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Anonymous wrote:I believe this thread is ample evidence of why Gaetz didn't want to subject his adopted son to media scrutiny.

Perhaps Mr. Gaetz needs to be sent this thread to see what liberals in DC say when information such as this is made public.

I've never heard of anyone adopting a kid and then for years appear in photos together but always refer to their "son" as a local youth or my helper or my page, but never as my son or my child. That really does not sound like adoption or parenthood.

Anonymous wrote:I believe this thread is ample evidence of why Gaetz didn't want to subject his adopted son to media scrutiny.

Perhaps Mr. Gaetz needs to be sent this thread to see what liberals in DC say when information such as this is made public.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's not forget Gaetz had a male roommate who overdosed and passed away. I can't find much info on the successful cover up.

..."And what would be Panhandle politics without a dead body? Gaetz’s roommate at Florida State University was reportedly found dead under suspicious circumstances while they were undergraduate students. The same political machine that drove Sansom from office was used to cover up the circumstances of the roommate’s death. Sources close to the investigation of the death, however, told WMR that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated the death as a possible homicide but the agency was later politically-pressured to rule it a suicide. As with Gaetz’s multiple DWIs, the suspicious death of his college roommate was buried by Florida authorities and the university..."

http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/18966

Stop spreading this false crap.
From Snopes:

Death of College Roommate

Mentions of a “suspicious” death of Gaetz’s roommate during his four years at Florida State University between 1999 and 2003, like the claims of seven DUIs, did not exist online prior to Madsen’s August 2016 piece, in which he stated:

What would be Panhandle politics without a dead body? Gaetz’s roommate at Florida State University was reportedly found dead under suspicious circumstances while they were undergraduate students. … Sources close to the investigation of the death, however, told [Wayne Madsen Reports] that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated the death as a possible homicide but the agency was later politically-pressured to rule it a suicide.
Madsen’s being the only source for this claim merits suspicion on its own: He has a history of making wholly baseless claims without evidence. A prominent proponent of the claim that former President Obama is not a U.S. citizen, he has, for example, falsely claimed that Barack Obama had “homosexual trysts” with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Senate majority leader Bill Frist (among others), and Madsen is the author of a self-published book asserting that Obama’s rise to the White House was engineered by the CIA.

Not only is the suspicious “roommate death” claim flawed, but further doubt is cast on its veracity by the fact that we have been unable to identify any contemporaneous press accounts of suspicious deaths of a Florida State University student who could possibly have been a Gaetz roommate between 1999 and 2003. Though an administrator at Florida State University confirmed to us that roughly 30 students with expected graduations between 1999 and 2003 passed away during that time period, we found nothing publicly suggesting a Gaetz link to any case that received press coverage. As such, we consider the claim without merit.

I thought Republicans didn’t think that Snopes is a reliable source of factual information. Because when I’ve posted comments not favorable to the Right with links to Snopes, that’s what I’ve been told.

Anonymous wrote:I believe this thread is ample evidence of why Gaetz didn't want to subject his adopted son to media scrutiny.

Perhaps Mr. Gaetz needs to be sent this thread to see what liberals in DC say when information such as this is made public.

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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.

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Anonymous wrote:Let's not forget Gaetz had a male roommate who overdosed and passed away. I can't find much info on the successful cover up.

..."And what would be Panhandle politics without a dead body? Gaetz’s roommate at Florida State University was reportedly found dead under suspicious circumstances while they were undergraduate students. The same political machine that drove Sansom from office was used to cover up the circumstances of the roommate’s death. Sources close to the investigation of the death, however, told WMR that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated the death as a possible homicide but the agency was later politically-pressured to rule it a suicide. As with Gaetz’s multiple DWIs, the suspicious death of his college roommate was buried by Florida authorities and the university..."

http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/18966

Stop spreading this false crap.
From Snopes:

Death of College Roommate

Mentions of a “suspicious” death of Gaetz’s roommate during his four years at Florida State University between 1999 and 2003, like the claims of seven DUIs, did not exist online prior to Madsen’s August 2016 piece, in which he stated:

What would be Panhandle politics without a dead body? Gaetz’s roommate at Florida State University was reportedly found dead under suspicious circumstances while they were undergraduate students. … Sources close to the investigation of the death, however, told [Wayne Madsen Reports] that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated the death as a possible homicide but the agency was later politically-pressured to rule it a suicide.
Madsen’s being the only source for this claim merits suspicion on its own: He has a history of making wholly baseless claims without evidence. A prominent proponent of the claim that former President Obama is not a U.S. citizen, he has, for example, falsely claimed that Barack Obama had “homosexual trysts” with Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Senate majority leader Bill Frist (among others), and Madsen is the author of a self-published book asserting that Obama’s rise to the White House was engineered by the CIA.

Not only is the suspicious “roommate death” claim flawed, but further doubt is cast on its veracity by the fact that we have been unable to identify any contemporaneous press accounts of suspicious deaths of a Florida State University student who could possibly have been a Gaetz roommate between 1999 and 2003. Though an administrator at Florida State University confirmed to us that roughly 30 students with expected graduations between 1999 and 2003 passed away during that time period, we found nothing publicly suggesting a Gaetz link to any case that received press coverage. As such, we consider the claim without merit.

Anonymous wrote:Or a 19-year-old pool boy, depending on your perspective, I suppose. 🤔 🤔 🤔

Anonymous wrote:Let's not forget Gaetz had a male roommate who overdosed and passed away. I can't find much info on the successful cover up.

..."And what would be Panhandle politics without a dead body? Gaetz’s roommate at Florida State University was reportedly found dead under suspicious circumstances while they were undergraduate students. The same political machine that drove Sansom from office was used to cover up the circumstances of the roommate’s death. Sources close to the investigation of the death, however, told WMR that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigated the death as a possible homicide but the agency was later politically-pressured to rule it a suicide. As with Gaetz’s multiple DWIs, the suspicious death of his college roommate was buried by Florida authorities and the university..."

http://www.intrepidreport.com/archives/18966

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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?

+1

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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.