WOW! ONLY $200 for a meet-&-greet with a Republican who had sex with a 17 y.o. homeless girl? USA! USA!

[Miles Archer]

The ironic thing is, giving everything going on with Trump right now, this isn't half as shocking as it should be.

Wichita Eager Editor Dion Lefler said when he first saw Reckoning Kansas’ December “election integrity” event announcement in his Facebook feed, his first reaction was “This can’t be real. It has to be a fake post from Democrats trying to discredit Kansas Republicans.”

“But I checked around and found that [disgraced Florida Rep. Matt] Gaetz himself is promoting his appearance and there is a website selling tickets — $50 for the main event and $200 for a ‘VIP package’ including ‘Exclusive post-event meet & greet with Matt Gaetz’ and ‘Photos with Matt Gaetz.’”

Lefler cited House Ethics Committee reports finding “substantial evidence” that from at least 2017 to 2020, then-Rep. Gaetz is alleged to have regularly paid women for engaging in sexual activity; that he reportedly engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl in 2017; that during the period 2017 to 2019, Gaetz allegedly used or possessed illegal drugs including cocaine and ecstasy and that he accepted gifts — including transportation and lodging in connection with a 2018 trip to the Bahamas — in excess of permissible amounts.

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“It’s not every day you get the opportunity to have your picture taken with the second-most-prominent Republican politician allegedly linked to sexual misconduct with underage girls,” Lefler said. “That’s one you’ll want to frame and hang on your bathroom wall.”

https://www.rawstory.com/alternet-posts/matt-gaetz-house-comittee/

[iemanja]

1. Sex with underage girls is the Republican brand.

[progressoid]

14. Yeah, I wasn't sure which Republican this was about.

[fujiyamasan]

16. Pretty bad but when you have to ask

Which one…

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. He must be broke. Arent his parents wealthy?

[Miles Archer]

4. That was my understanding...

...maybe they cut him off. Or, maybe he's just greedy, and figures it's a great time to cash in on being a Republican pedophile.

[markodochartaigh]

7. "...maybe he's just greedy..."

B.I.N.G.O.

[not fooled]

9. drugs are expensive

mmmkay?

[WarGamer]

3. homeless?

[Sane1]

5. Gotta Pay for Those Braces!!

Didn’t his 16 year old homeless girlfriend need to pay for braces??

[thesquanderer]

6. $200 sounds like a lot, but I bet at least there's a children's discount. (n/t)

[erronis]

8. "picture taken with the second-most-prominent Republican politician allegedly linked to sexual misconduct"

Aw, come on. I bet there are a lot of (R)epuglicons who think they are #1 or #2.

It's like getting the stamp of approval.

[KS Toronado]

10. Wichita Eager should read Wichita Eagle, that's their newspaper

[Miles Archer]

17. I assumed that was a typo.

Thanks for the clarification. With articles, I do copy & paste. The only editing I do is when an article opens with "President Donald Trump," I start the copy & paste with "Trump" and leave "President" out. If references to him as "president" appear later in the article, I leave them intact, but I never open with it.

[orleans]

11. wonder how many tickets that asshole will sell... 7? maybe 8? nt

[Trueblue1968]

12. Why wast he ever jailed for sex with a minor and the drugs ???

[pat_k]

13. Because the Biden DOJ bent so far backward not to appear "weaponized" they declined to do the right thing on this, and..

...on many, many other cases that might be perceived as "political," but were nevertheless a moral imperative to pursue.

[xmas74]

15. Fingers crossed for a few Vizine stingers

Slipped in his drinks.