It seems like a bad sign for former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., and a commentary on where the country is right now, that media reports about him paying for sex must emphasize that the recipient was not a literal child.
In a story published Monday night, NBC News reported that Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer, “paid an adult woman for sex in 2017,” according to the woman’s attorney. At a drug-fueled party in Orlando, the woman — who was 19 — said she was “taken upstairs to have sex” with Gaetz within minutes of her arrival; later, according to her lawyer, she witnessed Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was just 17.
