04-05-2021, 12:49 PM
(04-05-2021, 10:43 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I suppose you and your buddy could actually back up your assertion by posting evidence of Gaetz being defended by members of the GOP. Since you can't, your point is a bullshit one.
This is just too easy.
This is from the article that YOU posted.
Roger Stone, himself a longtime ally of Trump who knows Gaetz, did come to the defense of the congressman on Parler and called the allegations a "smear" intended to "destroy" the up-and-coming conservative leader.
State Rep. Alex Andrade, a Pensacola Republican and friend of Gaetz viewed as a potential successor to his northwest Florida congressional seat, also has stayed by his side. “I’ve no reason not to believe Congressman Gaetz,” Andrade said in an interview Thursday before the latest Times story was published.
Another conservative Republican and fellow firebrand — State Rep. Anthony Sabatini — also quickly leaped to Gaetz's defense when news of the investigation broke. He tweeted earlier this week that “DOJ and the Media is a shady group of lying creeps—we’ve seen this movie before.” Sabatini, who is running for Congress in 2022 against incumbent Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) but could switch to a newly-created seat, amplified that in a message to POLITICO. “Anybody can be named in an 'investigation'—at any time, for any reason, without any evidence,” Sabatini said. “Also DOJ has lost the trust of the American people.”
And on Tuesday, before further details were revealed, Joe Gruters, the Republican Party of Florida chair, tweeted to Gaetz that he should "Stay strong and fight on!"
