Rep. Matt Gaetz (MSNBC)
On Wednesday, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) led a gang of two dozen conservative lawmakers as they barged into a classified evidence meeting in the impeachment proceeding against President Donald Trump.
Gaetz — who is not a member of the Intelligence Committee but has demanded the right to review sensitive evidence as if he is one — received scorn from commenters on social media for his stunt:
@mkraju This is their plan? I’m so fucking relieved we’re up against Matt Gaetz.— Adam Parkhomenko (@Adam Parkhomenko)1571839794.0
So Matt Gaetz is officially setting the agenda for the House GOP and may God have mercy on their rancid souls https://t.co/1JiwaF0GKs— Fiddler (@Fiddler)1571840065.0
I’m sorry but Louie Gohmert is no longer the dumbest congressman that title has been seized away from him in a blaz… https://t.co/qrgGVo4SoS— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@Molly Jong-Fast🏡)1571840782.0
@MollyJongFast what 's inside that big ol head of his? cuz it's not brains— Travis Gettys (@Travis Gettys)1571841347.0
@sambrodey the white guys want to speak to the manager, and they're DONE asking!!!— Jadon-Maurice Forbes (@Jadon-Maurice Forbes)1571840044.0
@sambrodey She is all of us. https://t.co/x0ERkG3vn4— Jessica Johnson (@Jessica Johnson)1571839176.0
@sambrodey Imagine standing behind Matt Gaetz. That’s it. You’ve reached the bottom of the bottom.— Reginald Bazile (@Reginald Bazile)1571840498.0
@sambrodey Alternate headline—Horde of clueless angry white men wailing over the dems holding their Dear Leader accountable for his crimes.— 🇺🇸Shelley Thull 🇺🇸 (@🇺🇸Shelley Thull 🇺🇸)1571840905.0
@sambrodey Here we see Johnny Bravo leading a herd of white, decrepit politicians to the mountain that is Impeachment Hill!— Asinus Asinum Fricat (@Asinus Asinum Fricat)1571841252.0
@sambrodey We know what's going on: The crimes of the Republican president are being exposed. Crimes that Gaetz and… https://t.co/5bEP8kOT59— Adrienne Cobb (@Adrienne Cobb)1571841146.0
@pcrritesgood @sambrodey That would require that they know how to read.— Linda J. Sandahl (@Linda J. Sandahl)1571841412.0
@d_mccarthy37 @sambrodey Right! Reminds me that a stolen re-election for him wouldn't look how people think it would.— Remember the good people who live here & there. (@Remember the good people who live here & there.)1571841099.0
