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Aug 24, 2020 · One of the images that come up in a Google search of the congressman’s name is a mugshot. Gaetz was arrested in 2008, nearly a decade before he was elected to the U.S. Congress. Here’s what ...
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Oct 27, 2019 · Matt Gaetz was arrested for DUI in 2008. In 2014, when he was a state representative, Gaetz mentioned the incident publicly when a fellow lawmaker called for preventing law enforcement from...
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- Seven Duis
- Death of College Roommate
The fact blended into these memes’ fictions is that a mug shot stemming from Gaetz's arrest for driving under the influence is real, as has been acknowledged by the congressman himself and was reportedby the Tampa Bay Times in 2014: A controversy ensued when charges against Gaetz, whose father was a member of the Florida State Senate at the time, w...
In terms of what is accessible via public records, the 2008 arrest is Gaetz’s only recorded DUI. Despite that, several memes and articles make the claim that Gaetz has had at least seven DUI arrests. The earliest iteration of this claim appears to stem from an August 29, 2016, post written by conspiracy theoristWayne Madsen, who stated: "Matt Gaetz...
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: Madsen's being the only source for this claim merits suspicion on its own: He has a history of making wholly basele...
Matt Gaetz’s 2008 DUI arrest resurfaces after jab at Hunter Biden’s substance abuse. Here’s what happened. Gaetz declined a breathalyzer test, but the charges were dropped anyway.
Oct 31, 2019 · “Republican Matt Gaetz has had numerous DUIs and his dad got him off each time,” read the Facebook posts, accompanied by a mugshot of Gaetz. “He was part of a company that had to pay 75...
Apr 8, 2021 · Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) takes part in a television news interview outside the US Capitol on June 25, 2020. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images
Dec 12, 2019 · According to the officer, Gaetz, then 26, was driving a BMW SUV registered to his state senator father and fumbled for his license and registration, had bloodshot and watery eyes, and swayed and ...
