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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,461 posts)
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 07:46 PM Jul 2021

Matt Gaetz Hits Out at Protesters As Rally With Marjorie Taylor Greene Cut

Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) hit out at protesters after his and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) California rally was canceled, forcing them to hold a press conference outside.

The controversial Republican duo hit out against the Left and praised an "America First" agenda after multiple venues stopped them from hosting their event in Riverside, on Saturday.

Outside City Hall, Rep. Gaetz and Rep, Greene railed against Democrats as well as Republican members of Congress before the Florida lawmaker turned his sights on protesters.

Speaking to dozens of America First supporters, Rep. Gaetz said in a video streamed by the conservative Right Side Broadcasting Network: "They've tried to cancel us online, they tried to pursue us in real life, they may try to shut down our venues, but we will take this fight to them in the courts, in the halls of Congress and, if necessary, in the streets."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/matt-gaetz-hits-out-at-protesters-as-rally-with-marjorie-taylor-greene-cut/ar-AAMi3C1

Why aren't these two malcontents in their own districts talking to their constituents? You know like do their fucking job.

Neither one of them is from California.

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Matt Gaetz Hits Out at Protesters As Rally With Marjorie Taylor Greene Cut (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP
Graduates of the LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE school. F'ing worthless POS. CurtEastPoint Jul 2021 #1
I think they chose to hold these events in California because they knew there would be backlash blogslug Jul 2021 #2
Also the region of CA they chose has plenty of MAGAts/Repukes who probably would give RockRaven Jul 2021 #3
Political theatre. KentuckyWoman Jul 2021 #4
Maybe they're in California to audition for their own show. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2021 #5
The Matty and Marjy show? captain queeg Jul 2021 #6
It's tempting to compare their act with Beavis and Butthead. Buns_of_Fire Jul 2021 #7
Gaetz does have the Butthead hairdo thing going. Prof. Toru Tanaka Jul 2021 #8
Yeah, bring on that "street fight", Mattsie. Let's see how that works out for ya. nt Progressive Jones Jul 2021 #9
Clowns. Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey The Unmitigated Gall Jul 2021 #10

blogslug

(38,022 posts)
2. I think they chose to hold these events in California because they knew there would be backlash
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 08:13 PM
Jul 2021

It's all about fundraising and press attention and getting to claim they're being "silenced" and "cancelled".

RockRaven

(15,089 posts)
3. Also the region of CA they chose has plenty of MAGAts/Repukes who probably would give
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 09:43 PM
Jul 2021

money to high profile GrOPers from other states, because there's not much point in giving it to CA state legislature candidates (semi-permanent minority nowadays, so even if the particular candidate wins they're low profile and impotent), or candidates for CA statewide elections. (Arnold was the last one of any significance, like a decade ago) People like supporting winners and for CA Repukes the cupboard is pretty bare. Who have they got? Devin Nunes? Kevin McCarthy? Talk about uninspiring, even to a MAGAt!

They may have been "canceled" three times by businesses making good business decisions, but there are plenty of rich pricks and rednecks in Orange and Riverside Counties hungry for a grifter to pander to them.

KentuckyWoman

(6,700 posts)
4. Political theatre.
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 09:51 PM
Jul 2021

They have no substance. It's just show. It's all they have.
Unfortunately, it plays well to their followers.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,213 posts)
5. Maybe they're in California to audition for their own show.
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 09:58 PM
Jul 2021

Hint: Watch for them to start singing "I Got You, Babe".

Buns_of_Fire

(17,213 posts)
7. It's tempting to compare their act with Beavis and Butthead.
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 11:34 PM
Jul 2021

But I'm going to be more subtle: Terrance and Phillip!

The Unmitigated Gall

(3,838 posts)
10. Clowns. Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey
Mon Jul 19, 2021, 07:37 PM
Jul 2021

As the right transforms into an authoritarian death-cult, all they have to offer the populace is a three ring traveling circus of hatred, lies and stupidity.

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