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Less than 24 hours after Matt Gaetz announced he was giving up his bid to become the next attorney general, the Northwest Florida Republican made clear that he will not return to Congress in the next session beginning in January.

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[–] givesomefucks 141 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (17 children)

Now that it's accepted that what is in the ethics probe is so damaging that he's pulling a Paul Ryan...

It's important to remember that the actual criminal case likely gathered the same information, and that Biden's DOJ helmed by his AG decided to drop charges.

“We have just spoken with the DOJ and have been informed that they have concluded their investigation into Congressman Gaetz and allegations related to sex trafficking and obstruction of justice and they have determined not to bring any charges against him,” Gaetz’s lawyers, Marc Mukasey and Isabelle Kirshner, said in a statement.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/15/politics/matt-gaetz-justice-department/index.html

And I know people think it's mean to keep kicking a geriatric president when he's a lame duck.

But it's important everyone remembers how much we fucked up by running an ineffectual moderate when the opposition are literal fascists.

If we get an election in 2028, we can't afford to do this again.

We need someone that will actually fight back. Just winning the election and not holding anyone accountable obviously doesn't fucking work.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

running an ineffectual moderate when the opposition are literal fascists

A mound of cat food should have handily won over a serial felon suspected of espionage.

Don't blame the career justice lawyer and politician for assuming people to have more brains than a bowl of tapioca.

The only solution now is to rile up MGT so she gets Texas to secede and open the door for California/cascadia and new England. The Flatlanders are sick in the head and need to be quarantined.

[–] Vorticity 4 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Please don't leave CO and NM in the middle of the idiocracy.

[–] ChronosTriggerWarning 3 points 23 hours ago

Hear hear from the 505.

turns slow circle, taking in Arizona, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska and Wyoming off in the distance, and completing the circuit on Utah

Well, fuck.

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