Deputies: Florida doctors who took down Trump flag arrested

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 9:36 am CDT, Wednesday, April 15, 2020

GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) -- Deputies in Florida said two doctors stole a campaign flag supporting President Donald Trump from their neighbor's property.

Geoffrey Michael Fraiche, 41, and Laura Ann Webb-Fraiche, 38, allegedly took the flag on April 7 while their two children were with them, news outlets reported. A Santa Rosa County Sheriff's report said they used a ladder to pull it down.

Both Fraiche and Webb-Fraiche are gynecologists working in different Pensacola hospitals, WKRG-TV reported. They were charged with several crimes, including trespassing and larceny, and released from the county jail. The news outlets did not include any comments from the couple.

The district's Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz tweeted Tuesday that their actions showed "despicable parenting." He included a version of a surveillance video with captions added that said their older child asked them to stop. "Apparently two medical degrees lack the decency & common sense of a child," Gaetz added.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/article/Deputies-Florida-doctors-who-took-down-Trump-15201752.php

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Too bad the doctors didn't have the political clout Rep. Matt Gaetz always had, growing up as the son of a Florida state senator. When Matt Gaetz was arrested for DUI, somehow his case was bumbled away and nothing came of it.



Matt Gaetz's 2008 DUI arrest resurfaces after jab at Hunter Biden's substance abuse. Here's what happened.

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https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/buzz/2019/12/12/matt-gaetzs-2008-dui-arrest-resurfaces-after-jab-at-hunter-bidens-substance-abuse-heres-what-happened/

[SheltieLover]

1. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

[monmouth4]

2. Well, wrong as that was their hearts were in the right place, I guess...LOL. n/t

[Maxheader]

3. Good job..

fuck your neighbor...

[Jake Stern]

27. It calls their judgement into question

If a physician can be so deeply triggered by a piece of printed polyester with Trump’s name on it that they’ll break multiple laws, in front of their children, to destroy it them maybe they don’t have the maturity to practice medicine.

[jimfields33]

4. Dumb. Leave people's property alone.

I hate that my neighbor three doors down has trump stickers all over his car and golf cart. But it’s his property and not my business. Good news is he can’t put a trump flag on the flag pole at his home per HOA rules. He tried and they made him take it down.

[OriginalGeek]

19. my wife wants to move to 55+ community

and one of the reasons is so she can drive a golf cart to the grocery store (plenty of other reasons but she keeps looking at houses that have an extra garage for a golf cart lol).

I am not against the idea and if we are able to do it AND get a golf cart, mine is gonna really make some tRumpies sad.

[jimfields33]

24. Love it!!!!!

Lots of positives to living in 55 plus. A few negatives....everyone knows everyone’s business and they are strict with rules especially yards. No fences. The golf garages are cool. Please make sure you get a stucco home due to Hurricanes. The neighbors will bend over backwards to help you in anything. One neighbor made mask for every resident in our village about 140 people. They bring TONS of food if you are under the weather and if your sick they will do everything to make you comfortable. They will drive you to airport, doctors, store, etc. now, they will pick up stuff for you but would rather not have company...understandably. It’s overall awesome!!!! One thing I do is go around and move all the junk off the lanai (back porch) before a hurricane.

[OriginalGeek]

28. so far the ones we've been looking at

all include lawn maintenance in the HOA. One or two of them even repaint your house every 6 or 7 years. Personally I am sick to death of stucco but there's no escaping it in FL so I guess I'm stucko with it.

We lived in a 60 year old cinder block house with a flat roof down by the Orlando airport for over 30 years and never once worried about hurricanes but we moved to the north side of town a couple years ago and she doesn't like the neighborhood lol (I inherited my grandpa's house which was bigger and newer but not by a lot). She thinks the organization/activities at a 55+ will help her. She no longer needs to worry about where we live as she doesn't work and I don;t mind driving an hour into town so we have a lot of room to look around.

I do like the thought of not mowing the lawn but then, I don't do it now - either our granddaughter's boyfriend does it or we pay a guy but I'm cheap so we don't get all the extra services lol.

[ancianita]

5. In a time of dictatorship, smashing symbols of lawless leaders is justified. Gaetz can go suck it.

I hope there's a defense fund or pro bono legal help for the gynecologists. Their neighbor can go suck it, too.

[lastlib]

21. I would donate to a GoFundMe to pay their fines/legal expenses....

Yeah, it was a wrongful act, stupid and childish--but I appreciate the thought behind it.

[mountain grammy]

26. Like tearing down a Nazi flag

in my opinion.. an act of defiance and courage!

[MosheFeingold]

32. Stop cheapening the term Nazis

I knew Nazis. Real ones. I fought them (kind of — I was a MP and guarded them). I talked with them extensively as a native German speaker. The depth of evil and depravity cannot be understated.

And Trump is an ass and wrong, but he’s so far from a Nazi that to call him a Nazi cheapens the horror.

