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Kid Berwyn

(20,892 posts)
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 11:11 AM Wednesday

Matt Gaetz Tells Mom He's "Guiding" Trump

Amazed we're not locked in at the doorstep of World War III during a climate crisis when the Constitution of the United States is used for toilet paper by the Dixie-KKK-Mafiya axis under NAZIs run by Putin.



Matt Gaetz Caught Texting His Mom About How He's 'Guiding' Trump

by Page Skinner
Huffington Post, June 25, 2025

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz was secretly recorded on a flight texting his mother about “guiding” President Donald Trump against the U.S. getting involved in the Iran and Israel war.

The video recording was uploaded to TikTok on Monday and has more than 1 million views as of press time. In the texts captured in the video, Gaetz inadvertently let slip some private family news while also defending his attempts to sway the president on foreign policy and his abilities as a Trump whisperer in response to his mother’s warning against opposing him.

“I’m trying to guide him, not criticize him,” Gaetz texted his mom, according to the TikTok video. “But I’ve never been freer to share my views — and I’ll continue to do so.”

He continued, “I think about the people who cheered the Iraq war because they liked Bush. Those people have blood on their hands.”

Gaetz, who hosts “The Matt Gaetz Show” on One America News Network, said on his June 17 show that Trump’s pro-Israel friends and advisers were trying to “pressure” Trump into launching airstrikes against Iran.

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/matt-gaetz-caught-texting-his-mom-about-how-he-s-guiding-trump/ar-AA1HlHdO?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=422f1841750d4ffa80f8c692051b905a&ei=13

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Timeflyer

(3,229 posts)
1. Interesting insight into the mother of pedophile pipsqueak--"let's not mess up the media gig." (Kiss tRump's ass
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 11:19 AM
Wednesday

like a good little toady, so you hang on to all that sweet MAGA power and money.) OK, mom.

Kid Berwyn

(20,892 posts)
2. Revealing Exchange -- Sonny tells Mommy about all his moneeeeee.
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 11:26 AM
Wednesday
From HuffPo:

Also in the TikTok, Gaetz’s mom can be seen asking him how many times he wants to “hit the wall.”

Gaetz responded, telling his mom he’s a “happily married man with a son on the way,” has two penthouse condos and $500,000 cash in his bank account.

“I guess I’ll keep hitting it till I die,” he texted back.

Gee. Never thought about that as something anyone would look forward to.

Paladin

(30,860 posts)
4. Keep up the good "guidance" work, Gaetz.
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 11:42 AM
Wednesday

Helluva job you're doing. Your mom must be so proud.

Sincerely,

Every Democrat

Kid Berwyn

(20,892 posts)
6. Mamita, I need you to call Mr. Fixer, please.
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 12:00 PM
Wednesday


But if anyone is responsible for Gaetz’s rise to political fame, it’s his dad, whose deep pockets and even deeper connections in Florida politics are one reason Matt is known in his district as Baby Gaetz. “Matt would be an assistant manager at Walmart if it weren’t for his father,” says Steven Specht, a Democrat who ran against Gaetz for Congress in 2016.

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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/how-matt-gaetz-used-daddys-money-to-become-trumps-favorite-congressman/

Paladin

(30,860 posts)
9. Love the quote from Specht.
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 12:51 PM
Wednesday

Hey, why should Gaetz be any more qualified than the rest of trump's goons?

Kid Berwyn

(20,892 posts)
10. If he actually used his conscious awareness for anything other than elf-aggrandizement...
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 01:21 PM
Wednesday

... the ability to reason would really make him stand out. He might even have been a contender for the worst person alive one day.



I am unable to see Gaetz as an assistant manager of anything, though. He would be weeded out long before getting promoted -- my guess would be for theft.

tanyev

(46,927 posts)
7. LOL, every single person who's thought they were successfully guiding Trump
Wed Jun 25, 2025, 12:33 PM
Wednesday

has found out there’s a bus waiting with their name on it.

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