Matt Gaetz has a 19-year-old Cuban immigrant son...

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah - anyway

This doesn't get less weird the more time goes on

Nestor’s actual father is alive. Gaetz hasn’t dated Nestor’s sister in years. It comes off as cheap political theater to refer to your protege or mentee or “Little Brother” or close family friend as your son. Who the hell is Gaetz to “allow” someone else’s (now adult) son to spend spring break in FL?

[Anonymous]

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This doesn't get less weird the more time goes on

Since you seem so concerned about his son, read up. The information is all good, but here is the important part:

Gaetz confirmed to the magazine he never formally adopted Galban. But he said he grew to love Galban as a son and dismissed any criticism about it. “Our relationship as a family is defined by our love for each other, not by any paperwork,” Gaetz told People. “Nestor is my son in every conceivable way, and I can’t imagine loving him any more if he was my own flesh and blood.” Gaetz shared on social media that Galban became a U.S. citizen in September 2020.

https://heavy.com/news/nestor-galban-2/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah - anyway

This doesn't get less weird the more time goes on

Since you seem so concerned about his son, read up. The information is all good, but here is the important part:

Gaetz confirmed to the magazine he never formally adopted Galban. But he said he grew to love Galban as a son and dismissed any criticism about it. “Our relationship as a family is defined by our love for each other, not by any paperwork,” Gaetz told People. “Nestor is my son in every conceivable way, and I can’t imagine loving him any more if he was my own flesh and blood.” Gaetz shared on social media that Galban became a U.S. citizen in September 2020.

https://heavy.com/news/nestor-galban-2/

That doesn’t help at all. Still very very weird.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so confused by this. I think it's wonderful to adopt. I am not a homophobe who looks askance when single men adopt!

Why was Gaetz hiding his kid in such a weird way all this time?!

When this “adoption” of a 12-year-old Cuban immigrant happened, Matt was 27 with a DUI or two. I’m highly skeptical. What agency or program would allow this?

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All this says to me is that Matt Gaetz is gay. I guess it also says he groomed this poor boy.

So basically peak gooper.

I really hate that people are saying this. Let's say Gaetz was gay - he apparently helped encourage his father to legalize adoption to gay families in Florida: http://www.panhandlepolitico.com/escambia-news/gaetz-gay-adoption/ - that has nothing to do with adoption a child, or having a secret child, or being a pedophile.

There is nothing wrong with being gay.
There is nothing wrong adopting a kid.
There is nothing wrong with gay people adopting kids.

Why be so secretive about his son for so long? And how was he able to do this legally?

And make a 12 YO a target for liberal crazies on social media and elsewhere?

I can see why he kept it under wraps. The internet has not been kind to kids of politicians.

He wasn’t a politician then. No one knew who he was.

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Nestor graduated high school in 2019, so if he didn't go to prom, that isn't because of COVID.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm so confused by this. I think it's wonderful to adopt. I am not a homophobe who looks askance when single men adopt!

Why was Gaetz hiding his kid in such a weird way all this time?!

When this “adoption” of a 12-year-old Cuban immigrant happened, Matt was 27 with a DUI or two. I’m highly skeptical. What agency or program would allow this?

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All this says to me is that Matt Gaetz is gay. I guess it also says he groomed this poor boy.

So basically peak gooper.

I really hate that people are saying this. Let's say Gaetz was gay - he apparently helped encourage his father to legalize adoption to gay families in Florida: http://www.panhandlepolitico.com/escambia-news/gaetz-gay-adoption/ - that has nothing to do with adoption a child, or having a secret child, or being a pedophile.

There is nothing wrong with being gay.
There is nothing wrong adopting a kid.
There is nothing wrong with gay people adopting kids.

Why be so secretive about his son for so long? And how was he able to do this legally?

And make a 12 YO a target for liberal crazies on social media and elsewhere?

I can see why he kept it under wraps. The internet has not been kind to kids of politicians.

He wasn’t a politician then. No one knew who he was.

From the Heavy article linked above:

Gaetz has been in the public eye since at least 2010. He served in the Florida House of Representatives for six years before he was elected to Congress in 2016, as noted on his website. But he says he chose to keep his father-son relationship with Galban out of the spotlight to protect the teen’s privacy.

Gaetz told People, “Just imagine: You’re 12 years old, your mom has just died, you’re learning English as you’re trying to get your footing in school. It just wasn’t the right time in middle school and high school to subject him to politics.”

