{"id":47320,"date":"2021-03-31T01:25:03","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T01:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=47320"},"modified":"2021-03-31T01:25:03","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T01:25:03","slug":"is-this-true-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=47320","title":{"rendered":"Is this true? Really?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39447\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39447\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gaetz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39447\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gaetz-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gaetz-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gaetz-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gaetz-1024x679.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/gaetz.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39447\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo By Tom Williams\/CQ Roll Call)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By JOHN KANELIS<\/strong> \/ <a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the realm of a <em>&#8220;couldn&#8217;t happen to a nicer guy&#8221;<\/em> category of reports, this one really blows my mind.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and staunch culture warrior along with being a strident supporter of Donald John Trump, is now being investigated for engaging in a sexual relationship with an underage girl. What&#8217;s more, Gaetz is being looked at in a case of sex trafficking.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to the New York Times. Other media have picked up the story.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz denies the accusation. That&#8217;s to be expected.<\/p>\n<p>What is astonishing in the extreme is that this case involves a loudmouth TEA Party\/Freedom Caucus conservative who holds himself up as a champion of old-fashioned cultural standards.<\/p>\n<p>This guy is a standard, run-of-the-mill chump. Pure and simple. Now he might be a criminal &#8230; <em>allegedly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hypocrisy, anyone?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By JOHN KANELIS \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com In the realm of a &#8220;couldn&#8217;t happen to a nicer guy&#8221; category of reports, this one really blows my mind. U.S. Rep Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican and staunch culture warrior along with being a strident supporter of Donald John Trump, is now being investigated for engaging in a sexual &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=47320\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Is this true? 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