[mountain grammy]

35. I believe the depth of evil and depravity still exists..

Link to tweet

?s=20


I would be proud to destroy this flag.

[DENVERPOPS]

29. F the flag displayers

We live in a 60-70% Republicon neighborhood, and our Dem candidate signs always go missing......

[relayerbob]

6. Should have taken it down ...

pissed on it, or rubbed dog poop all over it and replaced it.

[iluvtennis]

17. + 1. nt

[usaf-vet]

7. This is the guy, Matt Gaetz that complains about a childish prank. The same guy that stormed a SCIF

The loudmouth leader of childish stunts.
That makes a mockery of national security and a pandemic that has killed 11,000 Americans to date

Matt Gaetz et al. were caught on video storming the SCIF to disrupt the impeachment inquiry, because
Republicans.

[SamBob]

8. Childishness.

This guy is an idiot. I do find it funny they took Trump's campaign flag down though. Wish I could take down the big sign one has on their house that says "Trump No More BullSh*t. Kind of a stupid sign to have our for kids to see (our town is small lol)

[Scarsdale]

12. Who is that tiny, little

guy in the blue shirtsleeves? He is as short as Lindsey Graham. Could that be Gym Jordan? The gop has the monopoly on idiot representatives.

[aggiesal]

25. Matt Gaetz is directly behind the speaker ...

in the top image.

He's the IDIOT with the gas mask on, in the bottom picture, just
so you didn't get confused with the woman standing next to him.
She is, btw, wondering how big an IDIOT is the guy with the gas mask.

[Pacifist Patriot]

9. I've not yielded to temptation to yank a huge Trump 2020 flag off a neighbor's house, but...

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I'm more inclined to reserve the label of despicable parenting to those who teach their kids that misogyny, racism, compulsive lying, and all around narcissism are desirable traits by supporting that tragedy in the White House.

[DENVERPOPS]

30. One of the houses in our neighborhood

has a Trumphumper flag...........They guy next to him retaliated by putting up a U.S Flag, a Vietnam Veteran flag, and A MIA/POW flag........

[Pacifist Patriot]

31. I went online to see if there was any such thing as a Biden 2020 flag of similar dimensions.

No luck yet.

[larwdem]

34. HA ha

I put up my old Wolf for Governor sign

[MosheFeingold]

10. What, exactly, is being accomplished

By theft and vandalism? Any minds changed? Hearts softened?

And in front of children who knew it was wrong and trying to stop them.

These doctors are idiots. They'll probably face a medical review board now, as any crime by a professional is taken overly seriously.

Talk about a life-changing stupid moment.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

13. Gotta agree

It is not about taking the high road; it is about balancing risk and reward, acting with a purpose, and moving your goals forward.

If this were a significant act of civil disobedience that highlighted the president's ignorance and hypocrisy and it made Trump supporters consider their support, or it acted to empower Democrats to get out the vote in a vital swing district, that might be worth it.

Instead, it empowers the president's supporters by painting “libruls” as law-breaking, family-hating, elitist hooligans. And bad neighbors. Just the sort of people you want to vote against.

And if Biden does not decry and disavow their actions early and often, it will be taken he supports them fully and it is only the illegal lockdown that stopped him from desecrating the poor neighbor’s private property along with the other criminals.

Badly done, people. Badly done.

[scarletwoman]

18. +1000! Excellent post, thank you! (nt)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

15. You are correct.

Since they're both highly educated, they should have figured out, in advance, how much this foolishness was going to cost them and given that amount to the campaign of someone who would put the money to use to defeat a Republican in the upcoming election.

[Sloumeau]

11. Stealing a Trump flag does more harm than good.

However, the idea of slimeball Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz trying to speak on morality is beyond funny.

[CaptainTruth]

14. They probably just ran out of toilet paper & needed something to wipe with.

[Steelrolled]

16. A stupid move but some people really get worked up over stuff like this.

I must not have that gene - I couldn't care less what signs my neighbors have.

[stillcool]

20. I know what that feels like..

I pass a big Trump sign leaning up against a garage all the time. The thoughts that go through my mind as I drive by are criminal in..many, many, ways

[rickyhall]

22. Fuck you, Gaetz. Look who's talking, you dick?

[Jake Stern]

23. People who pull this crap never seem to think of

the collateral damage.

Even if they somehow keep their licenses their practice is effectively over. They’ve made themselves toxic and this WILL follow them.

Worse is they have opened their kids up to bullying.

All over a cheap piece of printed cloth.

[Tiger8]

33. I can sympathize with the frustration.

I’ve seen these homes & cars too. Certainly not 1%, but typical middle class homes and you know FOX NEWS, Limbaugh, The 700Club, NRA etc. are pumping the propaganda into them 24/7.

This has to stop. We can’t have 2 America’s. Democracy will not survive. We must bring back the Fairness Doctrine.