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It honestly barely feels like a win, and feels like a protracted parachute for Gaetz. Except, that sort of thing isn’t what Trump is known for, so maybe Gaetz just manipulated Trump like crazy to get to this outcome

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why can’t he just get sworn in when the new house (to which he was elected nov. 5) is seated?

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AN OPEN LETTER TO MATT GAETZ

A Disqualifying Record of Misconduct and Scandal That Should End Your Political Aspirations

https://open.substack.com/pub/patricemersault/p/open-letter-to-matt-gaetz?r=4d7sow&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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Of course the president election is guilty of similar sex crimes but he is allowed to hold the highest office in the land. What a country!

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Sleezoids. Bunch O' Dunces. The Dunce Bunch. Backstabbers. All distractions while the autocrat pickpockets get rolling.

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Can Gaetz withdraw his resignation from congress or will a special election still go forward? Will Desantis have a role?

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Let's take a win while we can. They are likely to be few and far between.

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I wanted to get this out fast, due to what you said in your first sentence. But of course I have more thoughts, relevant to your second, that I'll get into in tomorrow's TFN...

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Careful. This is close to a potential right wing talking pointing “Biden justice dept didn’t follow up on charges, there is no evidence except for this woman….”

The Gaetz right wing defense is very much on right now with all sorts of justifications for his candidacy

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DeSantis will now name Gaetz to the open Senate seat. Watch for it!

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Great!

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I maintain Mr. DeathSantis is holding that Senate seat open for Casey.

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Yet another MAGA moth who gets consumed by the Trump flame…love it. Hopefully his political career is dead.

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Nov 21·edited Nov 21Liked by Jonathan Larsen

Gaetz is potentially just a sacrifice, the other rapists, criminals, and enablers Trump has nominated need to be dumped as well. Like the rapist, Faux sock puppet, white supremacist he nominated for defence.

NEXT!

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But since the GOP Senators never had to take a public vote on him they keep their powder dry to contest some of the other totally unqualified weirdos Donald nominated.

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Plus, they've already broken him. He could've forced them to go all the way to a vote. They've already learned how to head-fake him off course. I insist on taking the win!

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