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beaglelover

(4,051 posts)
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 12:24 PM Tuesday

MTG Threatens To Expose "Secret Sexual Payoffs" By Republicans If They Release Matt Gaetz's Ethics Report

“For my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate. If we are going to release ethics reports and rip apart our own that Trump has appointed, then put it ALL out there for the American people to see.

Yes..all the ethics reports and claims including the one I filed. All your sexual harassment and assault claims that were secretly settled paying off victims with tax payer money. The entire Jeffrey Epstein files, tapes, recordings, witness interviews. But not just those, there’s more, Epstein wasn’t/isn’t the only asset.

“If we’re going to dance, let’s all dance in the sunlight. I’ll make sure we do.” – Marjorie Taylor Greene, posting to X.



This could get very interesting!

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MTG Threatens To Expose "Secret Sexual Payoffs" By Republicans If They Release Matt Gaetz's Ethics Report (Original Post) beaglelover Tuesday OP
Did MTG just grow a pair?? NoMoreRepugs Tuesday #1
I think the entire list needs released and how much money jimfields33 Tuesday #24
Voters did not care that Trump was convicted of rape and has paid money to keep it quiet. ...I have to riversedge Tuesday #111
No Sane1 Tuesday #29
Not cool Lunabell Tuesday #90
Agree soandso Tuesday #125
Breasts? Or do you subscribe to the theory that only male genitals provide courage? Bernardo de La Paz Tuesday #51
Actually. In this political climate so far, those with the utmost zorbasd Tuesday #93
No.. She just wants a payoff herself. However, I am sure there is enough slime among the GOP to go around. Jit423 Tuesday #55
No, she just wants to protect Gaetz, and she is using the right tactic because she just painted all these Escurumbele Tuesday #120
No. She knows they will never release the report so she's just blowing smoke. Solomon Tuesday #128
Don't threaten me with a good time, Marge. n/t Hugin Tuesday #2
MTG: I know there's a bunch of Pedos and Pervs in the GOP. I'll only expose you if you leak this. TheBlackAdder Tuesday #42
Mtg 90-percent Tuesday #57
The irony here is palpable underpants Tuesday #3
Start with Maga empty traitor Greene's sordid past dweller Tuesday #4
This is what Cawthorn got thrown out of the party for. Just mentioning how much corruption there is will do BComplex Tuesday #47
And she'll sic a Jewish Space Laser louis-t Tuesday #5
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! Lunabell Tuesday #91
Go for it Marge! yellowcanine Tuesday #6
. BoRaGard Tuesday #7
Please proceed, Margie! ms liberty Tuesday #8
Yes please. Callie1979 Tuesday #65
Never mind. I see it's twitter. n/t OneGrassRoot Tuesday #9
It looks like a screenshot of a tweet. Hugin Tuesday #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Fla Dem Tuesday #62
It's real! OneGrassRoot Tuesday #104
!!! Hugin Tuesday #114
How is that not blackmail? meadowlander Tuesday #10
That's what I was thinking Mossfern Tuesday #40
(sigh) Conjuay Tuesday #116
The point here is: MisterProton Tuesday #132
Recommended. H2O Man Tuesday #11
We paid for the US House's Ethics Investigation magicarpet Tuesday #18
Never thought Delphinus Tuesday #70
