Posted on 01/12/2020 4:32:33 AM PST by EyesOfTX
So Massey only has 95 percent? Clearly there’s a vote he went against conservatives with. I think Matt survives this. He cav be Florida’s Governor in 2027 after DeSantis’ two terms. I’d vote for him even with this flawed vote.
Dumb!
Yeah, it’s bad when even a Democrat who voted for impeachment calls out this Stalinist show vote. Shame on Gaetz for standing with Pelosi on this one.
He works for the people of Pensacola. They are the only ones who matter at this time. I believe he had their ok since it’s a huge military area.
Gaetz is just trying to firm up his conservative maverick bonafides. I’m starting to see a lot of all hat no cattle Gowdy in Geatz. Very disappointing.
Yours is the most important -- and relevant -- post on this thread.
In this age of internet media coverage of politics it's easy to make the mistake of assuming that every member of Congress represents a national constituency. That's 100% wrong. Each member of Congress represents a district or a state -- and that's it.
Kudos to someone like Thomas Massie for the consistency of his political philosophy. There are few things I find more repulsive than a politician who votes in completely opposite ways on measures that are effectively identical, depending on which party occupies the office that stands to gain or lose from it.
Nobody needs that sh!t in government, period.
as did mine, Jamila Paypal.
It was an incredible misstep. He gave Pelosi a victory and he is going to have a hard time living it down.
Matt Gaetz was 100% correct to vote the way he did and stand up for what he believes in.
Congress need to reassert its authority on sending troops to war and if Trump were smart he’d assist Congress in that effort.
I generally like Massie but then his libertarian side shows up. Same deal with Rand Paul.
Yep - tweeted that he spits on the military that realizes the importance of fighting evil to protect Americans.
Flake has relatives...
Massie is an odd bird. He lives in a more rural Kentucky County than I (adjacent) and his home is off the grid, MIT masters, more pro 2nd amendment than any politician I know of. 98% of the time he’s as good as it gets, then this. Crazy.
Congress? Oh my....you must really hate our military
https://twitter.com/repthomasmassie/status/1216409358554353670?s=21
Like you say, generally right on the money.
And to think that after his performance re the “impeachment” I was considering him as the next Trump in 2024. Is this guy a maroon or what?
Matt Gaetz’s Florida panhandle district is strongly conservative and loaded with both active and retired military. My guess is that there is considerable sentiment in the district against another Mid East war and that it is the reason for Gaetz’s vote.
“Gaetz, appearing on Fox News with Tucker Carlson”
Was this within the last couple of days, or early in the week when the vote was taken. As far as I know, Gaetz hasn’t appeared on Fox since the vote. I could be wrong as I don’t watch everything, but before this he was EVERYWHERE sucking up face time, glorying in his celebrity.
As a Florida state representative in 2015, Gaetz sponsored an amendment with Democratic representative David Richardson to repeal Florida’s ban on adoptions by same-sex couples.
He also persuaded his father, in the Florida State Senate, to support the repeal.
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