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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMatt Gaetz is angry at Belgium for removing statue of genocidal king
By Josh Israel -June 9, 2020 2:27 PM
Leopold II of the Belgians was responsible for the deaths of 10 million Congolese people, historians say.
The removal of a statue of a genocidal colonialist monarch on Tuesday in Belgium has angered Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz.
In a tweet sharing video of the removal of the statue of King Leopold II of the Belgians in Antwerp, Gaetz said it was an example of progressives trying to expunge the past.
"Left Platform," Gaetz wrote. "Defund Police - Erase History - Disarm You - Lockdown Forever."
Leopold II reigned from 1865 to 1909 and pushed Belgian colonization in Africa, establishing what was first the privately held "Congo Free State" and later the country's colony, Belgian Congo.
https://americanindependent.com/matt-gaetz-statue-removed-belgium-king-leopold-ii-genocide-congo-house-gop-florida-twitter/
I guess he hasn't looked across to the white house to see and understand that this country has a homicidal manic in the white house who hasn't done anything on a virus for starters...........and goes around and brags that it was a Hoax............resign Gaetz...........you do realize that in your state your governor and you are in that same boat as the guy in the white house..................
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Matt Gaetz is angry at Belgium for removing statue of genocidal king (Original Post)
turbinetree
Jun 2020
OP
"The hands of men, women, and children were amputated when the quota of rubber was not met"
struggle4progress
Jun 2020
#11
budkin
(6,713 posts)1. LMAO that picture!
So mad!
turbinetree
(24,710 posts)2. I think he forgot to floss..............
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)7. I'm here, though I think Matty is drunk! 😀
mitch96
(13,924 posts)12. That's the look of a man being f'ed with a rusty piece of rebar......... nt
John Oliver came up with that line and it stuck..........
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Paladin
(28,271 posts)3. Now, now. Don't worry, Rep. Gaetz.
There will be no erasing your history of being a clueless piece of shit, play-acting as a government official.
Why don't you run back to your room and count your daddy's money? Afterwards, you can fuck yourself.
turbinetree
(24,710 posts)4. Don't hold back..............
tblue37
(65,483 posts)5. Is that his Lindsey Graham impersonation? nt
DBoon
(22,395 posts)6. in other news, Matt Gaetz has been day-drinking again
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)9. Hah! That's what I was thinking!
That is such a "meme-able" picture of him. God, he has such a punchable face!
lame54
(35,315 posts)8. Is that any of his business?
Crunchy Frog
(26,613 posts)10. Bet he's really upset about all the Lenin statues too.
DBoon
(22,395 posts)13. I keep thinking of the Canadian town that wanted a statue of a Vietnam resister
Nelson wanted to erect such a statue, in honor of the good work the US war resistors did after becoming Canadian residents.
US groups would have none of it:
Romano had originally asked Nelson to find a public place for the statue. Politicians in Nelson rejected the idea after an angry backlash from U.S. veterans' groups.
The veterans had threatened to boycott Nelson, saying Americans who evaded the draft deserved no honours.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/war-resisters-statue-finds-a-home-1.627046
struggle4progress
(118,327 posts)11. "The hands of men, women, and children were amputated when the quota of rubber was not met"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium#Exploitation,_atrocities,_and_death_toll
Much like Trump, Leopold II used his power to stuff his own purse
Much like Trump, Leopold II used his power to stuff his own purse