Let’s get this out of the way, right from the start: If you’re writing a song lauding a politician — any politician! — you’ve already lost. I don’t care if it’s a Democrat, Republican, independent, libertarian, anarcho-capitalist proto-fascist. The fact remains that if you’re putting words to music, and those words are all about how great some elected official is, then you’ve simply fucked up in your life and should probably do some serious self-reflection about what’s led you to the point where you’re stanning someone who — even in the best, most platonically ideal circumstances — should be held under intense scrutiny by their constituents.
What I’m saying here is that even if Matt Gaetz weren’t a simpering, opportunistic, coup-abetting ghoul who’d been credibly accused of sexual assault of a minor, it’d still be a terrible idea to write a hip-hop anthem about how great he is. And because Gaetz is indeed all of the above, the right-wing hip-hop anthem in question — creatively titled “Matt Gaetz” — is all the more cringe.
