Politics Thread

[XU_Lou]

It's almost 2025. I can't believe people are still getting their panties in a wad over the gov't shutdown kabuki theater.

yawn

[GoMuskies]

So Gaetz wasn't able to prevent his House Ethics report from coming out after all. Not great stuff about all the (underage) hookers and blow.

Is he still planning to try and take the Oath of Offfice for his new term in Congress in January?

He certainly would have been something as Attorney General.

[xuphan]

So Gaetz wasn't able to prevent his House Ethics report from coming out after all. Not great stuff about all the (underage) hookers and blow.

Is he still planning to try and take the Oath of Offfice for his new term in Congress in January?

He certainly would have been something as Attorney General.

Has the House Ethics Report been released?

[GoMuskies]

Has the House Ethics Report been released?

Today

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/...d=hp_lead_pos1

[Xville]

In another stunning then of events, a politician is shown to be a terrible human being.

Where’s mid when you need him to completely dismiss all of this and say it’s no big deal and that he is a great politician? Gaetz is just draining the swamp and the wsj is trash amirite?

[GoMuskies]

Draining the swamp of hookers by bringing them to his house.

[xuphan]

In another stunning then of events, a politician is shown to be a terrible human being.

Where’s mid when you need him to completely dismiss all of this and say it’s no big deal and that he is a great politician? Gaetz is just draining the swamp and the wsj is trash amirite?

Was this the same guy who Trump nominated to a cabinet position just a few weeks ago? Wonder if Trump knew about this information before making this nomination? I would sure hope not.

[GoMuskies]

Was this the same guy who Trump nominated to a cabinet position just a few weeks ago? Wonder if Trump knew about this information before making this nomination? I would sure hope not.

Didn't everyone already pretty much know the gist of it? There was some thought that Trump nominated him to be AG to give Gaetz a viable reason to resign from Congress immediately as that usually ends ethics probes. And that everyone knew there was zero chance of Gaetz ever being approved by the Senate.

Whatever the plan/deal was, it didn't work out.

[X-band '01]

Something tells me he'll be either the next Governor of Florida or the next US Senator out of Florida.

[GoMuskies]

I thought that seat was going to be Lara Trump's. Anyway, I think Gaetz is done in politics for the time being. No chance DeSantis is going to want to get himself tied up with nominating the likes of Gaetz. And I can't see him winning statewide election in a still purplish state like Florida.