Rep. Matt Gaetz is launching a brand new podcast that he says will expose everyone who tried to smear his reputation during his teen sex trafficking scandal, and no one is more excited about it than his fiancée, Ginger Luckey.
The 26-year-old retweeted the podcast trailer yesterday, with the caption: “Your passion for this country is amazing.” Then she nailed an American flag flanked by two white hearts. Cute, eh?
Now we don’t know what kind of response Ginger expected to get from the tweet, but we’re pretty sure that wasn’t it …
Oh darling bless your heart
– margaritahfamily (@ margarethiers1) August 3, 2021
Your ability to ignore pedophilia is amazing.
– Sue (@SueBanski) August 3, 2021
gurl …. get some self esteem
– Jeff Keith (@KeithsJeff) August 4, 2021
His passion is the problem and it’s not for America. pic.twitter.com/zsll1gDLH4
– MinnesotaCitizen (@ MinnesotaCitiz1) August 3, 2021
It’s shocking how little importance you place on your own soul, on your own place in history. There’s no way that brief closeness to power is worth the stench that will stay with you. What a desappointment.
– TP Under TFG’s shoe (@tpstucktotrump) August 3, 2021
Matty’s passion: pic.twitter.com/5Gtcvzpop7
– Natika (@NatikaMonroe) August 3, 2021
Is the “country” code reserved for underage girls?
– Teresa Freeman (@ DemoLady7) August 4, 2021
He is a man of many passions. And some of them have been around for 16, 17 years.
– NickatNite (@NickBurnsItAll) August 4, 2021
There is still time to step back from what I believe is a very long standing commitment just to overcome scandals.
– Real Antifa Forensic Accountant (@Don_accountant) August 4, 2021
I get a Tammy Wynette vibe here. Are you sure you want to do this? pic.twitter.com/M6cppNRsci
– Liberal Baby Boomer (@pinkbirdgirl) August 4, 2021
I wonder if Ginger has an endgame here. Or just blindly hold on for, uh, love?
– geoff (@ geoff36486475) August 4, 2021
HER PASSION FOR YOUNG GIRLS SHOULD AMAZE YOU MORE
– Ron DuhSantis (@GovRonDuhSantis) August 3, 2021
It’s just sad Ginger.
– Julian (@ JulianRivers33) August 3, 2021
I heard that your sister is not a fan
– Scott Woolf (@ScottWoolf) August 3, 2021
Last week, Luckey’s younger sister, Roxanne, posted a series of videos on TikTok accusing her future brother-in-law of being “weird,” “scary” and a “master manipulator.” She also shared a story about a time when he allegedly tried to set her up with a friend of his.
According to Roxanne, the “creepy” guy, who was much older, divorced, and had a child, kept hitting on her, even after she told him she had a boyfriend. When she then confronted Gaetz about it, he went mad over her.
“He immediately got on the defensive and started yelling at my mom and me,” she recalls. “A grown man yelling at a 20-year-old girl is just beyond me. “
Ginger responded to her sister’s accusations by calling her a “mentally ill” person with a history of “destructive behavior” and insisting that she and Matt “appreciate our engagement and are deeply in love.”
Graham Gremore is editor and editor at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.