Matt Gaetz Warns Of Dangers Of Letting Sexual Predators Escape Justice

Matt Gaetz should have been looking into a mirror when he gave a rousing speech on the House floor this week about the dangers of letting sexual predators escape justice. He was speaking against a forced arbitration clause for sexually harassed people in the workforce, but his words also perfectly described the scandal that he is currently embroiled in. Farron Cousins discusses this.

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On Monday of this week, Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz took to the floor of the house of representatives and gave arousing speech about the dangers of letting sexual predators off the hook. And he did this without an inkling of, you know, self-actualization know no introspection there. He legitimately thought we need to take the issue of sexual predators, seriously, which we should, but he doesn't want any of them escaping justice. Now, before I read what he had to say, let's talk about what he's talking about first. And this is a piece of legislation that would dual way with forced arbitration, for individuals who suffer sexual harassment in the workplace. It's a good piece of legislation that is much needed in this country. And Matt Gaetz supports it shocked as you are, right? I mean, this is the guy who voted against legislation to cut down on trafficking, but, uh, he finally realized, wait a minute, I can't keep not supporting these things with everything going on in my personal life. So yeah, probably need to come out with a strong defense of this piece of legislation. And here is what he said. Here is the question presented should sexual harassers who work for big business says get to pick their juries in advance. I believe that the populist nationalist right approach is to believe that the article three courts that we have set up for any and all function as the proper venue, but for tens of millions of American workers, that courthouse door is locked shouldn't.

Now he was talking about the advantage. Now that corporations have in forced arbitration and said that shouldn't be a reason that someone is more likely to have to endure sexual harassment in the workplace, or more likely to evade consequence as a result of predatory behavior, cuz Matt gates of all people to doesn't want anyone to get away with predatory behavior. Um, in case you have just woken up just now from a coma for the last 12 months, let let's go ahead and fill you in on what's happening with Matt gates. Uh, it has now been 12 months since an investigation was revealed, not since it began, but since it was revealed to the public that is ongoing with Matt gates into possibly having sex with underage girls and possibly even tra uh, well, I don't wanna say trafficking, but taking one across the state lines and having sex with her, he didn't take her across state lines to sex with her.

But if you traveled across state lines with a minor and did engage an intercourse with her, then yes, that, that falls under the category of human trafficking laws. And so, yeah, that's a pre a pretty big problem for Matt gates. The investigation is heated up in recent weeks. Um, his good buddy, Joel Greenberg still cooperating his ex-girlfriend who was with him when all of this allegedly happened, uh, with him as a couple. I mean, uh, she's now cooperating. You've even got big Joe Elcot who has agreed to cooperate in Elcot, says that was in the room. And Greenberg made the phone call to Matt gates to say oopsy Daisy's we had sex with a 17 year old. So yeah, little ironic that Matt gates is on the house floor. It's in the house record now forever for posterity saying that we've gotta get tough against these sexual predators. And Matt, I can tell ya, I have never agreed with you more. I really do think we need to do something about the sexual predators. So let's start with the ones in Congress, right? I, I think that's a pretty good place to start.