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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    3 days ago

    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.

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      How much “we” fucked up

      Uh, what was i supposed to do? I cant exactly eliminate the dnc on my own

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        Hey, if you talk shit on the DNC, I got your back, if you got mine.

        And I’m not saying from some right winger insane asylum talking points. I’m saying the DNC is impotent and constantly confuses a left wing agenda with middle of the road upholding the status quo.