this is one of many tweets making none of this stuff add up...
this feels like the most bizarre political prop mess being rolled out in a messy way
It's a weird situation and Gaetz is a shithead, but I don't want to read into it any more than "huh, what a weird situation."
It sucks for the kid that he got sort of sucked into this for reasons completely outside of his control, but at the same time, it's 100% Gaetz fault for trotting him out like some sort of political game piece after ignoring him for his entire career.
Thank you good sir, clears everything up.The story is his girlfriend 7 years ago had her sister die, so she took in her nephew and I assume Gaetz was living with her at the time. Few years later they break up, kid goes to live with his biological father for a year, turns 18, and then goes back to live with Gaetz for some reason.
He claims the reason why he kept him secret was cause he didnt want to burden the kid with being the son of a politician during his acclimation to a new country/language and the recent death of his mom, but now that the kid is 19 and Gaetz had his whole "how dare you accuse me of not knowing what its like to have a black kid" moment he wants everyone to know Gaetz is his dad.
They might claim its not because he was ashamed of him, but it really comes across as that when he springs him up as some sort of a gotcha political moment. I mean on top of the whole "helper" and "house page" thing, he didnt even include the girlfriend or the son in his congressional swear in picture.
Not to defend this obvious idiot, but referring to your kid as a "helper" isn't all that unusual. Would need to see more of that video to understand the context of it's usage there. Not acknowledging his existence until it's politically viable, though, is very much unusual and shitty.
If they're older than 6, yes it is unusual.Not to defend this obvious idiot, but referring to your kid as a "helper" isn't all that unusual. Would need to see more of that video to understand the context of it's usage there. Not acknowledging his existence until it's politically viable, though, is very much unusual and shitty.
Sure. My stepdad became my normal father figure at 13. I don't think of him as dad or having raised me, but I consider him to have raised me more than the dad I had for the first 12 years.Dumb thing that's been bugging me about this, but can it still be considered "raising" someone if you've only been in their life from ages 13-19?
I believe you are asking all the questions everyone else is asking. This whole thing is weird and nobody has any answers. Let's hope some journo's start digging.Can someone summarize and dumb all this down for me? I'm really confused. He mentions this black (hispanic) kid as a gotcha in response to "You dont know what it's like being black" but..he's never mentioned him before. Matt is..unmarried? Is this his girlfriend's son? Is this his gay lover who he's now pretending is his son?
There's a tweet of him calling Nestor his "s.. err helper" and then another one referring to him as a student and not his son as well.
How is Nestor in his life? Did he hide him because he was embarassed to say he was raising the Cuban child of his girlfriend but now saw political gain so he changed his verbage of Nestor? Is there a girlfriend that is also Nestor's mom? Is he adopted? I dont know what's going on other than it seems pretty clear that Nestor has been apart of his life some a fair amount of time.
In the context of the clip I think it is unusual as hell. We aren't talking about an eight your old, he is basically a young adult sitting on the coach in the background.Not to defend this obvious idiot, but referring to your kid as a "helper" isn't all that unusual. Would need to see more of that video to understand the context of it's usage there. Not acknowledging his existence until it's politically viable, though, is very much unusual and shitty.
Wow. How dare you dismiss the experience of his Cuban ex-girlfriends 19 year old brother that he lives with.Um, so?
Even if this is above board, and I damn well hope it is no matter how it looks, it doesn't change one bit the point that Gaetz doesn't understand how it is to grow up black in America (because he's not) and clearly doesn't give a fuck about black kids because of all of his actions in his entire career.
No one is going to run with a story about grooming; IF anything happens at all they are going to run with the idea that just because you have a child that is a person of color doesn't mean you understand what it is like to be a person of color. It is completely ridiculous and misses the the original point.Even though this is all a bit of a strange story to come out of nowhere, I feel like this is a gift to the right. If the left claim that it's a sexual or romantic relationship, the right get to make accusations of homophobia. If the left claim it's strange that this secret son exists, the right get to scream about racism and family values.
I think it's a bit much to jump in with accusations, even though, yes, something seems....off......And maybe Gaetz and his type shouldnt have spent decades proving that they can't be trusted to do anything with good intentions.
Even though this is all a bit of a strange story to come out of nowhere, I feel like this is a gift to the right. If the left claim that it's a sexual or romantic relationship, the right get to make accusations of homophobia. If the left claim it's strange that this secret son exists, the right get to scream about racism and family values.
I think it's a bit much to jump in with accusations, even though, yes, something seems....off......And maybe Gaetz and his type shouldnt have spent decades proving that they can't be trusted to do anything with good intentions.
No one is going to run with a story about grooming; IF anything happens at all they are going to run with the idea that just because you have a child that is a person of color doesn't mean you understand what it is like to be a person of color. It is completely ridiculous and misses the the original point.
Just to clarify: I have been reading twitter. I'm not talking specifically about resetera.I don't know about it being a gift to them. I think it is just strange and looks weird.
Speaking of trafficking...I'm being completely serious in saying that someone needs to investigate that shit. None of this sounds above board or makes sense. And this dude was a minor when all of this shit supposedly happened, so we're dealing with someone who was not able to make their own legal decisions.
In other words, investigate this shit for trafficking. Ain't no goddamn way that fuckboi Gaetz, who already had at least 1 DUI by 2014, should have even been allowed to be entrusted to a minor, even in an unofficial capacity. A minor that's his GF's little brother and with parents and an entire family still in the mix? Nah, none of that makes sense. Talk with the family, friends, and any witnesses to this and let's make sure we're not dealing with a predator here.
Like what the fuck? Am I living on earth 2? Is this actually just normal shit? Was I fooled all this time?
I've been saying this for the last three and a half years.I'm being completely serious in saying that someone needs to investigate that shit. None of this sounds above board or makes sense. And this dude was a minor when all of this shit supposedly happened, so we're dealing with someone who was not able to make their own legal decisions.
In other words, investigate this shit for trafficking. Ain't no goddamn way that fuckboi Gaetz, who already had at least 1 DUI by 2014, should have even been allowed to be entrusted to a minor, even in an unofficial capacity. A minor that's his GF's little brother and with parents and an entire family still in the mix? Nah, none of that makes sense. Talk with the family, friends, and any witnesses to this and let's make sure we're not dealing with a predator here.
Like what the fuck? Am I living on earth 2? Is this actually just normal shit? Was I fooled all this time?
Yes, it is VERY weird. Even by Florida standards.Not American and not very familiar with Gaetz, but this is all kinds of really weird?
ServantHuh. It doesn't sound like he was going to say "son," it sounds like he started with "si" or maybe "se."
Makes you wonder.
Speaking of trafficking...
Matt Gaetz defends lone no vote on anti-human trafficking bill
Rep. Matt Gaetz took to Facebook Live in December 2017 from his parents' living room to defend his lone no vote on an anti-human trafficking bill.www.pnj.com
Hey man, we all believe some conspiracy shit that might be true. I will go to my grave thinking the Franklin/Boys town shit in Nebraska happened.Some might say a lot of have become conspiracy theorists too much, but then again - fucking florida man with a pedophile island and a literal temple.