance with Matt Gaetz
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:16 AM
Feb 2020

And maybe he's hoping he can get back on Trump's good side. Meanwhile, like a spoiled child, he needs attention.

 

Zolorp

(1,115 posts)
13. He's desperate to get back in Trump's good graces after voting against Trump on war powers.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:19 AM
Feb 2020

His district has so many military that he would lose his seat had he not voted against war powers.

It'll be interesting to see how much shit he's willing to let rest on his nose in the coming months.

Baitball Blogger

(46,735 posts)
16. Do you all notice how their complaints have turned into weak soup now that they've trashed our
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:23 AM
Feb 2020

entire egalitarian system of justice?

John Fante

(3,479 posts)
19. Yup. Their complaints ring laughably hollow now.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:37 AM
Feb 2020

The stench of Trump will stay with them for the remainder of their careers.

CatMor

(6,212 posts)
17. Is tearing a piece of paper in half .....
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:24 AM
Feb 2020

a misdemeanor or a felony. He's even dumber than I thought he was. His rich daddy must be so proud.

 

Pantagruel

(2,580 posts)
21. 18 U.S. Code  2071
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 12:40 AM
Feb 2020

well known violator, DJT.

"But as it turns out, Trump rips up official papers all the time. As the New York Times reported Tuesday:

President Trump has long made it a practice to tear up his papers and throw them away. It is a clear violation of the Presidential Records Act, which is supposed to prevent another Watergate-style cover-up. When the National Archives sent staff members to tape these records together, the White House fired them.

As usual, the rules don’t seem to apply to Trump, who has famously boasted that the Constitution gives him, as president, the right to do whatever he wants—a lie the Senate will uphold if it votes to acquit him this afternoon."

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
25. They are also saying, she could do 3 years in prison for it.
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:36 AM
Feb 2020

There is an actual video on YT about it.🙄

RockRaven

(14,972 posts)
26. IOW, Gaetz is advertising that he does not understand the concept of "copies"
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 01:43 AM
Feb 2020

Well, okay then. His constituents are apparently operating with the same brain-power because they keep re-electing him.

Leghorn21

(13,524 posts)
30. Heres what Tony Webster has to say:
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 02:01 AM
Feb 2020
Putting “BREAKING:” at the front of a tweet about something you
yourself did is peak attention thirst





Under The Radar

(3,404 posts)
39. His attempt to get back into Trump's posse
Thu Feb 6, 2020, 10:50 PM
Feb 2020

After voting against trump on the War Powers act, and being disinvited to be a republican manager to a Trumps impeachment defense, Gaetz files this complaint and today was invited and publicly thanked by Trump during his impeachment end zone dance.

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