In Iowa, Gaetz and Greene Pick Up Where Trump Left Off

[Zorro]

At a rally in Des Moines, Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Matt Gaetz showed that many Republicans do not plan to move on from the Trump era.

DES MOINES — Far from Washington, and even farther from their home congressional districts, Representatives Matt Gaetz of Florida and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia found their people.

As the two Republican lawmakers spoke at an “America First” rally in Des Moines, held in an auditorium that often hosts people with presidential aspirations, up was down and misinformation was gospel. Ms. Greene denounced Covid-19 vaccines to applause. Both declared former President Donald J. Trump the rightful winner of the 2020 election.

These were facts, argued Eric Riedinger of Des Moines, 62, a small-business owner who attended the event and owns the website BigTrumpFan.com. And he would not vote for any Republican who failed to state this clearly, he said.

“My biggest issue looking ahead: Stop the RINOs,” he said, using a pejorative conservative phrase for ‘Republicans in Name Only.’ “If they’re part of that infrastructure bill and supporting it, they’re not doing what they’re supposed to be doing.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/us/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-matt-gaetz-iowa.html

[Me.]

1. WHY?

isn't he sitting in a courtroom or a jail cell?

[global1]

2. Who Is Funding Their Trapsing Around The Country Spreading Lies And.....

what do people in their districts think of them - that they are all over the place except in their home districts?

Do either of these two have a chance at getting re-elected?

[jimfields33]

4. I'm sure both will be.

It’s recess so they are out and about. Gaetz will be re-elected unless he’s charged and convicted.

[wyn borkins]

3. A GFT Page For MTG & MLG

If I thought it would work I would open a 'Go-Fund-Them' page so that MTG and MLG could 'work-their-magic' in the outskirts of Kabul, permanently.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. GOP strategists worried about the future of the party

Link to tweet

[marble falls]

6. Gaetz will be arrested and mug shot PDQ. Let him play his dippy shit show with MT Greene.

[struggle4progress]

7. Does his fiance know he's been seen holding hands with Greene?

Gaetz's future sister-in-law calls him 'weird and creepy' and says she was not surprised when it emerged he was investigated for sex crimes

... Roxanne said that she spent the summer of 2020 in Washington DC working as a White House intern, and was uncomfortable with Gaetz, 39, from the start.

'As someone who has personally experienced a ton of creepy old politician men hitting on me when I was underage, and experiencing sexual assault at that age by people of power, it's very disheartening,' she said. 'And I have zero tolerance of people like him' ...

She said she hoped Gaetz was 'held accountable' ...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9828835/Matt-Gaetzs-future-sister-law-calls-weird-creepy.html