But Gaetz pushed back on the idea that he had somehow been trying to “hide” Galban. Gaetz told the magazine that family members, friends, church members and other parents at Galban’s school knew Gaetz was raising Galban as his son.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nestor graduated high school in 2019, so if he didn't go to prom, that isn't because of COVID.

And, that is a lie.
Stop believing crap people post on Twitter.
Read the piece linked above.

According to Max Preps, a Nestor Galban was listed on the roster for Mater Academy Charter in Hialeah Gardens during the 2018-2019 school year, which was Galban’s junior year. He graduated from high school in 2020, People reported. Erin Gaetz posted photos from his graduation on Twitter but those tweets have since been deleted.

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Matt is not gay.

To suggest this is some kind of sexual resistance to grotesque.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Matt is not gay.

To suggest this is some kind of sexual resistance to grotesque.

Ok. It’s an uncommon one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Nestor graduated high school in 2019, so if he didn't go to prom, that isn't because of COVID.

And, that is a lie.
Stop believing crap people post on Twitter.
Read the piece linked above.

According to Max Preps, a Nestor Galban was listed on the roster for Mater Academy Charter in Hialeah Gardens during the 2018-2019 school year, which was Galban’s junior year. He graduated from high school in 2020, People reported. Erin Gaetz posted photos from his graduation on Twitter but those tweets have since been deleted.

Forgive me if I believe literally nothing put out in a pro-Gaetz way. Drunken fool who pseudo adopts a 12 year old with a living father? That is so many levels of weird and fcked up.

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I mentor a teenage boy who doesn’t have a father in his life. I met him through a program when he was in high school and we became close. I help pay for his college. I helped him get an internship while in college. I would never in a million years describe him as my son. That’s so weird.

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Anonymous wrote:Nestor graduated high school in 2019, so if he didn't go to prom, that isn't because of COVID.

And, that is a lie.
Stop believing crap people post on Twitter.
Read the piece linked above.

According to Max Preps, a Nestor Galban was listed on the roster for Mater Academy Charter in Hialeah Gardens during the 2018-2019 school year, which was Galban’s junior year. He graduated from high school in 2020, People reported. Erin Gaetz posted photos from his graduation on Twitter but those tweets have since been deleted.

Forgive me if I believe literally nothing put out in a pro-Gaetz way. Drunken fool who pseudo adopts a 12 year old with a living father? That is so many levels of weird and fcked up.

And Gaetz only revealed the relationship after Nestro turned 18. Hmmm.

[Anonymous]

There is nothing normal about this situation. Gaetz is not exactly the nurturing type, and he certainly isn’t responsible enough to legally have custody of a child. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when it appeared that he could possibly be Nestor’s biological father. But even Gaetz now seems to acknowledge that isn’t true. There have been too many instances of ‘God fearing conservative’ men who turn out to be sexual perverts to ignore this possibility.

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Anonymous wrote:There is nothing normal about this situation. Gaetz is not exactly the nurturing type, and he certainly isn’t responsible enough to legally have custody of a child. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when it appeared that he could possibly be Nestor’s biological father. But even Gaetz now seems to acknowledge that isn’t true. There have been too many instances of ‘God fearing conservative’ men who turn out to be sexual perverts to ignore this possibility.

Even if he innocently mentors Nestor, who the hell is he to “allow” him to go on spring break? I have three young adults, two in college, and I don’t allow or disallow them to do anything. During this pandemic I’d probably express my disappointment, but fortunately they haven’t gone. And I probably wouldn’t know if they did. They have their own spending money. It’s just weird, like he wants people to think he’s a parent to be more relatable.

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Anonymous wrote:There is nothing normal about this situation. Gaetz is not exactly the nurturing type, and he certainly isn’t responsible enough to legally have custody of a child. I was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt when it appeared that he could possibly be Nestor’s biological father. But even Gaetz now seems to acknowledge that isn’t true. There have been too many instances of ‘God fearing conservative’ men who turn out to be sexual perverts to ignore this possibility.

Even if he innocently mentors Nestor, who the hell is he to “allow” him to go on spring break? I have three young adults, two in college, and I don’t allow or disallow them to do anything. During this pandemic I’d probably express my disappointment, but fortunately they haven’t gone. And I probably wouldn’t know if they did. They have their own spending money. It’s just weird, like he wants people to think he’s a parent to be more relatable.

I know what you mean, but he’s off base if he thinks this makes him relatable. Most of us don’t relate to just declaring ourselves the parent of someone else’s child.