We paid for the Mueller report too. magicarpet Tuesday #113
That insufferable talking horse needs a new salt lick. Basso8vb Tuesday #13
I have often thought that the media should refer to her as "horse-faced Marjorie Taylor Greene". MMBeilis Tuesday #103
Does Marge have juicy photo to enter into the Congressional Record,... magicarpet Tuesday #14
Be sure marjorie to show yourself having sex with possums, dog, cats, alligators and TRUMP !!!! Trueblue1968 Tuesday #58
Be sure to include TFA's peccadilloes! Zorro Tuesday #15
Sounds good to me. LisaL Tuesday #16
here are links Native Tuesday #17
Seems popular :D soandso Tuesday #129
Do it ellemb Tuesday #19
Yes, please. Let's do that. MineralMan Tuesday #20
What in the world is happening in the Republican caucus? Prairie Gates Tuesday #21
This is the party that just beat us. Fish700 Tuesday #123
Er...OK buddy Prairie Gates Tuesday #126
Does she have firsthand experience getting a payoff? Liberal In Texas Tuesday #22
And, this is exactly where we are at today! bluestarone Tuesday #23
Well, keep in mind soandso Tuesday #130
So, MTG has all this secret sexual stuff against republicans that she is hiding. keithbvadu2 Tuesday #25
Oh you mean there are more degenerate republicans? Tadpole Raisin Tuesday #26
The real question is are there any that aren't degenerate? Wiz Imp Tuesday #112
MTG and Gaetz were an item. Irish_Dem Tuesday #27
I doubt it as she's not his type, she's not a teenager. surfered Tuesday #30
ha ha ha Irish_Dem Tuesday #35
Seems I recall an old saying that applies here: bluesbassman Tuesday #73
Yep. Irish_Dem Tuesday #78
They both do. bluesbassman Tuesday #96
Everyone in DC appears to detest Gaetz. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #138
Wasn't Gaetz cozying bdamomma Tuesday #137
Oh yes. You are so right. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #139
Maybe he has a thing for I.Q.s under 18 as well steelyboo Tuesday #69
I'm sure she has Gaetz pegged. MineralMan Tuesday #53
Not sure Trump wants the Epstein files open. surfered Tuesday #28
Oh, I'm sure a lot of people don't soandso Tuesday #133
'Kay. dchill Tuesday #31
.... markie Tuesday #32
Is her kissing of Trump's over ample ass to get a cabinet seat considered a "sexual payoff"? Ping Tung Tuesday #33
Okay..fine by me jfz9580m Tuesday #34
Easy peasy JustAnotherGen Tuesday #36
So, mtg is admitting that Republicans in congress are compromised? Baitball Blogger Tuesday #37
The taxpayer has every right to the report- we paid for it Stargazer99 Tuesday #38
Dang. I actually agree with this loathsome idiot for once. LearnedHand Tuesday #39
So she's literally holding back on info, because it's party over country. themaguffin Tuesday #41
Yup, it always has been zorbasd Tuesday #97
Every cable news bobble-head ought to be saying that she's got nothing and is RockRaven Tuesday #43
Perhaps she will reveal the Jam 6 bomber. Conjuay Tuesday #119
Makes you wonder why they're so adamant about GoCubsGo Tuesday #44
OMG -- am agreeing with mtg. OMG. Gotta go lie down. nt allegorical oracle Tuesday #45
If you're going to stand up to a child rapist... WOW onecaliberal Tuesday #46
It's better than standing up FOR a child rapist. calimary Tuesday #48
Which she IS doing. onecaliberal Tuesday #56
Wait til I get my popcorn. Norbert Tuesday #49
I read this as a blackmail threat not a moment of courage. bronxiteforever Tuesday #50
