AOC was, as always recently berated on Fox News.
This time it was in the context of the panel over at The Five going on
this weird, bizarre rant about AOC and Matt Gaetz getting married.
But there's a twist to this story because Matt Gaetz of all people,
jumps in to defend Representative Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
Now before we get to that, I do think it's important to give you context like why did
this weird, bizarre conversation happen on The Five in the first place?
Well, it actually has to do with legislation that believe it or not,
Gaetz and Ocasio Cortez are working on together, having to do with members of
Congress trading individual stocks, something that I care deeply about.
So the reason that Matt Gaetz and AOC have been in the news together lately is
because they have teamed up to try to pass this legislation that would put
an end to insider trading within the House of Representatives or
Congress actually in general.
Now, the Bipartisan Restoring Faith in Government Act would prevent all members
of Congress, so in the House and the Senate, as well as their spouses and
dependents from owning stocks or making trades, so individual stocks, of course.
So any violations of the bill could result in a fine at
the court's discretion up to $50,000.
And just seeing how the courts usually work out here in the United States in
response to people in positions of power, they probably will not get a $50,000 fine.
But nonetheless, there is an enforcement mechanism in this legislation,
which is great.
Now, it surprised all of us to see Matt Gaetz and AOC team up, but
I wanna be clear about something.
I personally have no problem with members of Congress from both sides of the aisle
coming together to pass legislation that we desperately need.
And in this case, rooting out some of the corruption within Congress by preventing
them from trading individual stocks would be fantastic.
Now with that said, let's get to The Five and their weird fan fiction fantasies.
>> I smell a romantic comedy [SOUND].
A beautiful left wing communist in Congress,
a dashing right wing male fresh off a wrongful accusation of sexual misconduct.
They come together to fight one of the most corrupt practices in politics,
and they fall in love.
They can't help themselves, she's got a French poodle,
he's got a strange hairline.
But somehow they're gonna make it work.
And then they're gonna leave politics and start their own business.
It'll be like a bakery, a bakery?
A vegan bakery, a vegan bakery for pets.
>> He's having. >> A vegan bakery, no,
he's gonna leave her.
>> No, he's not, ginger's married.
>> He's married in this story.
Can I marry them?
>> What was that?
What was that?
>> Strokes come in a lot of different forms.
The warning signs can be subtle, sometimes they're more explicit.
>> Okay, obviously we're gonna jump into the substance if there is any,
in a moment but.
>> We're gonna break our legs on the bottom of where the substance
should be but.
>> I got to say,
there's a lot to criticize Matt Gaetz on his hairline isn't one of those things.
And it's well rich coming from a guy who increasingly looks like Golem as he ages.
But nonetheless. >> Hey.
>> John.
>> Gollum was a tragic figure.
>> Just like Greg Gutfeld.
>> So what was interesting about that is one would expect that if Greg Gutfeld is
going to go off for this long extended fantasy that he's spinning or
whatever with AOC and Matt Gaetz, he's going to be focusing on AOC.
And he did talk about AOC, but he said Matt Gaetz's hairline is weird.
He mentioned the fact that he suffered these accusations of sexual misconduct.
I feel like this entire thing was less about creating this masturbatory fantasy
about AOC and more about just attacking Matt Gaetz.
He kept throwing him under the bus.
>> I know, and I'm curious why that is.
There must be something at play that we're not privy to.
Whatever, I don't get it.
But what's also super interesting about this story, and honestly,
something I would never expect, is that on his podcast,
because that's a thing now members of Congress have their own podcast,
Gaetz took it upon himself to call out Fox and defend AOC.
>> It does seem a little childish to me that the media always has to over
sexualize everything that AOC is involved with.
They wouldn't do that to men.
And two, people can engage in serious legislation that's not renaming some post
office, but trying to make our congress more honest and more ethical without that
type of, I think, very childish and immature commentary.
And then Judge Janine, Judge Janine, who starts out saying, I am happily married.
Judge Janine who was sitting at my table at Mar a Lago the night I
proposed to my wife by the end of the Greg Gutfeld rent,
she's bailed and she's wanting to be the officiate for me in AOC.
So shame on you, Judge Janine.
>> So I'm curious what you think, I mean, I do commend him for
calling out Gutfeld and Fox for their weird discussion.
I commend him for defending AOC and also shedding light,
something that I don't expect from most Republican lawmakers on how differently
women are treated versus how men are treated, that was great.
Now we're gonna look into Matt Gaetz's past because he's not
really a great arbiter of decent treatment toward women.
We'll get to that in just a moment but John, what are your thoughts?
>> Yeah, I'm glad especially that he didn't just defend her, but
he pointed out that Fox does this, that this is not just a single occurrence that
someone is treating a female politician differently, but this is a standard.
