Blaze Media: “The House Ethics Committee ultimately voted in secret to release the report before year’s end”
Gaetz provided a statement on X Wednesday, admitting:
“It’s embarrassing, though not criminal, that I probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked more than I should have earlier in life. I live a different life now.”
Opinion: If what he had done was illegal, he would be in jail, or at least in court.
When we apply a standard to our elected leaders that says “if you’ve ever done anything wrong in life, you’re not qualified to run our country”, we are eliminating a whole lot of really smart capable people. There is certainly a balance we need to find.
With Gaetz, I don’t know what is true vs. untrue. If the guy slept around and smoked some pot in his younger days – who cares.
I have a hard time believing some of the extreme allegations – as I said, he would be in jail at this point if those were true. I think the Democrats pushed so hard on this because he was a strong leader, this was the only way they could beat him.