Matt Gaetz praised Democrats' impeachment presentation and skewered Trump's defense...

[babylonsister]

GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz praised Democrats' impeachment presentation and skewered Trump's defense as looking like 'an 8th-grade book report'
[Business Insider]
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,Business Insider•January 23, 2020

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, one of President Donald Trump's most vocal congressional allies, praised House Democrats for the way they presented the case against Trump in his impeachment trial.

The Democrats made their case to the public as if it were "cable news," Gaetz told Politico, commending their use of multimedia during the trial.

Meanwhile, the defense team's case looked like "an eighth-grade book report," Gaetz told Politico. "Actually, no, I take that back," he said, adding that an eighth-grader would know how to use PowerPoint and iPads.

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida is one of President Donald Trump's most vocal defenders in Congress.

He has repeatedly gone to bat for the president and shielded him amid a snowballing impeachment process in which Trump was charged with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The president is standing trial in the Republican-controlled Senate, which is widely expected to clear him of wrongdoing.

But Gaetz doesn't seem impressed with Trump's defense so far.

After the first day of opening arguments on Wednesday, during which seven House impeachment managers — acting as prosecutors — laid out their case against the president, Gaetz told Politico they presented their case to the public as if it were "cable news," and he praised their use of multimedia.

Meanwhile, the defense team's case looked like "an eighth-grade book report," Gaetz told Politico. "Actually, no, I take that back," he said, adding that an eighth-grader would know how to use PowerPoint and iPads.

Other Republican lawmakers also offered grudging praise of the Democrats' performance.

Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana told reporters during the first day of the prosecution's opening arguments that the evidence itself was news to many senators.

"Nine out of 10 senators will tell you they haven't read a full transcript of the proceedings in the House," Kennedy said. "And the 10th senator who says he has is lying."

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[Zoonart]

1. LOL...Hell hath no fury....

[padah513]

2. Bizarro world?

Onion? Borowitz?

[MuseRider]

3. Something to sit and wait on.

I don't know if this will make any difference in how he votes and I do not know if this is actually honest. I do not trust any of them, none of them have proved worthy of trust.

Sit and wait.

[jimfields33]

12. He's in the house

[MuseRider]

13. Dammit! I KNEW that!

Thanks!

[mahina]

15. I assumed you meant Johnson

[True Blue American]

27. Kennedy is in the Senate though!

[mahina]

14. True but the OP included a quote from Kennedy last

[MuseRider]

16. Nope, just agitated

and busy and not thinking. My fingers are working faster than my old brain. I meant Gaetz and just messed up.

[mahina]

17. I give people the benefit of the doubt I guess

Nobody’s perfect

[MuseRider]

19. That attitude makes

you closer to perfect than I am ever going to be.

[mahina]

22. Grandma said "when complimented, just say thank you

So thank you.

[MuseRider]

25. Mahalo nui loa

some of the very little I know of the beautiful Hawaiian language. I have forgotten most of what I knew, and that was not much. Anyway, mahalo.

[mahina]

29. You learned some, that's awesome.

UH Manoa just started a free Hawaiian language class and it was packed!

Aloha MuseRider.

[MuseRider]

31. It is a lovely language

I started to try to learn it when we were thinking of moving there but just felt in the end that it was not right for us to do that. As much as we wanted to, the island belongs to others. We can at least be that cognizant of native rights. We can visit from time to time and still be happy. Oh but the diving was almost more than we could leave behind. *sigh*

Aloha mahina (moon?)

[mahina]

38. Yes indeed! That's why it's not capitalized. :)

[sprinkleeninow]

36. Y'all gonna make room for sum of us and take us in over yonder in your

Aloha State? 🌴

My parents vacationed there in the 70's. Why did they not move us all over to your place in the sun...

Aloha nui!

[muntrv]

4. Wasn't Gaetz rejected as a Republican house manager?

[crickets]

21. Yep. Sounds like he may be waving around some sour grapes today. nt

[NCjack]

37. Trump feels that the effort was weaker than a limp .... I think Gaetz is sucking up to the Boss.

[crickets]

44. Ah. I had not heard Trump's reaction earlier. Now Gaetz' comments make more sense. nt

[NewJeffCT]

40. He was one of a handful of Republics

to vote to limit Trump under the War Powers Act - after which, Gaetz lost several hundred thousand twitter followers, so it's possible Gaetz is just being petty, or these are legit complements

[RandySF]

5. Is he looking for new friends?

[dalton99a]

6. Trump will ask to take him out for dinner next

[magicarpet]

18. A little rat poison in Gaetz's triple chocolate chocolate cake ?....

....+ two scoops of ice cream with double cyanide butterscotch sauce ?

[YOHABLO]

32. He took Rod Rosenstein for a plane ride, Lindsey for a golf outing.

Gaetz get's dinner at The Cheese Cake Factory?

[wryter2000]

7. How could they not know what went on publicly in the House for days?

It's their job to know. How could they avoid it?

If I were in Congress, I'd make a point to follow Fox "news" as well as the other outlets. It would be my job to be informed.

I guess if they want to use "I didn't know" as an excuse to change their minds and do the right thing, that's okay with me.

[Turbineguy]

8. Gaetz is a

vindictive little shit. Like his hero.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Is he drunk? Again.

[stillcool]

10. poor Gaetz..what could have been..

he's probably been rehearsing for a long time, storing up the verbal pyrotechnics he so loves. The egos are astounding.

[UniteFightBack]

11. Well he is right but WTF is going on here???? nt

[meadowlander]

23. Communicating Trump's dissatisfaction by proxy?

Who do we know who thinks the highest possible praise for something is that it "looks like something on cable news", while the worst thing something can possibly look like is a school report?

[Mr. Ected]

20. Such an obvious misdirection

Nothing good comes from Gaetz, ever. One day, we'll figure out his game. For now, just know there is no sincerity in his statement.

[UniteFightBack]

26. Do you think it has something to do with a lot of military being in his district? The latest

US Service folks just have a headache from the Iran response ain't going over too well.

[Mr. Ected]

30. No, I don't think so

He gets his marching orders from Russia, not his constituents.

[Karadeniz]

24. Sounds like he's just talking about the presentation.

[Me.]

28. Has He Had A Brain Transfer?

[Baked Potato]

33. He must be gonna quit and is softening up for a TV gig

He’s a RFer.

[paleotn]

34. DUI Gaetz has a broken clock moment.

Think I'll drop this one in the "no shit, sherlock" folder.

[Champion Jack]

35. This definitely happening on a different dimensional plane....

[PaulRevere08]

39. There's a play here. Maybe have the rethugs look like

They are being critical and fair minded before they all fall back in lock step with tRump. I dont trust a single one of them.

[klook]

41. Well, the Republican senators' collective intelligence level is

about that of a fourth-grader, so that’s appropriate.

[stopbush]

42. Why would tRump's defense team bother putting on an adult defense

when they know acquittal is a foregone conclusion?

Hell, they’re putting on a crappy defense to rub liberal noses in it. They’re saying their guy is guilty and there’s nothing Ds can do about it.

[Pacifist Patriot]

43. What. The. Fuck?