Let's goooooooooooooo! Akakoji Tuesday #52
Please proceed, *expletive*, RandySF Tuesday #54
I'll drink to that. What fun. sinkingfeeling Tuesday #59
Window meet Marge... MiHale Tuesday #60
Yep. Marge might want to avoid any invitations for teatime... keep_left Tuesday #63
This needs to be ALL OVER MSNBC and CNN tonight! It better be!!! It shows just how totally corrupt this BComplex Tuesday #61
they truly are a bunch of sick, projecting fux ecstatic Tuesday #64
Memo to MTG: BattleRow Tuesday #66
For once. I agree with her. The kacekwl Tuesday #67
The GOP house of ill repute. CentralMass Tuesday #68
All a bag of rats! LW1977 Tuesday #71
Please proceed Marge. AllyCat Tuesday #72
Let them fight! Initech Tuesday #74
Hey MTG, DO IT!! Lets air ALLLLL the dirty laundry FlyingPiggy Tuesday #75
Let me get out my pom-poms so I can cheerlead this effort Hekate Tuesday #76
🍿 aeromanKC Tuesday #77
A thread is good only if people who have something to hide think she will follow thru karynnj Tuesday #79
Oooh, I can't decide which I want more ... can't I just have both ? nt eppur_se_muova Tuesday #80
Yes please! I'll have a serving of that! Hope22 Tuesday #81
Oh look, leopards eating their own faces. CaptainTruth Tuesday #82
That's Trump talking, MTG's just following orders. sop Tuesday #83
Party of cilla4progress Tuesday #84
MAD, aka Mutually Assured Destruction: It's not just about nuke anymore Attilatheblond Tuesday #85
Do it Marge. spanone Tuesday #86
Works for me. You know what they say about sunlight. Vinca Tuesday #87
That will show em, do it Marjorie. Emile Tuesday #88
Best idea she's ever had. Lunabell Tuesday #89
You go girl! But what about January 5th 2021 at the Willard Hotel DC? NT bee_peaceful Tuesday #92
Continue Congresswoman Mblaze Tuesday #94
So she is aware of criminal conspiracies amongst GOP lawmakers Mr.WeRP Tuesday #95
It's way bigger than just the GOP soandso Tuesday #134
I wonder if he bonked her orangecrush Tuesday #98
snork. hem. ahhhh excuse me ? AllaN01Bear Tuesday #99
So to cover up sex crimes she wants to expose other people's sex crimes? This is how government works now tulipsandroses Tuesday #100
If released, trump voters will adorn them all-the-more. C Moon Tuesday #101
Like we need more incentive to release the report relayerbob Tuesday #102
Nothing new here, spill it spokry toes. Most of us figured out that you and your party are filth. Autumn Tuesday #105
WTF PhilG Tuesday #106
Send it. Old Crank Tuesday #107
OTOH, how naive is Marge to believe that her Republican compatriots no_hypocrisy Tuesday #108
Right !!! They know where she buried her bodies too !! uponit7771 Tuesday #118
Eating their own, I love it. As soon as the elections were over, republicans started eating their own, and bickering SWBTATTReg Tuesday #109
Her Marge... Zambero Tuesday #110
Now thats what I call transparency Ruby the Liberal Tuesday #115
To borrow a phrase I heard in a film once............ DFW Tuesday #117
Ah, the times when they eat their own sakabatou Tuesday #121
So wait, the congress Karen knows shit going on but Javaman Tuesday #122
Fuck, yes! soandso Tuesday #124
She is saying that: Yes our party is full of perverts ThoughtCriminal Tuesday #127
MTG bdamomma Tuesday #131
This is MTG's Moment Blue Owl Tuesday #135
In my best Homer Simpson voice... DiamondShark Tuesday #136

