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UpInArms

(51,280 posts)
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 03:35 PM Dec 2019

'Pot calling the kettle black': A Democratic congressman threw shade at GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz for his

Source: Business Insider

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Gaetz went on a lengthy rant about Biden's role as a board member of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural-gas company.

The Florida congressman said he went online to find out more about Biden and came across a New Yorker profile that described an incident in which Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, got into an accident in a rental car where a crack pipe was later found, as well as "a line of white-powder residue" on one of the consoles.

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When Gaetz finished speaking, Johnson made a thinly veiled reference to Gaetz's 2008 arrest on charges of driving under the influence on his way back from Swamp, a nightclub in Florida.

"I would say that the pot calling the kettle black is not something that we should do," Johnson said as laughter rippled through the hearing room.

Read more: https://amp.businessinsider.com/democrat-calls-out-matt-gaetz-dui-hunter-biden-2019-12



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'Pot calling the kettle black': A Democratic congressman threw shade at GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz for his DUI when Gaetz referenced Hunter Biden's drug problems
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'Pot calling the kettle black': A Democratic congressman threw shade at GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz for his (Original Post) UpInArms Dec 2019 OP
And there's this underthematrix Dec 2019 #1
This would make a beautiful 5 foot by 5 foot poster board printout to put on a stand behind him. AtheistCrusader Dec 2019 #7
Backpfeifengesicht phandancer917 Dec 2019 #2
New Repug club... 'The Backpfeifengesicht Gang' Talitha Dec 2019 #4
Son of privilege like so many in congress who never pay the price for their transgressions. patphil Dec 2019 #3
Oh, the shade! spicysista Dec 2019 #5
These eff'ing people... dixiechiken1 Dec 2019 #6
Or, they're totally self-aware about being con men FiveGoodMen Dec 2019 #8
Gaetz is a spoiled brat. riversedge Dec 2019 #9
A spoiled brat with no less than 16 DUIs and numerous other moving violations. Haggis for Breakfast Dec 2019 #10

Talitha

(6,581 posts)
4. New Repug club... 'The Backpfeifengesicht Gang'
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 04:38 PM
Dec 2019


This is great, thanks!!

I can think of quite a few more Repugs who belong in the club.

(BTW, how is it pronounced... back-fifen-gesich?)

patphil

(6,164 posts)
3. Son of privilege like so many in congress who never pay the price for their transgressions.
Thu Dec 12, 2019, 04:30 PM
Dec 2019

He's a lot like Donnie Jr.

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