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(18,654 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)kimbutgar
(21,172 posts)tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)A "gay daddy" is a thing. Sometimes its exploitive.
George II
(67,782 posts)tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)This entire thing is odd. Who hides their child?
George II
(67,782 posts)was adopted by Gaetz' sister, not Matt Gaetz himself. She claims that Matt "raised him like a son". That is NOT raising a black son in America.
FM123
(10,054 posts)Nevilledog
(51,156 posts)That sister used to date Gaetz.
Confusing fucking story.
George II
(67,782 posts)...the bottom line is that poor man is NOT Matt Gaetz' son, and it's a shame that he was dragged into all of this.
The second bottom line, to Cedric Richmond's point, is that few, Gaetz included, do not know what it's like to raise a BLACK child in America.
Nevilledog
(51,156 posts)The adoption records examined don't show sister adored him either.
Bottom line.... I'm calling bullshit on the mere idea that Gaetz gives a fuck about anyone else. If true, he would have explored thud kid's existence from day one.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Gaetz sister has nothing to do with it.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)Gaetz was dating Nestor's sister. Nestor then moved in with Gaetz and his sister. Gaetz never legally adopted Nestor.
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)You're either six months ahead, or six months behind.
Cha
(297,405 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Cha
(297,405 posts)struggle4progress
(118,318 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Matt had to get out in front of this story real quick.
It smells fishy.
LiberalFighter
(51,004 posts)tblue37
(65,457 posts)JI7
(89,258 posts)HAHAHHAHAHA
keithbvadu2
(36,850 posts)Legally adopted?
By whom?
Is he a citizen yet?
He should be by now.
Ms. Toad
(34,080 posts)Theoretically legally here, but I'm not sure how.
Mom died of breast cancer, Gaetz acquired his "helper" while he was dating Nestor's sister.
https://people.com/politics/matt-gaetz-tells-story-boy-he-raised-as-a-son/
Ms. Toad
(34,080 posts)I would not necessarily have identified him as non-white, and more than half of all Cubans identify as white.
- since the trigger for this disclosure was Gaetz's claim to have raised a non-white son.
George II
(67,782 posts)orleans
(34,067 posts)"Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., surprised social media users Thursday by revealing he has an adopted Cuban son "
headline: "GOP Rep. Gaetz reveals adopted Cuban son on Twitter after clash with Dem congressman"
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gaetz-reveals-adopted-cuban-son-clash-richmond
muriel_volestrangler
(101,336 posts)And so Nestor moved in with them a modern family, Gaetz says now.
He says that, except for an interruption during Nestors junior year after Gaetz and Nestors sister broke up, Nestor has basically lived with him since moving from Cuba.
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Gaetz did not formally adopt Nestor (and he declines to discuss Nestors relationship with his biological family now). He re-frames the matter, saying, Our relationship as a family is defined by our love for each other, not by any paperwork.
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Detailing the timeline, Gaetz tells PEOPLE Nestor lived with him for around four years after first arriving in Cuba before going to Miami for his junior year and living with his biological father: Then he turned 18 it was easier for him to just move back with me. (Gaetz declines to specify when exactly he and Nestor's older sister broke up.)
Elsewhere in the interview, he describes the sequence of events this way: There was a time period at the beginning of my service in Congress where, based on his age and other circumstances, it was not tenable for him to live with me."
https://people.com/politics/matt-gaetz-tells-story-boy-he-raised-as-a-son/
It's unclear if the ex-girlfriend formally adopted him (can you formally adopt your own brother?), or just had some form of guardianship, though I'd guess the latter if he didn't stay with her when she and Gaetz broke up.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)orleans
(34,067 posts)OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)If so, what is Gaetz record on DACA ?
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Under the Republican drafted "work around" a policy called dry foot/wet foot means that if a refugee lands on US soil they are given automatic refugee status, for that reason there are no dreamers from Cuba.
Refugees that are captured in the water are automatically denied refugee status.
IMO it is a disastrous policy. I support an expansive migrant/ refugee migration policy but we should have good screening and not accept the 1% that have a violent and/or criminal past.
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)obamanut2012
(26,087 posts)Fucking Pizzagate over nothing, but THIS is okay??????