He’s calling this man his son??

So he adopted him in his 20’s?

Nah thats his boyfriend..but...that would make it predatory 🧐

Dont care

Well dont post in here then b**** lol tf

Gaetz should be a comedian lol he's such a clown

quite literally the image i had in mind while typing

lol wut

madonna vibes

this the lady who had to resign from congress cause of revenge p***.

Like sure Gaetz considers him a son but i have no f***ing idea why he was never brought up before???? Dude always called him a student intern lmaoo

what adoption agency allows a single man in his 30's to adopt a 12 year old boy from Cuba tho lol

im pretty sure in most states most adoption agencies dont have any actual rules besides like an income requirement & background check, could be wrong

As a Florida state representative in 2015, Gaetz sponsored an amendment with Democratic representative David Richardson to repeal Florida's ban on adoptions by same-sex couples.69 He also persuaded his father, in the Florida State Senate, to support the repeal.70

hmm...

No lol, do not try and rationalise this. There is something absolutely off here. Gaetz, a single white male, is claiming to have adopted a Cuban pubescent boy, housing him secretly all this time, all while splitting his time between Florida and Washington. Not to mention Gaetz has DUI's on his record.

Essentially Gaetz is claiming that he hid him all this time in order to not expose him to the harsh political realm, but now, when he suddenly see's an opportunity to deflect criticism, he puts him in the spotlight.

In addition... orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2017/12/29/florida-rep-matt-gaetz-was-literally-the-only-person-to-vote-against-an-anti-human-trafficking-bill

look at what i said above, i have a feeling gaetz isn't actually single or actually straight but is hiding part of his life to keep his electability for the GOP, which won't vote for gay people.

when even progressive opposition candidates are vouching for you there's something up

100%

Story is creepy as f***. I don't know how on earth a single American guy, with DUI's, would be able to legally adopt a 12 year old kid from Cuba of all places. It just does not make an ounce of sense.

1 registered adoption from Cuba to the US in the last 20 years and its a female.

travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/Intercountry-Adoption/adopt_ref/adoption-statistics1.html

-gaetz supported a bill to allow gay people to adopt kids in florida, petitioning his father (politician at the time too) to do it too
-gaetz in 2017:

-gaetz defending katie hill's sexuality: motherjones.com/politics/2019/11/why-is-matt-gaetz-defending-katie-hill
-gaetz celebrating appointing of gay man to cabinet:

-gaetz in 2018 (politico.com/interactives/2018/politico-power-list-2019/matt-gaetz): "If I agree with Democrats on issues like climate change, gay rights, marijuana reform (...) "

while i don't generally agree with outting people, gaetz is suspiciously supportive of gay rights for someone from a party known for being anti-gay. if he was saying this stuff as a democrat it would be easier to brush off as just RTing party memos but actively going against the grain of the party to support gay people is suspicious. gaetz's claim of when he said nestor was adopted (earliest photos of them together) align with the support of the repeal for the florida gay adoption bill.

Lol nah thats his boyfriend cmon now

this wouldn't be a case of dude being gay, it would be a case of him being a pedophile

(the point of the post wasn't about the kid, it was related to the fact he could have a gay partner who he adopted this kid with, which could be initiated in a different state)
i just don't feel comfortable calling someone a pedophile who could be a closeted gay person, even if it's a possibility. if he is that's one thing separate and he should be charged ofc, but that's an if

ahh sorry, i got you

i'd like to believe dude isn't a pedophile, there are a lot of questions though. and i think they deserve answers after the way he's chosen to reveal this

yeah, i agree the way this whole thing came to light and the context around it is weird and he should answer the questions it's opened