We expect to see this and that Fox especially does it, and
not just the men on Fox.
Many of the women on Fox are active participants in this.
They see some temporary gain, I guess,
to making light of a popular Democratic lawmaker and either don't realize or don't
care that they're playing into an unequal way that women are treated in politics.
That's definitely true.
Along the way, it's convenient for
them that they sort of distract from the substance, the actual corruption.
>> Exactly. >> Greg Gutfield implied that he agrees
with them, but one wouldn't know that from watching that segment.
So far as I've seen, he's ever gotten off on a long rant about this topic.
They could use their popular show to continually say, we need to get this done,
if they believe it.
So the entire thing was pretty gross.
Honestly, though, as bad as that was, and it was bad, and I'm glad that he defended
him, it's not as bad as some of what they've done on Fox when it comes to AOC.
Tucker Carlson was obsessed with her on a nightly basis.
>> I remember. >> He had a little nickname for her.
He insisted on calling her Sandy for some weird reason that's best not thought
about for too long, considering his obsession with college and
high school age girls, it's been very clear.
Yeah, just constantly talking about Ben Shapiro, obviously, Matt Walsh and
Charlie Kerr, all of them are obsessed with her.
Greg Gutfeld, I think, is relatively constrained.
I think he's got like an artist's soul wanting to break free and
this is the weird form that it took.
Dude, just write fan fiction.
You can post it online, you get good feedback.
>> Yeah, it was.
>> Not about AOC please.
>> Yeah, it was a weird scenario that he made up in his head and
felt the need to share on national television.
>> It's a French bulldog, not a French poodle.
>> Did he say French poodle?
I totally [CROSSTALK] >> It's different dogs,
both good dogs but.
>> What's a French poodle isn't a it's a.
>> Kind of poodle.
>> Isn't a French poodle just a poodle?
>> You're probably deeply offending someone right now.
>> Am sorry.
>> I don't know. >> If it makes you feel any better,
while my dog is mixed, he was a rescue after all.
He's mostly mini poodle, but I think.
>> Part mini deer, part mini poodle.
>> Exactly. >> Yeah.
>> 100%.
Okay, so I do wanna just quickly discuss Matt Gaetz's history.
Yes, he did face a pretty serious DOJ investigation after being
accused of paying an underaged woman girl,
she was 17 to travel across state lines to have sex with him.
Apparently that investigation was dropped, it didn't lead to any charges.
Okay, let's just put that aside.
>> Well, because there were no charges, all the stuff that was revealed from
the Venmo no longer bothers me, nor should it bother anyone.
>> I mean, look. >> It's probably innocent,
the stuff that was in those Venmo messages.
>> Let's just say Gaetz is well connected, okay?
I don't know anything for sure.
This is just my opinion, but his father was a well known lawmaker in Florida.
I would not be surprised if some string pulling took place.
>> You're not saying that that did happen, you're saying you wouldn't be surprised.
>> I'm saying that I think it's very likely, but it's just my opinion, so
let's put that aside.
The other thing I wanted to just mention,
we do have evidence of him being incredibly terrible and
disrespectful toward women, including pro choice activists.
So let's show you the receipts on that.
>> Have you watched these pro abortion, pro murder rallies?
The people are just disgusting, like, why is it that the women with the least
likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having abortions?
Nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb.
>> [APPLAUSE] >> These people are odious on the inside
and out.
They're like 52350 pounds, and they're like give me my abortions, or
I'll get up in March and protest.
And I'm thinking March?
You look like you got ankles weaker than the legal reasoning behind Roe
versus Wade.
A few of them need to get up in March.
They need to get up and march for like an hour a day, swing those arms,
get the blood pumping, maybe mix in a salad.
>> Who knows maybe he turned a new leaf, maybe.
But that was not good.
>> I gave him some credit this morning, what's wrong with me?
I completely forgot about that.
That was so terrible.
>> It was that. >> Now let alone I mean,
you could also say he's one of the most enthusiastic supporters of Donald Trump.
A guy who has viciously sexualized.
And the way that he talks about women, women in politics, women anywhere.
>> You mean the guy who was just found guilty of sexual?
>> Exactly. >> In a civil case.
>> Yeah, so he defends AOC from Greg Gutfeld, but all of the other women,
I guess, can defend themselves.
>> He defends AOC from Greg Gutfeld when Greg Gutfeld
is criticizing AOC and Matt Gaetz.
>> And him. >> Right, so
I think that might have a lot to do with it.
But aside from all of that, again, credit where credit is due.
I like that he's working on this legislation, that is an upside.
I like the fact that he defended AOC, that's another upside in this story.
But when people tell you who they are, you should believe it.
And I need to see consistent and
persistent behavior from Matt Gaetz demonstrating that what he said
in defending AOC is something that he actually takes to heart.