jimfields33

(18,837 posts)
24. I think the entire list needs released and how much money
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:04 PM
Tuesday

was paid out. Yep. I include the Democratic Party involved as well. I’m sorry. But that’s complete BS that this is even a thing and it’s hidden? BS!!!!!

riversedge

(73,118 posts)
111. Voters did not care that Trump was convicted of rape and has paid money to keep it quiet. ...I have to
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 04:33 PM
Tuesday

wonder if they will care if other politicians are exposed.

soandso

(1,155 posts)
125. Agree
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:52 PM
Tuesday

Nobody, friend nor foe, has ever accused of her being timid. This is a load of bullshit that US taxpayers have been paying off people making sexual assault allegations and that fund has been around a very long time so we're probably talking significant money.

zorbasd

(201 posts)
93. Actually. In this political climate so far, those with the utmost
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:02 PM
Tuesday

courage have been those without male genitalia, and the weakest cowards have been those that have male genitalia.

Jit423

(276 posts)
55. No.. She just wants a payoff herself. However, I am sure there is enough slime among the GOP to go around.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:04 PM
Tuesday

Including what is sticking to MTG. I am just waiting for someone on the inside to" F it" and let it all hang out.

Escurumbele

(3,612 posts)
120. No, she just wants to protect Gaetz, and she is using the right tactic because she just painted all these
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:36 PM
Tuesday

corrupt perverts in a corner, they must all be running in circles right now not knowing where to go. All the pedophile stuff they were accusing Hillary about? Its all them...and they know it, and the orgies, the sexual abuse, etc., etc., etc.

TheBlackAdder

(28,907 posts)
42. MTG: I know there's a bunch of Pedos and Pervs in the GOP. I'll only expose you if you leak this.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:36 PM
Tuesday

Otherwise, I'm OK keeping your perversions secret. (If you keep mine secret *wink* *wink*)

90-percent

(6,890 posts)
57. Mtg
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:05 PM
Tuesday

Last edited Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:52 PM - Edit history (1)

She's a soldier doing more than her share to ruin her entire party and/or help send her republic party's colleagues to prison, solitary confinement, home arrest, and we should all do a go fund me to do a commercial of her getting a Hannibal lichter get up forced on her by the entire chamber at the state of the union address. Humiliating herself in the hopes tfg will some day find her attractive enough to take to lunch with Mike pious gym jorden, James comer and other traitors that should be sadistically punished at the superbowl half time show.

-80% jimmy

BComplex

(9,074 posts)
47. This is what Cawthorn got thrown out of the party for. Just mentioning how much corruption there is will do
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:53 PM
Tuesday

this to a republican representative. They circle their wagons and stay in line for a reason. They are all so corrupt that they have to vote alike for fear of exposure.

But you know what? The maga base doesn't CARE how corrupt they are. In fact, they like it.

Response to Hugin (Reply #12)

OneGrassRoot

(23,421 posts)
104. It's real!
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:21 PM
Tuesday

I had asked if it was on twitter or truth social but found it on twitter. It’s real. 🙂

MisterProton

(58 posts)
132. The point here is:
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:49 PM
Tuesday

Only someone guilty of those crimes has any standing to call it threat to them. Exactly who do you expect to shout from the rooftops they were molesting minors and its not fair they might be outed?

magicarpet

(16,501 posts)
113. We paid for the Mueller report too.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:16 PM
Tuesday

The one that said Russia helped djt win the 2016 election. Djt obstructed justice and witness tampered and Robert Mueller said he should be prosecuted after his four year term ends in 2021. William Barr released a redacted copy of that report and then gave up a bullshit story that djt did nothing illegal. Barr never released the unredacted report to the public or the media.

Merrick Garland has the unredacted report at DOJ. Why the hell has that Mueller Report never been released to the public ? The tax paying public paid for that investigation and the final Mueller Report, fork it over.

magicarpet

(16,501 posts)
14. Does Marge have juicy photo to enter into the Congressional Record,...
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 12:41 PM
Tuesday

... and wave around the well of the US House ? Dick pics are MTG favorite way to communicate.

soandso

(1,155 posts)
130. Well, keep in mind
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:44 PM
Tuesday

that if she were to release that info it isn't just her party that would be mortified. I'm here for it, though. Let the chips fall where they may because congress having a taxpayer funded slush fund to pay people off is something we shouldn't tolerate.

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
27. MTG and Gaetz were an item.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:08 PM
Tuesday

Recall the summer they spent together barnstorming across the country giving speeches
and doing rallies. They posted all these cosy selfies of the two together beaming.

We know Gaetz is a drug addict and we guess Marge is one too, her steroid use is fairly evident.

Right after the Gaetz/MTG summer of love, Marge's husband files for what looks like
is going to be a nasty divorce with him telling all. But then he immediately goes radio silent.
Marge must have paid the hubby everything he wanted to go quietly.

Marge is worried the report might name her in some of the wrong doing. So she is blackmailing her
colleagues in public.

