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babylonsister

(171,032 posts)
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 07:46 AM Aug 2021

Rep. Matt Gaetz Tells Crowd His Brain Is Affected by 'the Florida Variant'

He couldn't be more deplorable.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-matt-gaetz-tells-crowd-his-brain-is-affected-by-the-florida-variant-of-the-coronavirus?ref=home

Rep. Matt Gaetz Tells Crowd His Brain Is Affected by ‘the Florida Variant’
HA HA...
Blake Montgomery
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Published Jul. 31, 2021 8:49PM ET
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) told supporters at a campaign event Saturday that the “Florida variant” and “freedom variant” of COVID-19 had infected his brain. Speaking in front of what appeared to be a trailer featuring a life-size image of Donald Trump and the words, “Trump won!” Gaetz said, “You’ve had all the experts say look out for the delta variant or the lambda variant, well next it’ll be the Chi Omega variant or the Pi Kappa Psi variant. I got the Florida variant. I got the freedom variant. It affects the brain. It gets you to think for yourself where you don’t just surrender to the truth that they’re trying to create in corrupt big media.” Though ostensibly a joke, the remark comes on the same day that Florida, Gaetz’s home state and the one he represents, broke its record for most coronavirus cases recorded in a single day since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.



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Rep. Matt Gaetz Tells Crowd His Brain Is Affected by 'the Florida Variant' (Original Post) babylonsister Aug 2021 OP
Why is this asshole still samplegirl Aug 2021 #1
Because the media give him oxygen. maxsolomon Aug 2021 #19
Freedom to be a pedo malaise Aug 2021 #2
Does the Florida Variant make you molest little girls, Matt -misanthroptimist Aug 2021 #3
Joking about something so serious and deadly is reprehensible Tadpole Raisin Aug 2021 #4
My lands! North Shore Chicago Aug 2021 #5
Gaetz likes to be on tour a lot. No doubt he travels on a lot of interstate highways,,,, Prof. Toru Tanaka Aug 2021 #12
Florida varient is to teach Americans to accept more death. That is really applegrove Aug 2021 #6
Gaslighting Creep says what? GoCubsGo Aug 2021 #7
I can't wait until he's on a ventilator. NurseJackie Aug 2021 #8
+1000 dewsgirl Aug 2021 #9
He won't be on a ventilator because he took the vaccine. You can take that to the bank. Midnight Writer Aug 2021 #15
The thing is, it isn't out the question for a Florida variant dewsgirl Aug 2021 #10
Shut up, Matt. You're drunk. (Otherwise known as the "Gaetz Variant".) nt Buns_of_Fire Aug 2021 #11
What brain? C_U_L8R Aug 2021 #13
They are all children born from the likes of Larry Rhodes and Elmer Gantry. Solly Mack Aug 2021 #14
Like that's a good thing? tanyev Aug 2021 #16
Damn, I've come to a revelation after watching that video... Hugin Aug 2021 #17
Is this an explanation for the existence of "Florida man"? 11 Bravo Aug 2021 #18

maxsolomon

(33,244 posts)
19. Because the media give him oxygen.
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 12:36 PM
Aug 2021

He'll be around a long long time. As long as voters in Florduh are regressive.

-misanthroptimist

(801 posts)
3. Does the Florida Variant make you molest little girls, Matt
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 07:52 AM
Aug 2021

Or is that just your own personal sickness or character deficiency?

On a larger point, "I'm not gonna listen to those elites. Even though I fell off a cliff, I won't hit bottom. I don't believe their in gravity! After all, it's only a theory."

I'm sure physics, chemistry, and biology will surrender to Matt's warped sense of what constitutes freedom.

Tadpole Raisin

(972 posts)
4. Joking about something so serious and deadly is reprehensible
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 07:56 AM
Aug 2021

and like With TFG I can barely watch this guy open his mouth before I have to stop.

Anybody who follows him must actually enjoy watching people suffer and causing suffering, the definition of evil

North Shore Chicago

(3,301 posts)
5. My lands!
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 07:59 AM
Aug 2021

This puke is ridiculously offensive on so many levels. Unfortunately, there are too many low information voters who will go ahead with this nonsense.

The repukes have been shaping their electorate for decades now. It's only going to get worse, we need to teach history, government 101, more science to the wee ones. Being indoctrinated into such fantasies as sky-daddy will fix everything and socialism bad has currently ruined America.

Knowledge is power.

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,943 posts)
12. Gaetz likes to be on tour a lot. No doubt he travels on a lot of interstate highways,,,,
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 08:30 AM
Aug 2021

one of those evil socialist programs.

applegrove

(118,484 posts)
6. Florida varient is to teach Americans to accept more death. That is really
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 08:05 AM
Aug 2021

what the GOP responce is all about. Changing people's basic acceptance of death is what lack of gun control, skinny healthcare, getting rid of the social safety net and all other GOP legislation is about so why not covid. It is a means to an end. The prize is turning the USA into Mexico or Saudi Arabia. Higher crime (by the desperate poor or authoritarians), drop kicking the poor outta here and destroying the middle class so they never threaten billionaires again will lead to rich liberals voting Republican because they are terrified of falling off the cliff where there is no net. To do this americans must accept deaths more easily. FYou GOP.

GoCubsGo

(32,074 posts)
7. Gaslighting Creep says what?
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 08:05 AM
Aug 2021

And, yeah. He could be more deplorable. Just watch. I'm not sure who is more disgusting, Gaslighting Creep, or the complete, utter wastes of flesh that are cheering him on.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
10. The thing is, it isn't out the question for a Florida variant
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 08:21 AM
Aug 2021

to be a reality sometime soon, if things continue on this disastrous path.
My heart breaks for my state, for my children, grandchildren, almost everyone I've ever known and for the memories of how Florida used to be.

Solly Mack

(90,758 posts)
14. They are all children born from the likes of Larry Rhodes and Elmer Gantry.
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 08:50 AM
Aug 2021

Gaetz even has the hair.

Unfortunately, they don't go away when you close the book or the credits roll.


Hugin

(33,045 posts)
17. Damn, I've come to a revelation after watching that video...
Sun Aug 1, 2021, 11:43 AM
Aug 2021

Noticing that Gaetz looks like a Slobfather Jr and Gums mash-up.

It's entirely possible that Gaetz is the Slobfather's illegitimate son.

It would explain so fucking much.

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