One of the most important skills a politician can possess is the ability to captivate an audience by painting vivid rhetorical pictures to inflame the imagination. Think Hubert H. Humphrey’s 1948 DNC speech, or Mario Cuomo’s 1984 DNC keynote address, or Ronald Reagan’s 1988 State of the Union. For better or worse, a politician who can inspire through oratory flourishes is a politician who understands their job. And by that measure alone, Florida Republican congressman and credibly accused sexual abuser Matt Gaetz is, in his own way, an incredibly effective politician.
I mean, I think we can all appreciate the sheer creative mastery on display here, as Gaetz and fellow Republican Rep. Marjorie “Christian nationalism ... will actually be the movement that stops the school shootings” Taylor Greene offered audiences a peek into their Lovecraftian psyches while discussing their least favorite colleagues on a live feed of Greene’s podcast, which she shared Tuesday.
