just so i have this-
YESTERDAY matt gaetz threw one of his extremely on brand temper tantrums b/c his black colleague dared assert the failure of the ENTIRELY WHITE (SAVE ONE, lone will hurd) republican house delegation to appreciate the fears of black ppl raising black children.
TODAY he tells us that argued so passionately about his ability to empathize b/c he, himself, was a father raising a cuban "son."

his SISTER puts up 6 pictures and a video to support this claim while using the language of "came into our lives."

KATIE HILL supports this claim-
and the REALITY of the situation is......that the son in question......is the brother of a woman gaetz used to date (at least that's what i've pieced together so far).

look. no one is shitting on matt gaetz b/c he was good to a kid that he took a shine to.
no one is saying that's an insignificant thing.

and i think most of us are aware of the fact that *many* circumstances arise where ppl build families from friends and community members.
what is ENTIRELY RIDICULOUS-
is USHERING A PERSON TO THE FORE-
as a checkmate for your haphazard theatrics, and shoddy, uninformed, RACIST politics.

what's DOUBLY RIDICULOUS?

calling a person your son just b/c it's convenient.
LOTS of relationships present themselves in a myriad of ways....

but let's not tread so far into grace that we pretend words no longer hold meaning.

matt gaetz is an attention-seeking liar.
he was yesterday. he is today.
you don't have to bend over backwards to afford this guy the benefit of the doubt.
and let me just say this...

MOST politicians with children try their LEVEL BEST to keep them out of the spotlight. that is an entirely normal thing.

do you know how many politicians HIDE children (that aren't the byproduct of extramarital affairs)? 0.

b/c that's ridiculous.
he's lying.

he has a close relationship with this kid, and has apparently welcomed him into his family. and that's wonderful.

but he trotted him out today in an attempt to shut down a man giving voice to the validity of black life.

and that is trash.
source: https://twitter.com/josefelixdiaz/status/1273714943569920004?s=20
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