Unfortunately Gaetz' resignation from Congress only affected the current term he's serving in the House and not the upcoming term to which he was just re-elected to serve.
Nobody get's it. He resigned from THIS term, but has won reelection, so he will be back in January. This was all a tactic. Nothing has changed except now he get's away with it all and stays in Congress.
You're right. Powell v McCormack (1969): as long as a Congressman is legally elected, they cannot be stopped from taking office, regardless of what has happened/been revealed since the election.
Yes, he resigned... which applies to his *current* term. He also got re-elected in November & that term would start in 2025. He can legally be sworn in when the new Congress begins in January.
Florida's 1st is solidly R, sadly. I guess a less-bad version of Gaetz, while feeling like a Pyrrhic victory, is still less-bad. So that's a net-positive?
Gaetz resigned his current seat in the current congress.
He won reelection so he could come back in January to claim a seat in the new congresss.
He has no shame, so I fully expect that.
The question is, will Gaetz go back to congress in 2025? He did win his seat in 2024 prior to quitting. I could be wrong, but I think that clown can still be a thorn in our sides.
It does look a bit sketchy. I think the next question would be, would they start the investigation back up? He made no friends on his side of the isle.
It wont matter a damn. Gaetz not being AG means nothing. TrAmp will appoint some yes man still. And Gaetz will likely get away with his diddling kids. The only thing we can do is release ALL of the damning evidence while we can.
But Gaetz hasn't won anything. He's just dropped out of something. How is not winning and quitting part of a "Winners mentality?" Or, for that matter, any mentality?
So, what does this mean now that he’s withdrawing? I’d love it if it means he can’t go back to being a representative, but I get the feeling they’ll let him back because the bar is subterranean at this point.
I mean I feel like he mostly resigned to disrupt the congressional investigation into him being a pedo and a sex trafficker so he still got away with that
Unfortunately, Florida it’s infinite wisdomlessness re-elected him.
So, here’s this guy who is just abhorrent enough to be unacceptable in a really important cabinet post, but in the opinion of Florida he’s just fine in congress.
😵💫
So ……Florida.
I’m half-expecting Gaetz to turn up at the nearest Covenant House as a volunteer, offering to help at-risk female teens who’re struggling with substance abuse issues by eg sending Venmo payments for “tuition” to them.
Gaetz could accept his seat in the next Congress (but then he must answer for the Ethics Committee).
Or... he could accept the seat of Marco Rubio and potentially fill out that term (avoiding ethics claims... possibly?)
from what I've read, he also renounced his elected seat for the next term, and his backup plan is lobbying, which is far more lucrative, and easier to hide his sexual shenanigans.
Yup, Gaetz knows what happened to George Santos last year, & knows he’s likely face censure & expulsion if he dared to show up in the House in Jan to take the Congressional oath, as those allegations aren’t going away as if by magic…
Resigns from Congress to keep the Ethics report locked up.
Withdraws from the AG nomination because the Ethics report might be entered as part of the process.
Ethics report hacked anyway and parts are starting to show up in the public eye.
Will these 'winners' ever get tired of all their 'winning'?
I'm new to Bluesky, I haven't followed that many people yet and I'm not sure I want to. As it stands my feed is nothing but George Takei being unfathomly based, and it's very pleasant lmfao.
Sacks you’re a delusional maga. Shame on SF for allowing these people who have lost brains while collecting some$ and think they know SO MUCH. Karma will get you
It's my understanding it is for this session of Congress only. He was re-elected and will be back where he came from when the next session commences. So the "no going back" part is pure bs.
Gaetz resigned his seat for the AG job, but he only resigned from this Congress, not the next one. He was re-elected Nov. 5th. He hasn't said he won't be taking the oath for his seat in January.
Well he was re-elected so I assume he will take the oath on January 2 and be right back where he left off.
He's just taking a little vacation right now.
I love how not only ar we probably going to get him to go to trial, but that he is now unemployed and no longer being a moron in Congress. It almost makes me wish that Trump would no I ate EmptyG for something just so we can finally get her out.
David Sacks is the dumbest motherfucker I’ve ever read. For a long time I tired to figure out if he was genuinely stupid, or if it was artful trolling. I don’t think it’s an act.
He clearly knew that if he resigned, then Mike Johnson would kill the report. He knew Trump would nominate and support him. He didn't expect Republican Senators to have a spine.
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I mentally put a curse on him whenever I walk by his monstrously large home in SF.
He still owns it?
Just KIDDING ... ooh, too soon?
He won reelection so he could come back in January to claim a seat in the new congresss.
He has no shame, so I fully expect that.
If one of the young sexual assault victims chose to pursue a CIVIL CRIMINAL complaint….
Could they?
So, here’s this guy who is just abhorrent enough to be unacceptable in a really important cabinet post, but in the opinion of Florida he’s just fine in congress.
😵💫
So ……Florida.
I’m half-expecting Gaetz to turn up at the nearest Covenant House as a volunteer, offering to help at-risk female teens who’re struggling with substance abuse issues by eg sending Venmo payments for “tuition” to them.
Or... he could accept the seat of Marco Rubio and potentially fill out that term (avoiding ethics claims... possibly?)
https://bsky.app/profile/feefer2.bsky.social/post/3lbi3hq3w522g
Withdraws from the AG nomination because the Ethics report might be entered as part of the process.
Ethics report hacked anyway and parts are starting to show up in the public eye.
Will these 'winners' ever get tired of all their 'winning'?
And how does a woman married to him put up with all this! Crazy!
Now they’ll start the Hunter Biden talk for cover.
🙏
Boldly going forward 'cause we can't find reverse.
He's just taking a little vacation right now.
Gaetz will now be a Senator in Fla.
You're definitely not going to like the Gaetz replacement.
https://apnews.com/article/gaetz-trump-fbi-justice-department-248b46ba0c882dd46d661568e8bd3bd7
Chasing power and attention over all else.
He is a bad person and I bet every decent person that knows him hates him.