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
35. ha ha ha
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:20 PM
Tuesday

I will try to put this delicately.

It is well known that Gaetz will have sex with anything and everyone.
Consensual or not.

bluesbassman

(19,823 posts)
73. Seems I recall an old saying that applies here:
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:29 PM
Tuesday

“He’d f#*k a pile of rocks if he thought there was a snake in it.”

Well Empty Greene is dumb as a pile of rocks and she is a snake so there you go.

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
138. Everyone in DC appears to detest Gaetz.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:53 AM
20 hrs ago

I think the same with MTG.

And there are a lot of sleaze bags in DC, the bar is low.
And they cannot even stand these two.

Irish_Dem

(57,309 posts)
139. Oh yes. You are so right.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 08:55 AM
20 hrs ago

If you recall after Marge and Gaetz had their summer of love and then Marge's hubby filed for a nasty divorce,
Marge and Gaetz break up.

Then Boebert is the new girlfriend and she and Marge had shouting matches which got physical right
in the capital building. It was reported in the press.

We can assume they were fighting over Gaetz if you can imagine that.

soandso

(1,155 posts)
133. Oh, I'm sure a lot of people don't
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:54 PM
Tuesday

Epstein was an asset of intel agencies and that's why he didn't commit suicide.

LearnedHand

(4,032 posts)
39. Dang. I actually agree with this loathsome idiot for once.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:24 PM
Tuesday

You go girl!

(🤮 for everything else you are and stand for though)

RockRaven

(16,261 posts)
43. Every cable news bobble-head ought to be saying that she's got nothing and is
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:42 PM
Tuesday

just talking shit -- see if you can bait her into actually revealing something to prove that she does too know secrets. Call her a liar and a dumbass etc and see if you can get her mad enough to blurt out something specific.

GoCubsGo

(33,005 posts)
44. Makes you wonder why they're so adamant about
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:43 PM
Tuesday

installing Rapey McForehead as Attorney General. I'm starting to think that I need to replenish my popcorn supply. Here's hoping they destroy each other before they do much more damage to this country and its democracy.

bronxiteforever

(9,401 posts)
50. I read this as a blackmail threat not a moment of courage.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 01:58 PM
Tuesday

She wants to release stuff if Gaetz’s file is released, otherwise no. Her message is don’t screw with Trump’s pick and it will all stay under cover. Not a hero.
Her purpose is NON disclosure.

keep_left

(2,412 posts)
63. Yep. Marge might want to avoid any invitations for teatime...
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:11 PM
Tuesday

...or rides in small planes. If she actually knows anything and this isn't just an idle threat, then she better watch her back!

BComplex

(9,074 posts)
61. This needs to be ALL OVER MSNBC and CNN tonight! It better be!!! It shows just how totally corrupt this
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:08 PM
Tuesday

republican party has become.

If the news tries to gloss over this, or tries to bury it, well, that's all anybody needs to know.

ecstatic

(34,367 posts)
64. they truly are a bunch of sick, projecting fux
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:11 PM
Tuesday

All the gaslighting and pretending that it's the democrats who are sick people. No. It's them. 100%.

They cover for each other and it's disgusting.

If she has that type of information, why not release it now?

kacekwl

(7,504 posts)
67. For once. I agree with her. The
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:18 PM
Tuesday

Democratic congress should drag her up to testify under oath about what she knows. Let's go time is wasting.

karynnj

(59,934 posts)
79. A thread is good only if people who have something to hide think she will follow thru
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:39 PM
Tuesday

The fact is that enough of the Gaetz stuff is already known by too many people. Namely the entire ethics committee and other Republicans in the House who have in the past accused him. You could say this is all hearsay, but we know there is a report and Gaetz could demand its release if it exonerated him.

As to publicly leaking the foibles of Republican senators it is a pretty weak threat because the leadership of her own party will stop her.

