One Florida Republican politician has penned and published an absolutely brutal op-ed, taking aim at the state’s GOP lawmaker, Matt Gaetz, for what they call a clear-cut betrayal of his supporters.
Mark Lombardo, writing for the Pensacola News Journal, spoke on behalf of Gaetz’s supporters who have found themselves displeased with the Republican congressman’s recent actions.
“Like all of Matt Gaetz’s donors, my dad trusted him to use that money to further conservative ideals,” Lombardo scathed. “Had my father known that Gaetz would use his money to pay pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s attorney, he would have never given him a penny.”
Lombardo then proceeds to detail Matt’s use of campaign funds that were donated to him by his average American supporters and explains why these people are now feeling betrayed by their representative.
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“Gaetz broke my dad’s, and thousands of other donors’ trust when he used their money to pay the attorney most known for defending the world’s worst child-sex trafficker,” the Republican politician fumed. “To think that money my dad earned as a decorated combat veteran on the field of battle went to Gaetz’s sex-trafficking defense infuriates me and my family.”
“In addition, knowing Gaetz raises money from elderly and working-class people under the deception of making America great and then uses that money for defending himself against charges that have nothing to do with his work in Congress or campaign, is shameful. It’s a total betrayal of trust.”
Lombardo eventually took aim at the elephant in the room — Matt Gaetz’s highly-publicized sex-trafficking scandal that’s earned the lawmaker a full-fledged criminal investigation.
“An even bigger betrayal is that Gaetz put himself into a position that he needed a sex-trafficking defense attorney while serving on the Congressional Armed Services Committee,” the fuming politician writes before going on to explain that Matt’s socioeconomic status leaves him a vulnerable target for blackmail in connection to his distasteful and even illegal actions.
“As a member of the Committee, Gaetz has access to Top Secret, classified information,” the op-ed reads. “Anyone who has worked in national security or for the military knows that engaging in prostitution, orgies, sex trafficking, and illegal drug use while holding a security clearance leaves them vulnerable to blackmail by foreign intelligence agents. This is especially true for senior government officials who partake in illicit activities on foreign soil – like Gaetz is reported to have done.”
Lombardo finally burns Gaetz’s “behavior in a foreign country, poor choices and lack of judgment betrays our government, its veterans, our active-duty military, and intelligence agents whose lives depend on keeping secrets closely guarded, as well as Gaetz’s oath to protect and defend the Constitution.”
You can read the brutal, full op-ed here.
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