04-02-2021, 08:46 PM
He’s not a top GOP leader. He’s a junior representative who makes a lot of noise, gets on TV often, and pulls whatever stunts he can get away with.
“At one point during Gaetz's first term, staff for then-House Speaker Paul Ryan held a short meeting with Gaetz in the Capitol, where they had a discussion with Gaetz about acting professionally while in Congress, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting. One source said the conversation wasn't tied to a specific incident. Ryan didn't directly have a conversation with Gaetz.
“Gaetz's spokesperson denied that he was ever reprimanded by Ryan or his staff. "That did not happen, no meeting with the speaker or his staff," the spokesperson said.”
That’s a structural failure if the Speaker will not personally handle such matters. Can the hierarchy of power really be so delegated to staff? These people do not listen to “staff.”
Then again if this so sensitive to the job security of the two staffers such they won’t come forward publicly, maybe it’s best if they just STFU.
“At one point during Gaetz's first term, staff for then-House Speaker Paul Ryan held a short meeting with Gaetz in the Capitol, where they had a discussion with Gaetz about acting professionally while in Congress, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting. One source said the conversation wasn't tied to a specific incident. Ryan didn't directly have a conversation with Gaetz.
“Gaetz's spokesperson denied that he was ever reprimanded by Ryan or his staff. "That did not happen, no meeting with the speaker or his staff," the spokesperson said.”
That’s a structural failure if the Speaker will not personally handle such matters. Can the hierarchy of power really be so delegated to staff? These people do not listen to “staff.”
Then again if this so sensitive to the job security of the two staffers such they won’t come forward publicly, maybe it’s best if they just STFU.