US Politics, June 2020 — You have to dominate.

You've got MGM stamped on your ass!

You think you're life's a mystery.

lol Eric

Uh huh.

"Local student", eh? pic.twitter.com/Zljq8Q7GpG

— Trevor S. Valle (@tattoosandbones) June 18, 2020

I mean if Gaetz is lying then this is the stupidest lie (but he is the stupidest liar)

have we talked about the inverted red triangle thing yet because fuckin yikes

For all those wondering, this is @mattgaetz's adopted son, Jack. Jack IS in Matt's blood, and makes up about 0.2% of Matt's blood on any given Friday night. He came from Tennessee and lives in Matt's kitchen cupboard. And desk. And nightstand.

Matt is very proud of him. pic.twitter.com/sQ27Hsp2Fq

— Liddle’ Savage (@littledeekay) June 18, 2020

lol his son does appear on his official bio

https://gaetz.house.gov/issues/biography

does NOT

Very normal tweet, does not reek of some serious proactive damage control at all.

I don't necessarily think Gaetz is lying about this, but it's gross to suddenly trot the kid out as a political prop.

have we talked about the inverted red triangle thing yet because fuckin yikes

― frogbs

wtf? just saw it

https://www.axios.com/facebook-takes-down-trump-campaign-ads-with-symbol-once-used-by-nazis-d82759f0-ffff-463e-b776-9f4ed55a81da.html

I don't necessarily think Gaetz is lying about this, but it's gross to suddenly trot the kid out as a political prop.

He has to be. I just can't square him calling his son a "local student" two years after he supposedly adopted him. This is damage control for something we're about to learn.

xp Apparently the red triangle is in fact an antifa symbol...but only in Spain. To prove that the symbol was "widely used," the Trump campaign's Twitter account linked to a design on Spreadshirt.com, posted by a random Spanish dude.

going by how these things usually unfold, it'll turn out Nestor isn't his son but he does keep him around for fresh transfusions every 60 days

not extreme or dumb enough for this dimension. nestor is obviously an double agent undercover cop from cuba

Many of you know @mattgaetz & I have an unlikely friendship. I can’t stand a lot of his beliefs but he’s been there for me when others haven’t. He talks about Nestor more than anything, has done so much for his son & is truly a proud dad. This #freenestor thing is bullshit. Stop. https://t.co/qqOx9opXzH

— Katie Hill (@KatieHill4CA) June 18, 2020

huh. i am having trouble with the idea of matt gaetz having a human heart, but...i will try.

Huh. Well, hey, if this is on the level, I guess he isn't completely devoid of empathy.

eek

I will kick your teeth down your throat if you say that about my husband to my face, you cowardly anonymous racist piece of shit.

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 18, 2020

weird i thought facebook was all about free speech and the marketplace of ideas

I mean, there are truly odd people out there, who do/say a great deal of incongruous stuff, and a lot of them live in Florida.

wild conspiracy theories developing about Gaetz is basically poetic justice afaict

Meanwhile in Whatthefuckville:

The governor has informed local officials that if citizens are required to wear masks in public buildings, their governments will not receive any of the $100 million in federal coronavirus aid money. https://t.co/jKi68KbIni

— Omaha World-Herald (@OWHnews) June 18, 2020

it's a good way to create problems that money can help to address

some of our friends in the business community refer to this as the virtuous cycle

about that "son" of his... pic.twitter.com/ROS8niJ9t8

— Florida Chris (@chrislongview) June 18, 2020

I've got my s---...my helper here

tbh he was supposedly trying to keep his son secret.

yeah, but let those among us who do not have secret son-helpers-interns throw the first stone

Maybe it's one of those Jerry Falwell Jr./Giancarlo Granda situations...

Whatever happened with Liberty U reopening?

Anyway, this is definitely weird:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/adopt_ref/adoption-statistics1.html

Filter for Cuba, and there has officially been exactly one adoption from Cuba between 1999 and 2018. Female.

Nestor?

Heck no, I barely even knew 'er!

matt gaetz found a teenage nestor floating down a river in a basket

"you will be my page", he said

Trying to make an "empty nester" joke but failing so far. Needs work.

gaetz empties nestor around 1130 PM after he gets home from the bar (?)

i accept my FPs

oof.

There's someone who commented on the picture with Gaetz and DJT2 and Nestor who calls him "my son." Marbelina Matos. There is one person by that name (Cuban!) on Facebook, fwiw.

i can't make my son into a heart

I have to say it seems extremely unlikely Trump's comm team knows a red triangle was a National Socialist iconography deep cut.

I agree, but as usual they're "nuh-uh it's ANTIFA" response is so sus it makes the original interpretation seem more likely

Anyway, this is definitely weird:

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/adopt_ref/adoption-statistics1.html

Filter for Cuba, and there has officially been exactly one adoption from Cuba between 1999 and 2018. Female.

― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, June 18, 2020 3:41 PM (thirty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

This doesn't mean anything. Gaetz never said that he formally adopted Nestor, much less that it was an intercountry adoption. He said, "He came from Cuba (legally, of course) six years ago and lives with me in Florida."

The Marbelina thing is weird, though.

I'll throw this into the mix: A reporter tweeted that she "wrote an article in 2015 about Gaetz. He had ridiculed black lawmakers & was accused of racism. A GOP operative called & said Gaetz was hurt partially because his girlfriend & her son were people of color." (She goes on to say she doesn't know for sure that this was Nestor, since she wasn't given a name.)

Seems a stupid thing to be focused on. Having a child of color doesn't negate any of the racist things Gaetz has said and done

(not you all so much as twitterverse)

Yeah, I just have a stupid need to research things.

As noted above, its also gross that he chose this particular moment to trot him out as a defense if he really has worked that hard to keep him out of the spotlight for seven years now.

*updates .xls*
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I have to say it seems extremely unlikely Trump's comm team knows a red triangle was a National Socialist iconography deep cut.

― Guayaquil (eephus!), Thursday, June 18, 2020 4:51 PM (fifty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

I agree, but as usual they're "nuh-uh it's ANTIFA" response is so sus it makes the original interpretation seem more likely

― dip to dup (rob), Thursday, June 18, 2020 4:55 PM (forty-six minutes ago)

an alternate theory: they're baiting the platforms so they can get banned closer to the election