I wonder if someone in Trump's orbit did this to get rid of him. Remember he was a key player in the various difficulties in getting a speaker. Now that he has resigned, the Schumer led Senate is clearly not working on setting up confirmation hearing. Meanwhile it is Florida's interest to start the process to fill the empty seat. It may be that he will miss the opportunity to run if he is still Trump's nominee when deadlines pass.

Think about it. Trump replaces him with someone like Jeffery Clark. FL will elect a Republican from that superred district. Speaker Johnson has the same number of Republicans and potentially one less troublemaker

sop

(11,176 posts)
83. That's Trump talking, MTG's just following orders.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:44 PM
Tuesday

Trump is threatening to destroy elected Republicans if they don't give him what he wants.

Attilatheblond

(4,293 posts)
85. MAD, aka Mutually Assured Destruction: It's not just about nuke anymore
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 02:46 PM
Tuesday

ROFL at openly blackmailing one's congressional colleagues to protect the slimiest of the slime balls.

You go, Marge! Keep pissing off the rest of the good ol boys and see what it gets you.

Mr.WeRP

(572 posts)
95. So she is aware of criminal conspiracies amongst GOP lawmakers
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:07 PM
Tuesday

And yet hasn’t referred these cases to law enforcement? Hmmm

soandso

(1,155 posts)
134. It's way bigger than just the GOP
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 11:02 PM
Tuesday

That slush fund belongs to congress (i.e., both parties) and threatening to expose that and the Epstein stuff has probably got a shit ton of DC players sweating. She needs to be careful.

tulipsandroses

(6,211 posts)
100. So to cover up sex crimes she wants to expose other people's sex crimes? This is how government works now
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:20 PM
Tuesday

Depressing.

It never ceases to amaze me how the party that wants to regulate other people's sex lives - consenting adults - have so many deviant and often criminal tendencies.

Autumn

(46,280 posts)
105. Nothing new here, spill it spokry toes. Most of us figured out that you and your party are filth.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:22 PM
Tuesday

Why else are they all kneeling down to lick the sweat off his balls when most of them couldn't stand him? Democrats aren't stupid.

no_hypocrisy

(48,778 posts)
108. OTOH, how naive is Marge to believe that her Republican compatriots
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:30 PM
Tuesday

haven't been keeping a dossier on HER all this time?

They know they can't trust her.

Certain that it's a fat dossier with photos and stuff.

SWBTATTReg

(24,085 posts)
109. Eating their own, I love it. As soon as the elections were over, republicans started eating their own, and bickering
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:32 PM
Tuesday

on just about everything else. I can already tell that this Congress isn't going to be a sure thing, for republicans. Especially if they get some crazy nonsense stuff, which will happen eventually.

But next time around, I don't a 'Biden' in office, I don't want a 'Garland' in office.

I want someone w/ some savvy, some smarts, and not afraid of their own shadow or are too timid to push the rules somewhat.

How many 'bigshots' that Garland nail for the 1/6 riots? NONE.

What a profound disappointment. Pres. Biden, on the other hand, did do a decent job, although I think going for a 2nd term was too much as folks realized (maybe people were afraid to say something to him, after all, I wouldn't say something like you're too old! to a friend of mine). I do respect age a lot, experience does indeed go a long ways.

Javaman

(63,100 posts)
122. So wait, the congress Karen knows shit going on but
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:42 PM
Tuesday

Chooses to keep quiet about but when gaetz is to be exposed then she wants to do the right thing?

How truly fucked up is that?

But then it begs the question, the elephant in the room question, why is she covering for gaetz? And it ain’t because they are part of the “loudmouth faction”, there is something else going on here

What does gaetz have on her?

ThoughtCriminal

(14,280 posts)
127. She is saying that: Yes our party is full of perverts
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 10:08 PM
Tuesday

And is also admitting that it has been covered up. No one near her was smart enough to explain this or she just gave them a blank look.

This won't get the attention it deserves, but she is going to have to figure out a way to walk this threat back.

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