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catbyte

(34,333 posts)
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 08:39 PM Apr 2021

Mrs. Betty Bowers tweets the perfect response to the GQP upon Gaetz revelations.




Note to those @GOP members of Congress:

Were any of these nude pics of "women" actually child pornography, given the subject of the investigation into Matt Gaetz, i.e., did he bring underage girls across state lines for the purposes of sexual activity?

Sleep well, guys.
6:58 PM · Apr 1, 2021
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Mrs. Betty Bowers tweets the perfect response to the GQP upon Gaetz revelations. (Original Post) catbyte Apr 2021 OP
Yeah, Corgigal Apr 2021 #1
Yep, and they all probably got woodies when they found out. TheBlackAdder Apr 2021 #12
OMG yobrault1 Apr 2021 #17
I call bs on Gaetz Deuxcents Apr 2021 #2
His calling her a "woman" is a very deliberate and transparent attempt to Maru Kitteh Apr 2021 #4
Yet, to the GOP, 22 y/o Monica was a 'child'. keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #5
Exactly. As this perfect response on Twitter said: NYC Liberal Apr 2021 #7
Exactly! MLAA Apr 2021 #14
This 👆 flibbitygiblets Apr 2021 #18
Gaetz was counting on trDump term two,... magicarpet Apr 2021 #3
isnt he married ? these super , ultra moralists . if a dem did it hed be impeached . AllaN01Bear Apr 2021 #6
He's engaged to what 'some people' are calling a beard Brother Buzz Apr 2021 #11
This has got to be a humiliating & nauseating turn of events. Hopefully she's gone home to mom& dad. Hekate Apr 2021 #15
They probably had been put through the wringer. soldierant Apr 2021 #20
true statesmen ! barf . monkeyman1 Apr 2021 #8
Gee. Wouldn't that make all who saw them child porn users? Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #9
For it to be a crime, they would have to have known they were minors. tableturner Apr 2021 #13
Thank you for the legal reasoning. Kid Berwyn Apr 2021 #16
'their names should be shared and their inaction shamed' - AGREED. nt crickets Apr 2021 #19
Betty!!! Full Attack Mode! BobTheSubgenius Apr 2021 #10

Deuxcents

(16,085 posts)
2. I call bs on Gaetz
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 08:54 PM
Apr 2021

A 17 year old female is not “a young woman”..she is a minor..still a child in the eyes of the law. Isn’t he one of those law n order elected official? If n when this issue is settled n before he does his Houdini act, investigate him. Throughly. I’m sick n tired of my tax dollars paying for the lifestyle of these officials who vote against equality n women’s health issues..all the while closet abusers.

Maru Kitteh

(28,313 posts)
4. His calling her a "woman" is a very deliberate and transparent attempt to
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 09:14 PM
Apr 2021

make the sexual relationship excusable by creating a perception of her as an adult.

When that doesn't work, they'll move on to depicting her as a conniving slut.


NYC Liberal

(20,135 posts)
7. Exactly. As this perfect response on Twitter said:
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 09:25 PM
Apr 2021


J-Dubs
@Jenosidal85 · 6h
The irony of Matt Gaetz calling a 17-year-old a woman when he's the kind of guy that would call my 44-year-old self a girl as a way to demean me is not lost.

magicarpet

(14,119 posts)
3. Gaetz was counting on trDump term two,...
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 09:09 PM
Apr 2021

Gaetz would have made a killing after teaming up with tax collector Joel Greenberg. Pedo Party Boys.

Almost untouchable by DOJ.

If worse came to worse and theygot caught just get a pardon from buddy trDump.

What could have been if trDump had a 2020 election win.

Brother Buzz

(36,375 posts)
11. He's engaged to what 'some people' are calling a beard
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 09:34 PM
Apr 2021

Curious, his fiancée, Ginger Luckey has gone to ground. Not a peep, from what I can find.

Hekate

(90,552 posts)
15. This has got to be a humiliating & nauseating turn of events. Hopefully she's gone home to mom& dad.
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 10:55 PM
Apr 2021

Just think, if she were already married and a political wife, RepubliChristian tradition would require her to stand beside the schmuck the way Mrs. Vitter did.

I have to say, time has not dimmed the horror I felt at the Vitter Family Photo with the wife and especially the 10 yo daughter looking like they’d been put thru the wringer.

Kid Berwyn

(14,795 posts)
9. Gee. Wouldn't that make all who saw them child porn users?
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 09:29 PM
Apr 2021

As they did not turn him in, couldn’t the Congressmen who saw them also be considered co-conspirators?

tableturner

(1,679 posts)
13. For it to be a crime, they would have to have known they were minors.
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 09:44 PM
Apr 2021

Intent is the key. Look, I cannot stand almost all of those GOP jerks, but if Gaetz showed them photos of females, and if it can be argued that it was impossible to have known they were minors, then they rightfully would be not guilty of committing a crime. You cannot be thrown in jail because somebody flashes a photo in front of you.

Now, if after looking at the photos, it was obvious that they were minors, that would be a different story, but in most cases, that would be almost impossible to prove.

Kid Berwyn

(14,795 posts)
16. Thank you for the legal reasoning.
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 10:56 PM
Apr 2021

My clumsy intention is to draw in the other demented GOP bastards and tie them directly to Gaetz’s conquest porn. Reportedly, Gaetz trusted a number of House colleagues to keep quiet. If the story is established as fact, their names should be shared and their inaction shamed.

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