In Matt Gaetz Scandal, Circumstances Left Teen Vulnerable to Exploitation

Thursday, November 13, 2025

A 17-year-old with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men. She wants the public to have a fuller understanding of how she was victimized.

Posted by qcp at 04:33 PM | 10 COMMENTS | permalink

The GOP has a huge pedophilia problem. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/us/politics/in-matt-gaetz-scandal-circumstances-left-girl-vulnerable-to-exploitation.html?smid=url-share

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-- The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) Nov 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM

Comments

For all the public furor over Mr. Gaetz " who always asserted that he broke no laws

Well, paying for sex, even with someone over 18 last time I checked was illegal, even in Florida.

#1 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-11-13 02:51 PM

Consumers make rational economic choices.
--Economists

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-13 02:55 PM

IF the DOJ had the goods on Gaetz, they would have prosecuted/sentenced him.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-11-13 03:07 PM

IF the DOJ had the goods on Gaetz, they would have prosecuted/sentenced him.

#3 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

LOL.

They have the goods on Donald.

Good luck with that.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2025-11-13 03:08 PM

IF the DOJ had the goods on Gaetz, they would have prosecuted/sentenced him.
#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds

What percentage of sexual assaults get prosecuted?
What percentage of sexual assault prosecutions end in conviction?

You believe the Republican mythology that the criminal justice system is successful at prosecuting sexual assault.
If you have a daughter that's been sexually assaulted, she probably simply never told you about it because she understands that you can't help, and that it would break your heart, so she's shielding you from that. From thinking you're a failure because of what happened to her.

The #1 thing women say when reporting sexual assault to the authorities is "Don't tell my father."
Fathers like you is why.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-11-13 03:11 PM

That explains why the------------------- holds Gaetz in such high regard.

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-11-13 03:32 PM

IF the DOJ had the goods on Gaetz, they would have prosecuted/sentenced him.

#3 | Posted by lfthndthrds

The DOJ didn't even prosecute trump for his coup. Biden's DOJ's strategy was "be nice to the fascist cult, ignore their crimes, and maybe they'll be nice to us."

#7 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-11-13 04:41 PM