Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has been one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress, but at what cost? According to the Miami Times, Gaetz’s own sister has come out against the GOP lawmaker over his devotion to Trump.
“A lot of Republicans — and a lot of Trump supporters, specifically — don’t support this garbage. Moreover, they live in reality and know Trump lost,” she wrote on Twitter Wednesday amid the attack on the U.S. Capitol. “If you are one of those people, now is the time to speak up. Denounce this in the strongest, most unequivocal terms. Don’t wait.”
Her comments come after her brother claimed that “they,” meaning Democrats, “fraudulently laundered ballots, votes, voter-registration forms, and then they limited review.”
In his speech on the House floor, Gaetz closed by saying, “we should reject these electors.”
Gaetz also cited a debunked story, claiming that those breaching the Capitol weren’t actually Trump supporters but people “masquerading as Trump supporters and in fact, were members of the violent terrorist group Antifa.”
You can read the tweets below:
A lot of Republicans — and a lot of Trump supporters, specifically — don’t support this garbage. Moreover, they live in reality and know Trump lost.
If you are one of those people, now is the time to speak up. Denounce this in the strongest, most unequivocal terms. Don’t wait.
— Erin Gaetz (@ErinGaetz) January 6, 2021
*be president
— Erin Gaetz (@ErinGaetz) January 6, 2021
You know what comes next? Counter protesters. And escalating violence. People are going to get hurt. Someone might get killed.
It is totally meaningless that Trump told people to remain peaceful now. A completely empty gesture.
You can’t unring the bell.
— Erin Gaetz (@ErinGaetz) January 6, 2021
He didn’t win, and what’s happening now is shameful. This is literally what despotic banana republics do.
— Erin Gaetz (@ErinGaetz) January 6, 2021
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