{"id":44233,"date":"2021-06-25T14:19:11","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T21:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=44233"},"modified":"2021-06-25T14:19:11","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T21:19:11","slug":"friday-fun-matt-gaetz-violates-the-first-rule-of-holes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2021\/06\/25\/friday-fun-matt-gaetz-violates-the-first-rule-of-holes\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Fun: Matt Gaetz Violates &#8220;The First Rule of Holes&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we had a wonderful opportunity to watch Matt Gaetz violate Molly Ivins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/quotes\/79229-the-first-rule-of-holes-when-you-re-in-one-stop\"><strong><em>&#8220;The First Rule of Holes&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;When You&#8217;re in One \u2013 Stop Digging&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It began on Wednesday when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, appeared before the House Armed Services Committee and was questioned by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) using unsubstantiated claims <em>(BTW \u2013 when do Rethuglicans EVER provide proof of their claims?)<\/em> concerning Critical Race Theory and the military being &#8220;Woke&#8221; \u2013 the <em>&#8220;Culture Wars Topics du Jour&#8221;<\/em> for the GQP.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Milley was having none it \u2013 and soundly schools Gaetz, making him shake his head:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"General Mark Milley hits back at uproar over critical race theory\" width=\"695\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oz7yDU1FmJQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Totally oblivious to the fact that Gen. Milley made him look like an idiot, Gaetz tried to recover the next day with this insulting Tweet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With Generals like this it\u2019s no wonder we\u2019ve fought considerably more wars than we\u2019ve won. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wt43YAs6cU\">https:\/\/t.co\/wt43YAs6cU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1407780765421740032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>(With Generals like this it\u2019s no wonder we\u2019ve fought considerably more wars than we\u2019ve won.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Clearly Gaetz is <u>NOT<\/u> familiar with Molly Ivins&#8217; <strong><em>&#8220;The First Rule of Holes&#8221;.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>[SIDEBAR: Realizing it&#8217;s hard to keep up with all the shenanigans of Gaetz, and since some of the Comments require a bit of background knowledge, I&#8217;ll just quickly note that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/gaetz-paid-accused-sex-trafficker-who-then-venmod-teen\">Gaetz used his Venmo account to pay Joel Greenberg $900 to procure underage girls for sex<\/a> \u2026 with both of them.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s enjoy how the Twitterverse took Gaetz to task.\u00a0 And for the sake of saving some space, I&#8217;ll just provide the comment followed by a link to it, rather than embedding the whole thing.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Hey, @mattgaetz, see those stripes on Gen Milley\u2019s right sleeve? Each one represents 6 months in combat. Sec. Def. Austin has more, but they aren\u2019t on his suit. You really want to do this?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHertling\/status\/1407818187794681857\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHertling\/status\/1407818187794681857<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, but \u2026<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Each stripe on Matt Gaetz\u2019s shirts represents 6 Venmo transactions.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRiggleman\/status\/1408065902826852357\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepRiggleman\/status\/1408065902826852357<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(I&#8217;ve Combined a couple very similar ones together)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em><u>WE&#8217;VE<\/u> fought\u201d???!??!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sorry, didn\u2019t realize that committing sexual assault on minors and then paying them off was a &#8220;war&#8221;. \u00a0Sure, Venmo privacy settings can be a bit tricky \u2013 but I wouldn\u2019t call it a \u201cwar\u201d.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mandolynhicks\/status\/1407796271524368384\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mandolynhicks\/status\/1407796271524368384<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataDrivenMD\/status\/1407794042377621504\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/DataDrivenMD\/status\/1407794042377621504<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Fought more wars than we won? Seriously?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MATT, your &#8220;country&#8221;, the Confederacy, fought exactly one war \u2026 and you LOST.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Oh, Wait \u2026 you <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">are<\/span> counting the American Civil War as a loss for your side, aren&#8217;t you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SayNoToPutin\/status\/1407782283654971401\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SayNoToPutin\/status\/1407782283654971401<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisPa40424092\/status\/1407951257969508356\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisPa40424092\/status\/1407951257969508356<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Thank you for your service Matt.\u00a0 BTW, what was your role in the military? Child procurement specialist? Or Disinformation Specialist First Class?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PLMilliron\/status\/1407782849361715203\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/PLMilliron\/status\/1407782849361715203<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I guess you can now officially strike &#8220;Support the military&#8221; from your fake platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IMontoyaResists\/status\/1407839272217067525\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/IMontoyaResists\/status\/1407839272217067525<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>But if really want to honor the military, please have a seat and sign on the dotted line \u2026<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enlist_Military-Army_Have-Seat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44236\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enlist_Military-Army_Have-Seat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enlist_Military-Army_Have-Seat.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enlist_Military-Army_Have-Seat-300x290.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enlist_Military-Army_Have-Seat-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enlist_Military-Army_Have-Seat-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Enlist_Military-Army_Have-Seat-36x36.jpg 36w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>So the guy who\u2019s spent years getting his Daddy to make his DUIs disappear and paying child sex traffickers to get laid <\/strong><\/em><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">now<\/span><\/strong><em><strong> has some thoughts about how to run the military.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briantylercohen\/status\/1407838651153739777\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/briantylercohen\/status\/1407838651153739777<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Matt, the Dude embarrassed you. LOL Which is kinda hard to do at this point seeing as how you\u2019re being investigated for f\\\/cking teenagers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marty_Shannon\/status\/1407781520706732032\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Marty_Shannon\/status\/1407781520706732032<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Says the only congressman to vote <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">against<\/span> child sex trafficking laws.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nixon68\/status\/1407798682955620352\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nixon68\/status\/1407798682955620352<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>And remember: With congressmen like you, it\u2019s no wonder teenage girls need to remain vigilant for pedophile predators.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For guys who hate education, Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz sure do spend a lot of time getting schooled.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristopherHahn\/status\/1408039243881062400\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristopherHahn\/status\/1408039243881062400<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jordan-Gaetz_Beavis-Butthead.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jordan-Gaetz_Beavis-Butthead.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jordan-Gaetz_Beavis-Butthead.jpg 483w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jordan-Gaetz_Beavis-Butthead-272x300.jpg 272w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Jordan-Gaetz_Beavis-Butthead-136x150.jpg 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So it looks like Matt Gaetz is <strong><em><u>EVERYTHING<\/u><\/em><\/strong> republicans were hoping Hunter Biden would be.<\/p>\n<p>Besides Molly Ivins&#8217; <em>&#8220;The First Rule of Holes&#8221;<\/em> lesson, one would hope the Florida Guy\u00a0 also learned:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>&#8220;Never bring a Matt Gaetz to a Gen. Milley fight.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gaetz_Gen-Milley_Fly-Swatter_SPLAT.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gaetz_Gen-Milley_Fly-Swatter_SPLAT.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gaetz_Gen-Milley_Fly-Swatter_SPLAT.jpg 518w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gaetz_Gen-Milley_Fly-Swatter_SPLAT-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gaetz_Gen-Milley_Fly-Swatter_SPLAT-150x96.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we had a wonderful opportunity to watch Matt Gaetz violate Molly Ivins &#8220;The First Rule of Holes&#8221; &#8220;When You&#8217;re in One \u2013 Stop Digging&#8221; &nbsp; It began on Wednesday when the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. 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