Jason Delgado
Congressman Matt Gaetz on Tuesday suggested Philadelphia’s recent civil unrest may work against Democrats on Election Day.
Riots, looting, and police confrontations emerged Monday in the hours after a 27-year-old Black man, Walter Wallace Jr., was fatally shot by police when he ignored orders to drop a knife. At least 30 police officers have been injured during the riots, prompting Gov. Tom Wolf to deploy several hundred National Guardsmen to help contain the unrest.
Notably, the riots take place in Pennsylvania, a battleground state, just days before the Nov. 3 election. President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden have made frequent campaign stops in the state.
“Here’s my hot take: These riots do not help the cause of the Democrats,” Gaetz said on his podcast, Hot Takes with Matt Gaetz. “Increasingly persuadable voters, suburban voters, female voters are not comfortable with any political movement that embraces riots and destruction.”
The City of Brotherly Love is the latest town to experience unrest after a police shooting. Protests and riots in cities ranging from New York and Seattle to Minneapolis and Kenosha have seized national attention and become a contentious issue in the 2020 election.
Trump’s campaign and the White House have looked to capitalize on the duress by portraying Trump as a champion of law and order. In a statement issued Wednesday, the White House described the Philadelphia riots as “the most recent consequence of the liberal Democrats’ war against the police” and added that Trump “stands proudly with law enforcement.”
Gaetz, a Panhandle Congressman known for his loyalty to the President, has echoed the law and order narrative in his podcast and on the Trump campaign trail.
“Some of my colleagues in Congress called it the Kenosha Effect,” he said. “Where the risk to safety and security and normal life has caused a lot of folks to abandon ‘woketopian’ politics for order, for security for normalcy. In Philadelphia right now, we don’t see that.”
The state of Pennsylvania has 20 electoral votes and more than 9 million registered voters.
8 comments
S B ANTHONY
October 28, 2020 at 4:41 pm
Nobody cares what Gaetz’s crystal ball says.
Sonja Fitch
October 28, 2020 at 5:05 pm
Gaetz your constituents are living and trying to survive another damn hurricane! Stfu bsing for the goptrump death cult leader Trump! Those folks in the Panhandle know you are just full of hot air! Vote Democrat up and down ballot for the common good!
Dr John McMahon
October 29, 2020 at 2:37 am
Matt Gaetz is laughing at you communist morons over your manufactured covid panic porn and is also preparing for his eventual Presidential victory! Our President Donald Trump really enjoyed your fascist leftists reaction to the NEW SCOTUS Judge for life, Amy Coney Barrett WOW! Sorry but you FAILED miserably at impeaching the God sent President Donald Trump and then tried to destroy Judge Barrett with that lying skank Mazzi Horono no vote, so it’s just a little payback right? How does defeat taste? Ps EVEN If the perverted zombie China puppet uncle Joe wins , President Trump has plans to run again again in 2024!
James Robert Miles
October 29, 2020 at 7:10 am
Just more B.S. from the quack “doctor” who doesn’t have a clue! Everybody is a communist if they don’t agree with you? Go back under your rock you fake “doctor” just like your fake president. If there is a real God, Trump goes down in November and he can take you and all your fascist B.S. with him! Notice to “Dr.” quack, Trump can’t run again unless you and your ilk plan to overthrow the government which would come as no surprise, idiot! YOU AND YOUR KIND HATE AMERICA AND EVERYTHING THAT IT IS SUPPOSED TO STAND FOR!! VOTE HIM OUT, LOCK HIM UP!! DUMP TRUMP 2020. We need a real man as President, not one who wears make-up, spray om tan and dyes his hair!!
maritza
October 29, 2020 at 7:11 am
It certainly is not going to help biden. The vast silent majority is sick and disgusted of seeing/hearing about riots which have happened all spring, and summer long, and now continuing into the fall.
The dems who control these urban cities sit on their thumbs while their cities burn. We the PEOPLE, the people who work everyday, say enough.
We will reelect Trump, and we will see law enforcement do their jobs and put an end to these riots.
Dr John McMahon
October 29, 2020 at 1:35 pm
Wow I got to TRIGGER my favorite timid SNOWFLAKE James with THREE names!! Lmao, I will alert my students today who love to laugh at YOU and the bitter failed elderly teacher Sonja Flinch, that the man (?) with three names has convinced himself , no physician could possibly be a conservative . James, free advice as a friend . I strongly recommend that you begin testosterone therapy today and drink more water as you sound severely under educated and dehydrated! Avoid SOY! Your Welcome! No charge! MAGA! 2024!
Dr John McMahon
October 29, 2020 at 1:49 pm
Ps !! Like I said James with three names……. IF China Joe wins 2020 which he won’t,….. Trump CAN run again in 2024 JAMES! OUCH! Oh NOOOO! PLEASE try a little easy research before you make a fool out of yourself in front of thousands who read this forum. Thankfully it’s understandable to us that you assumed Donald Trump (who you secretly desire) couldn’t run again, due to your limited educational history! Just say no to drugs James.
Booner
October 29, 2020 at 4:22 pm
Right wing flakes and extremists everywhere. Matt Gaetz is an embarrassment to Florida. Must be all that cheap Moscow gin…
Watch Matt whine after his Cult Leader loses re-election before fading into irrelevance. It will be hilarious!
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