I think it was also a timing and a party composition issue. Dems were scared because women and feminists are a big part of their coalition, and the Franken story happened at the height of MeToo so they were more worried about backlash.
Republicans have a consistently popular leader who is widely known to be a sexual predator so it’s apparent that there’s little danger from their base regarding this. The only reason Gaetz got any scrutiny at all for this is because he’s a shithead who is personally disliked by many of his party in congress.
I think your last point is oft overlooked. No one liked Gaetz because he was reportedly really douchey. Showing naked pictures of women to people who did not ask to see them is one example. There was also that time he over threw the top GOP congressional fundraiser because he allowed an investigation against him. When that guy from North Carolina (south Carolina maybe? I don’t remember his name but he used a wheel chair) talked about drug use and sex parties it was widely understood at the time to be about Gaetz. Then that guy had a bunch of oppo dumped against him so he’s probably working for a church or some shit now.
Tldr. Matt Gaetz is such an entitled shithead that other very entitled people didn’t like him.
I think it was also a timing and a party composition issue. Dems were scared because women and feminists are a big part of their coalition, and the Franken story happened at the height of MeToo so they were more worried about backlash.
Republicans have a consistently popular leader who is widely known to be a sexual predator so it’s apparent that there’s little danger from their base regarding this. The only reason Gaetz got any scrutiny at all for this is because he’s a shithead who is personally disliked by many of his party in congress.
I think your last point is oft overlooked. No one liked Gaetz because he was reportedly really douchey. Showing naked pictures of women to people who did not ask to see them is one example. There was also that time he over threw the top GOP congressional fundraiser because he allowed an investigation against him. When that guy from North Carolina (south Carolina maybe? I don’t remember his name but he used a wheel chair) talked about drug use and sex parties it was widely understood at the time to be about Gaetz. Then that guy had a bunch of oppo dumped against him so he’s probably working for a church or some shit now.
Tldr. Matt Gaetz is such an entitled shithead that other very entitled people didn’t like him.
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